Fish Unprepared/Unprocessed
539 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Mercury: typically 25.9 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 50 g (1.8 oz) a day; an adult at about 230 g (8.1 oz).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):▲ 2× a toddler's daily limit43% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1,216 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Cadmium, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Catfish, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Cod, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Tilapia, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Catfish, pan-cooked with oil: found in 3 of 27, average 0.18, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cod, baked: found in 16 of 27, average 2.19, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 13 of 27, average 1.6, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Tilapia, baked: found in 1 of 27, average 0.06, highest 1.5 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Catfish, pan-cooked with oil: found in 27 of 27, average 8.46, highest 64 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 83.4, highest 140 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 20.8, highest 46 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Tilapia, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 6.68, highest 20 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Catfish, pan-cooked with oil: found in 27 of 27, average 24.8, highest 57 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 4,915, highest 10,900 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 376, highest 1,400 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Tilapia, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 117, highest 290 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Catfish, pan-cooked w/ oil: found in 4 of 20, average 1.6, highest 17 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 4 of 20, average 0.88, highest 12.1 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.
- Crispy/crunchy Sea Strips Sea Best · Fish Unprepared/Unprocessed
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