For all the samples analyzed and irrespective of the brands, the concentration of cadmium in the canned fish samples were below the 0.5 mg Cd/kg stipulated by the Codex Committee on Food
Additives and Contaminants (CCFAC, 2001). Cadmium is known to accumulate in the human body and it induces kidney dysfunction, skeletal damage and reproductive deficiencies (Commission
of the European Communities, 2001). The low concentrations of cadmium in the canned fishes analyzed suggest that the exposure of the general public to cadmium through the consumption of
canned fish is not significant.