Search of sodium sulfite in ground beef sold in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

• Main Authors: Marcela Fernanda Torres Samico Fernandes, Erika Fernanda Torres Samico Fernandes Cavalcanti, José Givanildo da Silva, Pedro Paulo Feitosa de Albuquerque, Andrea Paiva Botelho Lapenda de Moura
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade de Medicina Veterinária do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2014-01-01
• Series: Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine
• Online Access: http://rbmv.org/index.php/BJVM/article/view/447
• ISSN: 0100-2430; 2527-2179

ABSTRACT. Fernandes M.F.T.S., Cavalcanti E.F.T.S.F., Silva J.G., Albuquerque P.P.F. & Moura A.P.B.L. [Search of sodium sulfite in ground beef sold in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.] Pesquisa de sulfito de sódio em amostras de carne moída comercializadas na cidade do Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 36(1):42-44, 2014. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE 52171-900, Brasil. E-mail: [e-mail] The sodium sulfite is a prohibited additive from being used in fresh meat commercialized in butchers and supermarkets, since its use may mask incipient state of putrefaction and cause damage or adverse health effects. The objective was to identify the addition of sodium sulfite in samples of ground beef, purchased in public markets and supermarket chains in the city of Recife – PE. It was analyzed 32 ground beef samples in the Laboratório de Inspeção de Carne e Saúde Pública (LICASP), located at the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE) in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, following the protocol of the Instituto Adolfo Lutz (2005). In all samples, was not detected the presence of sodium sulfite, indicating that the material analyzed met the standards established by Brazilian legislation.