Seafood Miscellaneous
38 products.
Typical levels
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.
- Cadmium: typically 3.19 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3 kg (6.6 lb) a day; an adult at about 14 kg (31 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):3% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Mercury: typically 50.3 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 27 g (0.95 oz) a day; an adult at about 130 g (4.6 oz).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):▲ 3.7× a toddler's daily limit● 79% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 2,308 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 8 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 530 g (19 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):19% of a toddler's daily limit4% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead: 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 Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 14 of 27, average 4.87, highest 28 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cod, baked: found in 16 of 27, average 2.19, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 18 of 27, average 5.69, highest 36 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 25.3, highest 34 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 83.4, highest 140 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27, average 7.19, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 230, highest 250 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 4,915, highest 10,900 ppb (2017-2020)
- 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 Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 1,200, highest 1,400 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Shrimp, boiled: found in 18 of 20, average 36, highest 147 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.
- Wang Korea Pollock Shredded 142g Wang Korea · Seafood Miscellaneous
- Asian Boy EBQ Tiny Shrimp Crisp 200g Asian Boy EBQ · Seafood Miscellaneous · 1 additive banned somewhere
- Conntable Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Lemon 115g Connétable · Seafood Miscellaneous
- Tokyo Dried Bonito Hana Katsuo 20g Tokyo · Seafood Miscellaneous
- Old Fisherman Roasted Eel 100g Old Fisherman · Seafood Miscellaneous
- Santa Bremor Maties XXL Selected Herring Fillet Pieces 260g Santa Bremor · Seafood Miscellaneous
- Hang Tai Golden Lion Dried Squid 200g Hang Tai · Seafood Miscellaneous
- Hang Hing Dried Squid (S) Fish 150g Hang Hing · Seafood Miscellaneous