Canned Fish and Meat
61 products.
Typical levels
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.
- Cadmium: typically 10.1 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 6 kg (13 lb).One serving (1 teaspoon):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 401 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Pork and beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pork and beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 3.13, highest 3.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 25.3, highest 34 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pork and beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 230, highest 250 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pork and beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 1,200, highest 1,400 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pork and beans, canned: found in 3 of 20, average 0.16, highest 1.3 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Tuna, canned in water, drained: found in 8 of 20, average 3.51, highest 29 ppb (2008-2012)
"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.
Products
None of these has published lab results yet.
- Holland House Marinated Bismarck Herring 500g Holland House · Canned Fish and Meat
- Holland House Marinated Rollmops 500g Holland House · Canned Fish and Meat
- Century Tuna with Calamansi 180g Century · Canned Fish and Meat
- 555 Spanish Style Sardines in Oil 155g 555 · Canned Fish and Meat
- 555 Tuna Hot & Spicy 155g 555 · Canned Fish and Meat
- Mega Sardines in Tomato Sauce Chili Added 155g Mega · Canned Fish and Meat
- DongWon Mild Tuna 150g DongWon · Canned Fish and Meat
- Old Fisherman Mackerel in Chili Tomato Sauce 230g Old Fisherman · Canned Fish and Meat