title: Australian seafood compositional profiles: A pilot study. Vitamin D and mercury content.
abstract: Given the scarcity of comprehensive nutritional data for Australia's >400 commercially produced seafood species a pilot study was undertaken to collect and analyse 22 species of wild and aquaculture seafood in order to develop a model for future comprehensive surveys. The species analysed were: Atlantic salmon, Australian sardine, prawn (six species), barramundi, abalone (three species), blue sprat, burrowing blackfish, gummy shark, oyster (four species), ocean trout and yellowtail kingfish. The analyses undertaken in this pilot study were: moisture, protein, total fat, cholesterol, fatty acids, vitamin C, vitamins A and D, and 21 mineral elements (including total mercury and methyl mercury). The data reported here are for vitamin D and mercury only. Comprehensive data have already been published elsewhere. Issues identified that should be addressed prior to undertaking a more extensive and representative study of the remaining major edible commercial Australian seafood species include: choice of samples and nutrients for analysis, facilities for sample handling and storage, data management and scrutiny, and laboratory quality control.
authors.affiliation: South Australian Research and Development Institute, Plant Research Centre, 2b Hartley Grove, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Padula
authors.affiliation: RMC Gunn Building (B19), Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Electronic address: heather.greenfield@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Greenfield
authors.affiliation: Food Standards Australia New Zealand, PO Box 7186, Canberra BC, ACT 2610, Australia.
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.affiliation: South Australian Research and Development Institute, Plant Research Centre, 2b Hartley Grove, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kiermeier
authors.affiliation: South Australian Research and Development Institute, Plant Research Centre, 2b Hartley Grove, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McLeod
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017747:Seafood / Q000032:analysis*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D; D008628:Mercury
keywords: Australia; Mercury; Seafood; Vitamin D