Shellfish Unprepared/Unprocessed

488 products.

Typical levels

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.

Lead: typically 4.2 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 450 g (16 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.8 kg (4 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
22% of a toddler's daily limit
6% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 3.2 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.6 kg (5.7 lb) a day; an adult at about 12 kg (26 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
4% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Mercury: typically 5.7 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 210 g (7.4 oz) a day; an adult at about 970 g (34 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
48% of a toddler's daily limit
10% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 240 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 16 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 290 g (10 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.4 kg (3.1 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
34% of a toddler's daily limit
7% of a adult's daily limit

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 14 of 27, average 4.87, highest 28 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)
Mercury in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27, average 7.19, highest 17 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)
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.

Ret Box Lobster Tail Priv Selct · Shellfish Unprepared/Unprocessed
Raw Breaded Pud Shrimp Boca Sea · Shellfish Unprepared/Unprocessed
Langostino Meat 60-90Ct Seatech · Shellfish Unprepared/Unprocessed
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100/150 Ckd P&d Shrimp Market Bsk · Shellfish Unprepared/Unprocessed
16/20 E/z Peel Shrimp Market Bsk · Shellfish Unprepared/Unprocessed
16/20 E/z Peel Shrimp Packers · Shellfish Unprepared/Unprocessed
Retail Bag Gumbo Crabs Louisiana · Shellfish Unprepared/Unprocessed