Dear Group :
European Union Commission regulation N° 466/2001 will go into effect on
April 5, 2002. Inter alia this new regulation concerns maximum tolerance
levels for lead, cadmium and methylmercury. While it is acknowledged that
marlins (at least blue and black, but probably not striped), bluefin tuna
and swordfish can have elevated total and methylmercury levels and must be
considered in any hazard analysis for HACCP plans, is there any information
that could lead one to consider lead and/or cadmium should be considered as
a likely danger in a hazard analysis for mid-Pacific Ocean longline caught
pelagic species ? Species of concern are marlin, swordfish, all sharks, all
tunas (large and small by FDA Office of Seafood definition). For
methylmercury the action levels proposed are either 1.0 or 0.5 ppm; for
cadmium it is fixed at 0.05 ppm; for lead at 0.2 ppm.
And assistance or guidance in the above matter would be very much
appreciated.
Thank you.
Dr. Charles Daxboeck
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