European authorities detect mercury in this frozen fish from Spain

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Published Mar 15, 2024

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The European Food Safety Alert System (RASFF) has issued a high-risk alert for frozen swordfish slices from Spain due to high mercury content. The detected mercury level of 1.5 mg/kg exceeds the safe limit of 1 mg/kg. Mercury, an environmental contaminant, can be harmful especially to pregnant and breastfeeding women, women planning to conceive, and children aged 0-14. Swordfish, along with emperor, bluefin tuna, shark, and pike, are known to have high mercury content. However, the general population is not advised to completely avoid eating any type of fish.

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The strawberries with hepatitis A have not been consumed: were they watered with fecal water? Food alert for these supermarket cookies: they could contain metal fragments RASFF, the European Food Safety Alert System, has warned of the danger of a product from Spain. The institution has detected that slices of frozen swordfish from our country exceed the legal limits of mercury. The notification indicates that the Spanish product contains 1.5 mg/kg of this toxic substance and the limit so that it does not affect human health is set at 1 mg/kg. The food alert published this Tuesday has been classified as a serious “risk.” Why is mercury dangerous? Mercury is an environmental contaminant that can be found in food due to its natural presence in the Earth's crust and as a result of human activity. Thus, fish are the most affected, although in most of them the amount is insignificant to be considered harmful. The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition has already warned about the ...

Source: Elconfidencial