Three times the excess of mercury was detected in an export batch of fish from the Khabarovsk Territory in Russia

Experts have identified an excess of mercury content in a batch of fish from a manufacturer in the Khabarovsk Territory, which they wanted to deliver to China. This was reported on the website of the Primorsky interregional department of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance. “The FSBI Primorsk Interregional Veterinary Laboratory, subordinate to Rosselkhoznadzor, carried out studies of samples taken from a batch of frozen whole redfin with a total weight of more than 8.7 tons, declared for export to the People’s Republic of China. A discrepancy in mercury content was found in the fish of the manufacturer from the Khabarovsk Territory,” the statement says. message. The concentration was exceeded by 3.1 times. The products were examined for 25 indicators that are important for the Russian Federation and the importing country, including indicators of veterinary and sanitary safety, parasitology, toxic-biochemical and others. Typically, the most toxic ...