Maikanov et al. 2021 - Meat Safety in Shuchinsk-Burabay
Maikanov et al. measured arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead in multiple meat species from markets in the Shuchinsk-Burabay resort zone, Kazakhstan. For the poultry row, the key result is negative evidence: the table reports poultry values below detection/zero for As, Cd, Hg, and Pb.
Key numbers
Table 4 reports heavy metal salts in mg/kg. Poultry meat was reported as below zero or not detected for arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead. Horse meat had Cd 0.01 +/- 0.0002, Hg 0.02 +/- 0.0001, and Pb 0.1 +/- 0.0003 mg/kg. Beef had Hg 0.03 +/- 0.0263 mg/kg. Mutton had As 0.01 +/- 0.0001, Hg 0.03 +/- 0.0002, and Pb 0.1 +/- 0.00001 mg/kg.
Methods (brief)
The study collected 298 meat samples from markets and analyzed As, Cd, Hg, and Pb by ICP-MS after pressure mineralization.
Implications
This source supports meat and poultry product context for Kazakhstan. Poultry values are useful negative evidence, but the non-US market and mixed-species market design should remain visible in routing.
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Verification notes
- Batch 5 auto-fetched ingest, 2026-05-25.
- Total arsenic and total mercury are not speciated iAs or MeHg.
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