Determination of some heavy metal profiles in meat of domesticated animals in the vicinity of kaduna south industrial area, nigeria

The determination of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe,Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn co tents in fresh meats; cow meat (beef), sheep meat (mutton), goat meat (caprine) pig meat (pork ) and foul meat (chicken) found in the industrial a rea of Kaduna south were carried out with Flame Atomic Abs orption spectrophotometric technique. Samples were treated in triplicate and analyses were carried out f llowing EPA Method 3050B digestion procedures. Th e overall results ranged from 0.001-0.076, 0.001-0.09 2, 0.023-1.955, 0.110-0.999, 0.078-0.922, 0.011-0.0 95, 0.011-0.065 and 1.011-2.971 μg/g for Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn, respectivel y. The mean concentrations of heavy metals obtained from the me ats of the same species of animals from the remote area (control) were much lower than those obtained from the meat samples of actual samples. This reflects a general contamination of the meats by the heavy met als studied. All parameters examined in the meat samples have values that are below or within the ma xi um permissible limit of WHO, FAO and EC Standards, hence the present result may not pose an y serious health hazard but does call for close mon itori g of these heavy metals in meat products meant for hu man consumption.