Migration of aluminium from foils to food during kitchen-like preparation of fish and meat

During storage and preparation of food, aluminium foils are often used for wrapping sensitive raw materials and dishes. By the presented investigation s the migration of aluminium to fish and meat during roasting in aluminium foils was tested. For this 30 halibut fillets und 24 roastbeef samples were divided in halfs and prepared in aluminium foils and in plastic roasting t ubes, each. The samples prepared in roasting tubes had average aluminium co ntents of about 0.6 mg/kg. The halibut fillets, wich were baked in aluminiu m foil, contained on average 9.6 mg aluminium/kg, the roastbeef samples 16 mg of this metal/kg. Regarding the present state of knowledge, a risk for t he health of the consumer is not evident by eating dishes prepared in alumi nium foil.