Frozen Fish/Seafood
104 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Mercury: typically 28.1 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 48 g (1.7 oz) a day; an adult at about 220 g (7.8 oz).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):▲ 2.1× a toddler's daily limit45% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1,585 ppb (FDA, 84 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 10 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 500 g (18 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.3 kg (5.1 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):20% of a toddler's daily limit4% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Cadmium: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Cod, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 14 of 27, average 4.87, highest 28 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Tilapia, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cod, baked: found in 16 of 27, average 2.19, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 12, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 18 of 27, average 5.69, highest 36 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Tilapia, baked: found in 1 of 27, average 0.06, highest 1.5 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 83.4, highest 140 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 7.13, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27, average 7.19, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Tilapia, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 6.68, highest 20 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 Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 757, highest 810 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27, average 358, 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 Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 18 of 20, average 6.03, highest 51 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Shrimp, boiled: found in 18 of 20, average 36, highest 147 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.
- Hansung Delicious Smoked Fish Ham 500g Hansung · Frozen Fish/Seafood
- Herring Marinated Rollmops Edega 260g Unbranded · Frozen Fish/Seafood
- Wang Small Octopus 453g Wang · Frozen Fish/Seafood
- Surasang Seafood Pancake with Vegetable 453g Surasang · Frozen Fish/Seafood
- Surasang Salted Mackerel, Fillet 3-4pcs 340g Surasang · Frozen Fish/Seafood
- Wang Seasoned Small Octopus 300g Wang · Frozen Fish/Seafood
- Wang Korea Swimming Crab, Cut (Wild) 6-10pcs 550g Wang Korea · Frozen Fish/Seafood
- ChoripDong Dried Shrimp 113g ChoripDong · Frozen Fish/Seafood