Seafood regulation

Brown HS, Goble R, Tatelbaum L. 1988. Methodology for assessing hazards of contaminants in seafood. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 8 76-101. 

Antimony may enter the human body through the consumption of meats, vegetables, and seafood which all contain about 0.2—1.1 ppb antimony. Disposal of Antimony. Antimony and its compounds have been designated as priority pollutants by the EPA (35). As a result users, transporters, generators, and processors of antimony-containing material must comply with regulations of the Eederal Resource Conservative and Recovery Act (RCRA). 

Edmonds JS, and Francesconi KA (1993) Arsenic in seafoods - human health-aspects and regulations. Mar Poll Bull 26 665-674. 

Discharge water and emission from facilities that make americium smoke detectors or gauges or produce plutonium for nuclear weapons may contain americium. These operations are strictly regulated, but you can check local health advisories before consuming fish or other seafood from these waters. Nuclear reactors are not expected to discharge measurable amounts of americium. 

Eating seafoods that contain high concentrations of zinc does not seem to present a threat to human health. However, oysters from Tasmania allegedly caused nausea and vomiting in some people who ate them these oysters contained about 20 grams of zinc per kg soft parts FW, or about 500 times more than the Australian food regulation of 40 mg/kg FW (Eisler 1981). 

Local regulations controlling the harvest and sales of seafood may be more specific. For example, based on ciguatera testing in the 1980s, Dade County, Florida, has completely banned the sale of barracuda within the county (Lawrence et al., 1980). 

Zinc plays a number of important roles in the body and deficiency results in serious adverse effects. Recommended daily intake is 12 to 15 mg. Zinc is very common in the environment and readily available in many foods, including grains, nuts, legumes, meats, seafood, and dairy products. Numerous enzymes require zinc, as do proteins that regulate gene expression. Zinc plays a role in the immune system and is also important in the development and function of the nervous system. 

J. S. Edmonds, K. J. Francesconi, Arsenic in seafood human health aspects and regulations, Mar. Pollut. Bull., 26 (1993), 665-674. 

Which mineral is important in the regulation of metabolism and can be found in seafood, cod, cod-liver oil, halibut, oysters, and kelp. 

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