The aim of this study is to present current issues in the use of food additives in meat products. It provides a historical outline and objectives of the use of additives in foods, highlights changes in the legislation concerning additives, and discusses a new regulation of the European Commission – 1129/2011 of 11th November 2011. The article lists the food additives approved by European Union authorities with particular attention to the “meat category”, and characterises current categories of food additives used in meat processing. It highlights new concepts in this category and the work on a food category system and a guide to the categories of food, as well as to the re-evaluation programme of the approved food additives. The paper presents the rationale for the use of food additives in modern meat technology.

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The aim of the work was to estimate the content of certain metals in goat's milk. The content of lead, cadmium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese and magnesium was determined using atomic absorption spectrometry. It was found that highly toxic elements [Pb, Cd] appeared in both raw and pasteurised goat's milk in amounts not exceeding the polish standard. Goat's milk coming from highly industrialised regions demonstrated higher lead content than milk from agricultural regions. The copper and zinc contents in examined raw and pasteurised goat's milk were well under the polish standard.

Consumers no longer look for food characterized only by health safety and proper nutritional value. As a result, an increased interest in traditional and regional food can be observed. The aim of this paper is to analyze the results of a comparative analysis of three types of hams: traditional products registered on the List of Traditional Products of the Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, then products whose names, retail prices, appearance, and manufacturer's description suggest traditional methods of production, and finally conventional hams. The results show that traditional hams are characterized by the highest nutritional value among the analyzed groups of products. They have the lowest water and a high protein content. In addition, traditional hams are distinguished by a low concentration of sodium chloride and no addition of phosphates. The residues of nitrites and nitrates indicate their moderate use in manufacturing processes.

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