Regional survey of heavy metals in fish and fish products: Thailand
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Abstract
The study was conducted to determine the level of heavy metals such as cadmium, lead and total mercury in fish and fish products in Thailand. The following are the fish products that were evaluated in the study, frozen cuttlefish, frozen baby octopus, frozen squid, canned skipjack, canned albacore, canned yellowfin, frozen vannamei shrimp, frozen Nile tilapia, canned sardinella, frozen baby clam, frozen green mussel, frozen salmon, frozen ribbon fish, and frozen imitation crabmeat.
Suggested Citation
Pucharoen, J. (2008). Regional survey of heavy metals in fish and fish products: Thailand. In Technical Compilation of Heavy Metals, Pesticide Residues, Histamine and Drug Residues in Fish and Fish Products in Southeast Asia (pp. 53-58). Singapore: Marine Fisheries Research Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.
Subject
heavy metals 
; Food contamination; pollutants ; cadmium ; lead ; mercury ; marine fish ; chemical analysis ; fishery products ; Sepiida; Loligo; Katsuwonus pelamis; Thunnus alalunga; Thunnus albacares; Penaeus vannamei; Oreochromis niloticus; Sardinella gibbosa; Paphia undulata; Perna viridis; Oncorhynchus keta; Trichiurus lepturus; Nemipterus; Thailand
; Food contamination; pollutants ; cadmium ; lead ; mercury ; marine fish ; chemical analysis ; fishery products ; Sepiida; Loligo; Katsuwonus pelamis; Thunnus alalunga; Thunnus albacares; Penaeus vannamei; Oreochromis niloticus; Sardinella gibbosa; Paphia undulata; Perna viridis; Oncorhynchus keta; Trichiurus lepturus; Nemipterus; Thailand
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