Paulsen et al. 2015 - Metal fractions in game meat and pork
Paulsen and colleagues compared metal contents in digested and undigested fractions of roe deer, wild boar, and pork meat portions. The paper is routeable for game-meat context because it reports metal contents in meat portions and discusses high values suggestive of bullet-fragment contamination. It is especially relevant as a bioaccessibility and ammunition-fragment context source rather than a broad market survey.
Key numbers
- The paper reports tables for roe deer, wild boar, and pork meat portions, including digested and undigested fractions.
- Table 2 covers roe deer meat portions; Tables 3 and 4 cover wild boar and pork.
- Table 5 is used by the authors to identify high metal contents indicative of bullet fragment contamination.
- The text states that metal concentrations converted to mg/kg were comparable to reference values, except for high-content portions linked to projectile material.
Methods (brief)
Meat portions were boiled, digested, separated into soluble and residue fractions, and analyzed for metals. The design is small and method-focused, so it supports mechanistic context and fragment-related high-value interpretation more strongly than population-level occurrence estimates.
Implications
Certification: Use as game-meat ammunition-fragment context, not as a standalone benchmark distribution.
Courses: Useful for explaining why sample preparation and trimming around wound channels matter for hunted meat.
App: Supports a warning that game-meat contamination can be highly localized within a carcass.
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Verification notes
The extracted PDF text preserves table labels but not all table cells cleanly. The page therefore records table scope and source fitness without transcribing a full numeric table. Any future value extraction should re-read the PDF tables directly.
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