The Centre for Food Safety today urged consumers not to eat swordfish imported from Vietnam supplier, Family Care Limited, after samples were found to contain excessive amounts of mercury.
The affected products include: FCL Frozen Sword Fish Loin Skin On 160-230g, sell-by date: November 2014; FCL Frozen Sword Fish Loin Skin On 2kg-up, sell-by date: February 2016; and FCL Frozen Sword Fish Steak 140-160g, sell-by date: February, 2016.
Test results found that the swordfish contained mercury at levels ranging from 0.82 parts per million to 2.5 ppm, exceeding the legal limit of 0.5 ppm.
Food safety officials have asked the importer to recall the affected batches and will liaise with the Vietnamese authorities.
