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# Total mercury in canned tuna sold in Canada in 2006
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/total_mercury_in_canned_tuna_sold_in_canada_0824140849/
- Published: 2014-08-24T09:47:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:22:49.000Z
- Description: Canadian researchers tested 156 composites drawn from 936 samples of canned tuna sold in 2006 and found mean total mercury of 0.066 mg/kg in yellowfin, 0.132 in skipjack and 0.325 in albacore, with the highest albacore reading at 0.507 mg/kg.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Chemical, Food Safety, #vivvo-import

Canadian researchers analyzed 156 composites prepared from 936 samples of canned tuna sold in Canada in 2006 for total mercury. Each composite represented a single brand. They found yellowfin tuna, Skipjack tuna, and Albacore tuna had 0.066 mg/kg, 0.132 mg/kg and 0.325 mg/kg, respectively. The highest found in Albacore tuna was 0.507 mg/kg. Among the 49 Albacore composites, the second highest mercury content was found at 0.469 mg/kg.In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency now recommends that pregnant women [eat more fish](https://www.foodconsumer.org/fda%5Fepa%5Frecommend%5Fpregnant%5Fwomen%5Feat%5Fmore%5Ffish%5F0821141213/) including tuna. But media reports cited ConsumerReports.org as suggesting that pregnant women should avoid all sorts of tuna because the mercury content in tuna fish was found too high.Robert W. Dabekaa, Arthur D. Mckenziea and Donald S. Forsytha, Total mercury in canned tuna sold in Canada in 2006, Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B: Surveillance