Kvasny Prum. 1994; 40(2): 42-45 | DOI: 10.18832/kp1994004

The most important contaminants viewed from the brewing and malting field.Peer-reviewed article

V. KELLNER

The work outlines a significance of the contaminants, introducing their brief definition under special aspects of the brewing and mailing field. In succession, the following contaminants groups are accounted for: N-nitrosamines (NDMA), total N-nitrocompounds (ATNC), nitrates, heavy metals, mycotoxins, halogenated-hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides residues, polychlorinated biphenyls, halogenacetic acids, radioactive substances, purines, biogenic amines, sulfur dioxide and oxalic acid. Each individual group is supplemented with limit values, having a validity in theCzech republicor in EC-countries.
(In Czech, English summary only)

Keywords: N-nitrosamines, nitrates, heavy metals, pesticides residues

Published: February 1, 1994