FDA to Probe Report of Higher-Mercury Tuna
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From Times Wire Reports
The Food and Drug Administration will look into a newspaper report that some canned light tuna contains a species with potentially higher mercury levels, the agency said.
A recent Chicago Tribune series reported finding that some cans of light tuna, which generally was made with skipjack, included yellowfin tuna and were not labeled that way.
The newspaper cited the U.S. tuna industry in reporting that yellowfin contained as much mercury as albacore tuna, which the federal government has advised certain at-risk people to eat sparingly.
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