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. 2024 Jun 12;98(8):2441–2461. doi: 10.1007/s00204-024-03793-4

Table 3.

Foodstuffs monitoring studies in the 2018–2023 time window

Country (year) Matrix Analytes No. of samples Min concentration Max concentration Ref

Spain

(2018)

Fish, River Fish BPA 59  < LOQ 59.09 ng g−1dw Pico et al. (2019)

The Netherlands

(2018)

canned food, beverages and drinkware

BPA + 16

6 BDGEs

22  < 0.07 ng/mL 68 ng g−1 van Leeuwen et al. (2019)

Spain

(2018)

leafy and root vegetables BPA 24  < LOQ 1.3 ng g−1 Aparicio et al. (2018)

Spain

(2018)

Milk and Dairy,

Infant formula

Tetrabromobisphenol (TBBPA) and BPA 50

0.77 ± 1.01 ng/mL free BPA

0.50 ± 0.02 ng/mL TBBPA

0.88 ± 1.01 ng mL−1 free BPA

0.58 ± 0.34 ng mL−1 TBBPA

Martinez et al. (2019)

Belgium

(2018)

Freshwater BPA 8  < LOQ n.r Huysman et al. (2019)

11 European Countries

(2018)

Fish,

Raw and Cooked Seafood

BPA 65 8.26 ng/g 69.1 ng g−1 Alvarez-Munoz et al. (2018)

Italy

(2018)

Milk and Dairy, Raw Milk BPA 22  < LOQ 2340 ng mL−1 Santonicola et al. (2018)

Italy

(2018)

Milk and Dairy, Cow Milk BPA 72 0.035 ng/mL 2.776 ng mL−1 Santonicola et al. (2019)

Spain

(2018)

Vegetables,

Lattuce

BPA and BPF 25 (0.59–2.32) 2.16 ng/g fw 199 ng g−1 Margenat et al. (2018)

Spain

(2018)

Ready to eat baby food BPA + 6 15 1.0 ng /g 49.2 ng g−1 Garcia-Corcoles et al. (2018)

Spain

(2019)

Milk BPA 50 £

£

0.88 ng mL−1

Martinez et al. (2019)

Italy

(2019)

Beverages BPA + 6 52  > LOQ 1.358 ng mL−1 Russo et al. (2019b)

Italy

(2019)

Beverages BPA, BPB,BPF + BADGE + BFDGE 40  > LOQ 2.5 ng mL−1 Cirillo et al. (2019)

Spain

(2019)

Fish BPA 59 59.9 ng g−1 223.91 ng g−1 Pico et al. (2019)

Italy

(2019)

Fruit Juices BPA, BPB, BPF 46 0.50 ng mL−1 2.85 ng mL−1 Gallo et al. (2019)

Italy

(2019)

Milk BPA 72 0.035 ng mL−1 2.776 ng mL−1 Santonicola et al. (2019)

Czech Republic

(2019)

Various (edible oils, butter, and chocolate) BPA + 13 60 50 ng g−1 85 ng g−1 Vavrouš et al. (2019)
Greece (2020) Canned food BPA 6 7.3 ng g−1 42.3 ng g−1 Maragou et al. (2020)
Poland (2020) Canned food BADGE + 4; BFDGE + 2 20 1.6 ng g−1 693.6 ng g−1 Szczepańska et al. (2020)

Italy

(2020)

Fish BPA 44  < LOD 7.1 ng g−1 Di Marco Pisciottano et al. (2020)
Spain-Portugal (2020) Canned vegetables BPA 19 nd nd Vilarinho et al. (2020)
Italy, Algeria, Tunisia (2020) Spices and aromatic herbs BPA

53

26

65

 < LOQ  < LOQ Lo Turco et al. (2020)

Italy

(2020)

Honey BPA 6  < LOD 5.05 ng g−1 Notardonato et al. (2020)
Spain (2020) Mixed BPA + 8 40 0.17 ng g−1 33.19 ng g−1 González et al. (2020)
Portugal (2020) Meat BPA + 8 30 4.3 ng g−1 202.3 ng g−1 Cunha et al. (2020)
Spain (2020) Cereal grain BPA, BPF 16 1.6 ng g−1 1740 ng g−1 Albero et al. (2020)
North East Atlantic Ocean (2020) Fish BPA + 6 150 1.0 ng g−1 25.3 ng g−1 Barboza et al. (2020)
Spain (2020) Cereal-based foodstuff BPA 12 0.022 ng g−1 0.620 ng g−1 Azzouz et al. (2020)
Spain (2021) Food and beverages BPA + 18 10

0.071 ng g−1

0.06 ng mL−1

84 ng g−1

9.1 ng mL−1

Caballero-Casero and Rubio (2021)

Italy

(2021)

Milk BPF 84  < LOQ 2.686 ng mL−1 Santonicola et al. (2021a)

Italy

(2021)

Milk BPF 20  < LOQ 2.956 ng mL−1 Santonicola et al. (2021b)
Turkey (2022) Fish BADGE + 5 derivatives + BFDGE 33 60 ng g−1 220 ng g−1 Toptancı et al. (2022)

Italy

(2022)

Plant based beverages BPA, BPB, BPS 34  < LOD 18.17 ng mL−1 Schiano et al. (2022)

Italy

(2022)

Drinking water, milk 108 0.01 ng mL−1 ( water), 0.1 ng ml−1 (milk) 1.0 ng mL−1 in water,2.0 ng mL−1 milk Di Marco Pisciottano et al. (2022a)
Spain (2022) Water and beverages BPA, BPF, BPAF 20 nd nd Baute-Pérez et al. (2022)

Italy

(2022)

Cheese Provola and olive cake samples BPA + 8 20 1.69(provola) 3.27(olive cake) ng g−1 2.84/20.99 ng g−1 Liotta et al. (2022)

Italy

(2022)

Milk BPA + 19 46 + 15 with packaging 0.5 ng mL−1 5.6 ng mL−1 Di Marco Pisciottano et al. (2022b)
Portugal (2022) Fish BPA + 6 238 0.1 ng g−1 52.4 ng g−1 Petrarca et al. (2022b)

Poland

(2022)

Milk BPA + 6 19 0.12 ng mL−1 1.71 ng mL−1 Frankowski et al. (2022)

Portugal

(2022)

seafood BPA + 6 20 4.8 ng g−1 12.3 ng g−1 Petrarca et al. (2022a)

Turkey

(2022)

Milk BPA 11 2.1 ng mL−1 11.8 ng mL−1 Kartal Temel and Gürkan (2022)
France (2022) MixedVegetables

BPA

BADGE + 2 derivatives

12 43 ng g−1 1600 ng g−1 Cariou et al. (2022)

Turkey

(2022)

Convenience foods (54 samples), canned vegetable oils (4 samples), olives (4 samples), and soft drinks (17 samples)

BPA

BADGE + derivatives

79 nd 1056 ng g−1 Toptancı (2023)
Poland (2022) Milk BPA, BPS, BPF, BPAF, BPB, BPE 14 0.35 ng mL−1 0.87 ng mL−1 Frankowski et al. (2022)
Italy (2022) Milk BPA + 19 46 0.1 ng g−1 8.7 ng g−1 Di Marco Pisciottano et al. (2022b)
Switzerland (2023) Canned food and beverages BPA + 15 22  < LOD 40,650 ng g−1 Lucarini et al. (2023)

nd not detected