RE: limits for Cadmium in value added product

From: Vanessa Broadnax (vanessa@baldorfood.com)
Date: Wed Mar 21 2007 - 08:56:20 PDT

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    Salutations:

    There is an abundance of material on the internet. Try "cadmium levels
    in fish"

    Links:

    www.springerlink.com <http://www.springerlink.com/>

    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/>

    One Example:

    Christopher J. Schmitt1 and William G. Brumbaugh1

    (1)

    U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, National
    Fisheries Contaminant Research Center, Route 2, 4200 New Haven Road,
    65201 Columbia, Missouri, USA

    Received: 5 May 1989 Revised: 10 June 1989

    Abstract From late 1984 to early 1985, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
    Service collected a total of 315 composite samples of whole fish from
    109 stations nationwide, which were analyzed for arsenic, cadmium,
    copper, lead, mercury, selenium, and zinc. Geometric mean, maximum, and
    85th percentile concentrations ( g/g wet weight) for 1984 samples were
    as follows: arsenic-0.14, 1.5, 0.27; cadmium-0.03, 0.22, 0.05;
    copper-0.65, 23.1, 1.0; mercury-0.10, 0.37, 0.17; lead-0.11, 4.88, 0.22;
    selenium-0.42, 2.30, 0.73; and zinc-21.7, 118.4, 34.2. The mean
    concentrations of selenium and lead were significantly lower than in the
    previous NCBP collection (1980-81). Mean concentrations of arsenic and
    cadmium also declined significantly between 1976, when elemental
    contaminants in fish were first measured in the NCBP, and 1984. Of
    greatest significance, lead concentrations declined steadily from 1976
    to 1984, suggesting that regulatory measures have successfully reduced
    the influx of lead to the aquatic environment.

     

    VanessaC.Broadnax,MS Tech.Mgmt.,CQA,CMQOE

    HACCP Manager

    Baldor Specialty Foods Inc.

    511 Barry Street

    Bronx, New York 10474

    Telephone: 718.304.4536

    Fax: 718.328.9944

    Committed To Food Safety

     

    -----Original Message-----
    From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu] On
    Behalf Of germeade01@eircom.net
    Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:29 AM
    To: seafood@ucdavis.edu
    Subject: Re: limits for Cadmium in value added product

     

    Dear all,

    May I extend this question to find if there is any legislation specific
    to product derivatives such as chowders and stocks, crab cakes or other
    value added products?

     

    Does any one know of any reported problems of increased cadmium levels
    in such products?

     

    I would appreciate any guidance on this issue all computer searches have
    been in vain.

     

    Many thanks,

    Ger Meade

     

     

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    > Regards

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