Re: More interesting fish stuff - from Ireland

[Guest guest]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 19:38:41 -0000

" Dr. Marasco " <mmarasco@...> wrote:

> http://www.fsai.ie/surveillance/food/surveillance_food_summarydioxins.

> asp

>

So if I understand this article correctly, contaminants in fish are

*not* a problem:

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* The dioxin levels found in Irish wild salmon were on average less than

10% of this limit.

* The dioxin levels found in Irish farmed salmon were on average less than

25% of this limit.

* The dioxin levels found in Irish farmed trout were on average less than

10% of this limit.

Therefore, Irish wild salmon and Irish farmed salmon and trout are well below

current

European limits for dioxins. It should be noted that current European

legislation does not set maximum limits for the dioxin-like PCBs.

However, these levels were slightly higher than the dioxin levels in the

same sample. It is the intention of the current European legislation to

set maximum limits for the dioxin-like PCBs by 2006.

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and that contaminants in fish oils may be a problem for a very few:

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Examination of market share data provided by the industry has shown

that in Ireland only 10% of the market for cod liver oil capsules is

supplied by brands that had dioxin levels in excess of the legislative

limit. Therefore, the vast majority of the Irish consumers of these

products are only being exposed to very low levels of dioxin from this

source.

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[Guest guest]

Well I'm not sure I got that from this article. I was shocke at the

level of some of the pcb levels in numerous fish oil products. I

new they were high in some but not as consistently as this study

showed. The fact that the Eskimo3 oil had such low levels across

the board demonstrates that every other should be at the same

standard. Regardless of what gov't standards are pcb's, dioxin and

the like should be minimized.

DMM

>

> >

http://www.fsai.ie/surveillance/food/surveillance_food_summarydioxins

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> > asp

> >

>

> So if I understand this article correctly, contaminants in fish are

> *not* a problem:

>

> ###########

> * The dioxin levels found in Irish wild salmon were on

average less than 10% of this limit.

> * The dioxin levels found in Irish farmed salmon were on

average less than 25% of this limit.

> * The dioxin levels found in Irish farmed trout were on

average less than 10% of this limit.

>

> Therefore, Irish wild salmon and Irish farmed salmon and trout are

well below current

> European limits for dioxins. It should be noted that current

European

> legislation does not set maximum limits for the dioxin-like PCBs.

> However, these levels were slightly higher than the dioxin levels

in the

> same sample. It is the intention of the current European

legislation to

> set maximum limits for the dioxin-like PCBs by 2006.

> ##############

>

>

>

> and that contaminants in fish oils may be a problem for a very

few:

>

> #########

> Examination of market share data provided by the industry has

shown

> that in Ireland only 10% of the market for cod liver oil capsules

is

> supplied by brands that had dioxin levels in excess of the

legislative

> limit. Therefore, the vast majority of the Irish consumers of these

> products are only being exposed to very low levels of dioxin from

this

> source.

> #########

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 01:18:53 -0000

" Dr. Marasco " <mmarasco@...> wrote:

> Well I'm not sure I got that from this article. I was shocke at the

> level of some of the pcb levels in numerous fish oil products. I

> new they were high in some but not as consistently as this study

> showed. The fact that the Eskimo3 oil had such low levels across

> the board demonstrates that every other should be at the same

> standard. Regardless of what gov't standards are pcb's, dioxin and

> the like should be minimized.

>

> DMM

>

Well I for one don't put much weight in gov't standards regarding any of

this, I just refrained from commenting on that aspect of the article. I

did find it interesting that the gov't felt it necessary to regulate an

industry (and thus raise the cost of these oils) that is clearly not in

violation of their standards, but that is beside the point.

The best way for these folks to ensure that they get good fish oil

capsules is to simply buy the better ones. But they don't need me to

tell them that, since 90% of the market seems to be dominated by the

low residue oils, they seem to be in fact doing that.

Now it seems to me they would be better off just eating the fish in the

first place instead of swallowing capsules, but......I digress ;-)

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