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5527845 
Journal Article 
Distribution of ethylene dibromide residues in whole corn and milled corn products 
Anderson, RA; Peplinski, AJ; Storey, CL; Bookwalter, GN; Black, LT 
1985 
Yes 
Cereal chemistry
ISSN: 0009-0352 
62 
3 
198-200 
English 
10113/23963 
WOS:A1985AMU0200010 
Corn, which was artificially fumigated with a commercial fumigant containing ethylene dibromide (EDB) [potential carcinogen]was processed at .apprx. 0, 30 and 180 days after treatment by milling to recover the normal milled products and after treatment of the whole corn to prepare products such as hominy and masa flour. EDB residues were determined on the mill fractions and processed whole corn product as well as on typical cooked and baked products from fractions recovered from the milling process. The amounts of residual EDB in the recovered fractions from dry and wet milling were within the EPA allowance limits. EDB appeared to concentrate largely in the germ, with some increased values in the hull fraction from dry milling and in steep water from wet milling. When germ fractions were extracted to recover the oil, the EDB values for the crude oils were further reduced. Refining of the crude oil reduced EDB even further. Hominy, mass and tortillas from the masa had little or no residual EDB. 
residues; ethylene dibromide; article