Acronym Contaminants in sprat
Category
Fisheries
Title Concentrations of heavy metals and POPs in sprat caught in Norwegian fjords Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Kåre Julshamn Coordinator email kju@nifes.no; kaare.julshamn@nifes.no
Coordinator institution
NIFES - National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA - Not available (Not available) ,
Start year NA End year NA Funding (€) € NA Website NA Summary In this project, 15 samples of canned sprat (Sprattus sprattus) purchased in various shops in the Bergen area and 35 samples of fresh sprat caught in different areas alon the Norwegian cost were analysed. The samples of wild sprat were caught in the Trondheimfjord, Sognefjord, Hardangerfjord, Høgsfjord in Ryfylke and Oslofjord and from the North Sea. The analyses of wild-caught sprat were based on pooled samples of 25 fish. The concentrations of sum PCDD/F + dl-PCB in canned sprat and wild-caught sprat were low compared with the EU's upper limits. The concentrations of sum PCB7 and sum PBDE7 in these products were similar to each other and somewhat higher than that previously found in fillet of mackerel and herring. The concentrations of cadmium, mercury and lead in both canned sprat and wild-caught sprat were also low compared with the EU's upper limits and were at the same levels as found in a few previous analyses of sprat. The concentrations of PFCs were mostly lower than the quantification limit of the method for most compounds except for PFOS which was found in most samples of both wild caught and canned sprat. There was no detection of Salmonella in any of the total of 64 samples of sprat and sprat products included in this work. As, Cd, Hg, Pb, dioxins, dioxin-like PCBs, non-dioxin like PCBs, PBDE and PFAS were determined in fillet of sprat caught in Norwegian fjords. The results showed low concentration levels for all analyses analysed.
Keywords
Fish products;
Toxic substances;
Fish;
Impacts;
Food safety;
Sprat;
Marine Region
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
14
Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
3
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