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. 2021 Oct 18;9(12):6903–6922. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2633

TABLE 5.

Mean concentrations of heavy metals in smoked or grilled fish (a) and meat (b) products as reported from the literature

(a)
Country	Fish species	Heavy metals (mg/kg)						References
Country	Fish species	Pb	Cd	Hg	Ni	As	Cr	References
Egypt	Ctenopharyngodon idella	nd	0.2	nd	7.7	nd	nd	Abbas et al. (2021)^*
Iran	Rutilus frissi	0.003	0.002	nd	nd	nd	0.002	Mehdipour et al. (2018)^*
Nigeria	Scomber scombrus	nd	nd	nd	nd	0.40	0.1	Aremu et al. (2014)
	Clarias gariepinus	0.2	2.5	0.02	12.8	0.02	nd	Ibanga et al. (2019)^*
	Ethmalosa fimbriata	0.2	19.5	0.02	12.4	0.02	nd	Ibanga et al. (2019)^*
	Heteroclaria	18.7	1	nd	123.3	nd	50.3	Anigboro et al. (2011)
	Ethmalosa fimbriata	21.3	2.2	nd	120.7	nd	54.3
	Tilapia guineensis	43.7	nd	nd	148.7	nd	71
Poland	Herring	0.04	0.004	nd	nd	nd	nd	Rajkowska‐Myśliwiec et al. (2021)
Poland	Sprats	0.02	0.02	nd	nd	nd	nd	Rajkowska‐Myśliwiec et al. (2021)
Spain	Sardine	0.04	0.002	0.03		3.3	nd	Perello et al. (2008)
	Hake	0.02	nd	0.2		1.4	nd
	Tuna	0.03	0.002	0.4		1.6	nd
Turkey	Dicentrarchus labrax	0.3	nd	nd	0.2	0.4	0.05	Ersoy et al. (2006)
	Salmo salar	0.2	0.02	nd	nd	nd	nd	Şireli et al. (2006)^*
	Oncorhynhus mykiss	0.1	0.01	nd	nd	nd	nd
	Mackerel	0.05	0.01	nd	nd	nd	nd
	Oncorhynhus mykiss	0.4	0.02	nd	nd	nd	nd

(b)
Country	Meat products	Heavy metals (mg/kg)						References
Country	Meat products	Pb	Cd	Hg	Ni	As	Cr	References
Burkina‐Faso		Braised chicken	0.2	0.5	nd	nd	Nd	Bazié et al. (2021)
Burkina‐Faso		Flamed chicken	0.1	0.2	nd	nd	Nd	Bazié et al. (2021)
Ghana	Bush meat	3.6	0.1	nd	nd	nd	nd	Kobia et al. (2016)
Spain	Veal steak	0.02	nd	nd	nd	0.2	nd	Perello et al. (2008)
	Loin pork	nd	nd	nd	nd	0.2	nd
	Chicken	nd	nd	nd	nd	0.1	nd
	Lamb	nd	nd	nd	nd	0.2	nd

Abbreviation: nd, not determined.

^*

Reported data were expressed in dry matter.