Researchers at Miguel Hernández De Elche University Ask Us to Read the Labels Slowly Before Buying a Can of Tuna

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A team from the Instituto de Investigación y Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental de la Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche has analyzed the content of minerals and metals in 116 samples of white-labeled preserved tuna sold in Spanish supermarkets. The study concludes that the fishing zone and the coverage liquid are the factors that most influence the presence of arsenic, cadmium and mercury in the can. The work, published in Food Contr…