Do Salmon and Tuna contain mercury?
We are pleased to confirm that our salmon and tuna are caught in the wild. We can also confirm salmon and tuna are routinely checked for contaminants including mercury levels. We test our canned products annually for mercury and they easily meet the New Zealand Australia food standard codes. Food Standards Australia and New Zealand also advise there is no reason for the general public to be concerned about the safety of fish available in the Australian and New Zealand markets. The level of mercury in most fish species is low and when a variety of fish are consumed as part of a balanced diet the intake of methyl mercury is small and should not be a cause for concern. While mercury can accumulate in the body over time, it is also readily excreted and, therefore, health problems can only occur following relatively high level exposure over an extended period – for the vast majority of the population, this is an unlikely scenario.
