Pwf. Fischer et A. Giroux, IODINE CONTENT OF CANADIAN RETAIL MILK SAMPLES .2. AFTER THE ETHYLENEDIAMINE DIHYDROIODIDE BAN, Food research international, 26(4), 1993, pp. 277-281
Whole and partially skimmed (2% fat) retail milk samples were collecte
d from across Canada and analysed for their iodine content to determin
e whether this had decreased since the imposition of a ban on the use
of ethylenediamine dihydroiodide (EDDI) to prevent foot rot in cattle.
The mean iodine concentration +/- standard deviation ranged from 177
+/- 35 mug/litre to 456 +/- 151 mug/litre, with individual samples ran
ging from 87 to 1304 mug/litre. The national mean concentrations for b
oth whole and partially skimmed samples were not significantly differe
nt (p > 0.05) from the values obtained prior to the imposition of the
EDDI ban, although some differences were observed in a few regions. Th
us, except in a few instances, the change in regulations on the use of
EDDI has had minimal effect on the iodine levels in milk.