Meat/Poultry/Other Animals Unprepared/Unprocessed
897 products.
Typical levels
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.
- Arsenic (total): typically 2.28 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 1 of 27, average 0.27, highest 7.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 6 of 27, average 0.37, highest 2.5 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 25 of 27, average 5.56, highest 21 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 24 of 27, average 4.06, highest 8.5 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 7 of 27, average 1.11, highest 6.1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, broiled: found in 2 of 20, average 0.4, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Beef, ground, regular, pan-cooked: found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Chicken breast, oven-roasted (skin removed): found in 6 of 20, average 0.85, highest 12 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pork chop, pan-cooked w/ oil: found in 10 of 20, average 12.6, highest 73 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.
- Tyson Uncooked Unbreaded Bone-In Chicken Thighs Without Back Portion, 2/10 Lbs Tyson · Meat/Poultry/Other Animals Unprepared/Unprocessed
- Tyson Uncooked Boneless Chicken Breast Chunks Tyson · Meat/Poultry/Other Animals Unprepared/Unprocessed
- Tyson Uncooked, Skinless, Seasoned Chicken Breast Strips for Fajitas Tyson · Meat/Poultry/Other Animals Unprepared/Unprocessed
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- ""Pic,mt,75,bnls,shldr,p/l,wax-free,60#"" Farmland · Meat/Poultry/Other Animals Unprepared/Unprocessed
- PORK, GROUND SMFD 2/5lb Smithfield · Meat/Poultry/Other Animals Unprepared/Unprocessed
- Fatback, Smfd VP Prem 1lb Smithfield · Meat/Poultry/Other Animals Unprepared/Unprocessed