The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released its report: A Quantitative Assessment of the Net Effects on Fetal Neurodevelopment from Eating Commercial Fish (As Measured by IQ and also by Early Age Verbal Development in Children). By evaluating the benefits and potential concerns of eating fish during pregnancy and breastfeeding, the analysis suggests that pregnant women consumi...

on the basis of the some studies recently published on the concentration of potentially dangerous levels of mercury, a global pollutant and highly toxic element in sea fish and specially tuna fish, this work has been carried out to determine the concentration of mercury in canned tuna fish, that compose a large majority of the fish most people eat. for this reason, 30 cans, produced by differen...

The impact of the covering vegetable oil (sunflower oil, refined olive and extra virgin EVOO) on physicochemical sensory profiles canned tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis species) was evaluated, using analytical techniques a panel. results showed that covered with EVOO possesses higher content total phenols an enhanced antioxidant capacity. This medium also increased appreciated redness-yellowness color...

Most foods contain very low concentrations of tin, usually below 10 mg/kg, although canned foods may contain higher concentrations as a result of the slow dissolution of the tin coating used on the inside of some food cans to protect the steel body of the can from corrosion. An inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) method following microwave digestion was developed and evaluated...

Mercury levels in canned tuna ®sh were determined by cold vapour atomic absorption spectrophotometry while cadmium and lead levels were determined by ̄ame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The metal contents in the samples, expressed in mg gÿ1 wet weight, varied from 0.20 to 0.66 with an average value of 0.29 for mercury, from 0.09 to 0.32 with an average value of 0.18 for cadmium and from 0...

Fisheries are of crucial importance to many Pacific Island countries and for several, one of the largest earners of foreign exchange. The most significant fish and fishery products exported from the region are tuna and tuna products, i.e. sashimi, canned tuna and dried tuna. With the introduction of US Seafood HACCP Rule 1995 there is a strong incentive for countries that export seafood product...