Abstract:
This work describes the treatment of Pinus pinaster wood with four different industrial
wood preservatives (two anti-bluing or fungicide and two fungicide/pesticide)
and the detection and quantification of the dioxin contamination profile in the wood
shavings. The samples were collected from poultry liters during three contamination
incidents of poultry meat. Two methods used were, both nonpressure: one by immersing
the wood samples in the preservative solution and the other by impregnation
of the preservative solution into the wood, with vacuum. It was concluded that
there is no difference in terms of contamination profile, caused by the different industrial wood treatment preservative products in study. A clear correlation between
the commercial products used in wood treatment and the contamination profile of
wood shavings that have been used as bedding material in poultry production was
detected.
