I'm concerned about mercury—how much fish is safe to eat? Mercury is a natural element found in the environment. We follow a robust testing policy in all of our plants and can assure you that StarKist Tuna is safe to eat and falls well below FDA's stringent requirements. In general, Americans don't eat enough seafood.
Pick your tuna. An average 5-ounce serving (1 can) of light tuna contains 18.11 micrograms of mercury. An average 5-ounce serving (1 can) of albacore tuna contains 49.53 micrograms of mercury.An average 5-ounce serving of tuna steak or tuna sushi could contain up to 97.49 micrograms.
Two familiar US brands, StarKist and Chicken of the Sea, accounted for 60 percent of our light tuna samples. The overall average mercury levels in the two brands were 0.131 and 0.126 µg/g, respectively, and one set of samples of each brand had much higher than aver- age levels.
Q. "What do you think of tuna or salmon in pouches? Tuna, especially white albacore, is relatively high in mercury. To avoid over-exposure to this potentially hazardous metal, adults should limit their consumption of white or albacore tuna to no more than one serving a week.
Canned tuna meets all health and safety standards set by the FDA, which has established the maximum safe level of methyl mercury allowed in commercial seafood at 1.0 parts per million.
Canned tuna meets all health and safety standards set by the FDA, which has established the maximum safe level of methyl mercury allowed in commercial seafood at 1.0 parts per million.
StarKist albacore was juicy and bright with just the right level of salt. Packed in water, this brand is super healthy—it has 17 grams of protein, 60% of your vitamin 12 for the day and is just 80 calories per package.
Bumble Bee Foods announced a voluntary recall of its Chunk Light canned tuna on Wednesday last week, forcing retailers to pull the affected stock from their shelves and urge consumers to toss any affected cans they have. With such a drastic warning to consumers, is Bumble Bee tuna still safe to eat? Basically, yes.
Bumble Bee's cans do not contain any information about its products' mercury levels, but the company addresses mercury queries on its website. The company says, "nearly all fish contain traces of methyl mercury. Sasson says she wouldn't be surprised if Porrazzo's suit leads to new warnings and information on tuna cans.
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