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Concentration of Total Mercury in Convenience Fish Products and Cooked Fish

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  • Panichev NA
  • Panicheva SE

    (Department of Chemistry, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa)

Abstract

Convenience fish products are very popular culinary items among South African customers because they does not require any preliminary preparation before cooking. To the best of our knowledge, convenience fish products never had been a subject of analysis for mercury (Hg) content. The RA-915+ Mercury Analyzer (Lumex, Russia) was used for direct Hg determination in food and fish samples. The Hg concentration inconvenience fish products “Hake crumbed AA portions†and “Hake AA portions†was found to be at very low level, 8.1±1.1ng/g and in others convenience fish products “Fish bites†and “Battered mince portions†, in the range of 48-64ng/g. In “ready-to-eat†fried fish, concentration of Hg varied in much wider range: from 55 to 306ng/g. To avoid risk of Hg contamination from these products by consumers, the recommended amount of fish and convenience fish products was calculated.

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  • Panichev NA & Panicheva SE, 2017. "Concentration of Total Mercury in Convenience Fish Products and Cooked Fish," Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 3(1), pages 29-31, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jofoaj:v:3:y:2017:i:1:p:29-31
    DOI: 10.19080/OFOAJ.2017.03.555604
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