Lead
Maximum permitted levels in seafood
|
Seafood product |
Maximum permitted lead level (mg/kg wet weight) |
|
Muscle meat of fish1 |
0.30 |
|
Crustaceans: muscle meat from appendages and abdomen. In case of crabs and crab-like crustaceans (Brachyura and Anomura) muscle meat from appendages. |
0.50 |
|
Bivalve molluscs |
1.5 |
|
Cephalopods (without viscera) |
1.0 |
1 When the fish is intended to be eaten whole, the maximum level applies to the whole fish, not just the muscle meat.
Relevant legislation: Commission Regulation 1881/2006.
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