Table 2.

The frequency of metallic fragments seen in radiographs and lead concentrations (mg/kg wet weight), as determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), in four types of game meat from Australia (for details of each meat type, see Table 1)

Generic name	Radiography		Lead concentrations via ICP-MS (mg/kg wet weight)
	Frequency of samples with metallic shot and/or fragments (%)	Mean ± SD number of fragments for positive samples	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Frequency of samples >0.1 mg/kg (%)	Maximum factor of 0.1 mg/kg
Kangaroo	0	NA	0.01	0.01	<LOQ	0.03	0	0.30
Wallaby	4	1.0 ± 0.0 (n=1)	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.04	0	0.43
Venison	28	5.5 ± 4.5	0.12	0.07	0.03	0.46	53	4.56
Quail	35	1.9 ± 1.9	1.76	3.76	0.02	18.90	86	188.98