title: Survey of lead and cadmium in adult canned foods eaten by young children.
abstract: A U.S. Food and Drug Administration survey of lead and cadmium in 10 adult canned foods commonly eaten by children less than 5 years old was conducted between October 1981 and September 1985. The survey, which included foods preserved by a commercial canning process and packaged in metal containers, found the highest mean levels of lead (0.32 micrograms/g) in tuna and of cadmium (0.02 micrograms/g) in tuna and tomatoes. Lead levels in foods packaged in lead-soldered cans were about 5 times as high as those in foods packaged in nonlead-soldered cans. Mean lead levels appeared to decline over the 4 years of the study. Cadmium levels were usually below the data reporting limit (0.01 micrograms/g).
authors.affiliation: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Contaminants Chemistry, Washington, DC 20204.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Capar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D005506:Food Contamination; D005519:Food Preservation; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium; D007854:Lead