Safety Evaluation of Potential Toxic Metals Exposure from Street Foods Consumed in Mid-West Nigeria

Table 1

Concentration (mg/kg) of heavy metals in commonly consumed street foods marketed in Benin City and Umunede, Mid-Western Nigeria.

Location/samples	Pb	Cd	Hg	Sb	Mn	Al
Benin City
Salad	0.14	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.003
Jollof rice	0.31	<0.001	<0.001	0.0013	<0.001	0.007
Meat pie	0.24	<0.001	<0.001	0.013	0.01	0.011
Doughnut	0.21	<0.001	<0.001	0.002	<0.001	0.003
Cake	0.12	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Sausage	0.14	<0.001	<0.001	0.0012	<0.001	<0.001
Fried meat	0.31	0.0012	0.0001	0.02	0.012	0.034
Fried chicken	0.026	0.0013	<0.001	0.012	0.0019	0.012
Fried turkey	0.14	0.001	0.0003	0.0114	0.0011	0.024
Edible maggot	0.014	0.0011	<0.001	0.0029	0.0033	0.104
Umunede
Fried fish	0.2	0.001	0.0012	0.021	0.0032	0.135
Stewed meat	1.34	0.0017	0.0014	0.0021	0.0044	0.22
Roasted plantain	0.31	<0.001	<0.001	0.0021	<0.001	0.017
Roasted yam	0.13	<0.001	<0.001	0.0013	<0.001	0.043
Spaghetti	0.24	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.013
White rice	1.033	<0.001	<0.001	0.0114	<0.001	0.004
Beans	1.37	<0.001	<0.001	0.0014	<0.001	0.042
Buns	0.14	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.022
Moi-moi	1.24	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.0103
Fried plantain	0.24	<0.001	<0.001	0.0023	<0.001	0.0114

<0.001: below detectable limit.