Recent surveys on cadmium in seafood: Seafoods analysed in the 1992 Australian Market Basket Survey reported concentrations of cadmium in fish fillets from not detected to 0.04 mg/kg; prawns from not detected to 0.58 mg/kg and canned tuna from not detected to only trace amounts (Stenhouse 1994).
Seafoods analysed in the 1994 Australian Market Basket Survey reported concentrations for cadmium in smoked fish fillets ranging from a minimum of not detected to a maximum of 0.02 mg/kg; oysters ranging from a minimum of 0.16 mg/kg to a maximum 0.91 mg/kg; canned red salmon ranging from a minimum of not detected to only trace amounts; and seafood sticks ranging from a minimum of only trace amounts to 0.06 mg/kg (Marro 1996).
Seafoods analysed in the 1996 Australian Market Basket Survey reported concentrations of cadmium in canned tuna ranging from a minimum of 0.012 mg/kg to a maximum 0.07 mg/kg; for calamari rings concentrations ranged from a minimum of 0.022 mg/kg to a maximum of 0.143 mg/kg; for battered flake fillets concentrations ranged from a minimum of only trace amounts to a maximum of 0.06 mg/kg, and for estuarine fish cadmium was not detected (Hardy 1998).
Canned crab, fish fillets, mussels and canned red salmon were analysed for cadmium in the 19th Australian Total Diet Survey (FSANZ 2001). Levels detected (minimum, maximum, median; units mg/kg) were: canned crab (0.08, 0.39, 0.18); fish fillets (not detected, 0.02, 0.003); mussels (0.26, 0.93, 0.48); and canned red salmon (0.004, 0.006, 0.005).
Prawns, fish fillets and portions, and canned tuna were analysed for cadmium in the 20th Australian Total Diet Survey (FSANZ 2003). Levels detected (minimum, maximum, median; units mg/kg) were: prawns (0.011, 0.500, 0.078); fish fillets (not detected, 0.053, not detected); fish portions (not detected, 0.110, not detected); and canned tuna (0.011, 0.030, 0.018).