Turkish acceptable limit and EU limit for Pb (ug g[?]1) is 0.40, the range of international standard in fish is 0.5-10 (EU, 2001; TFC, 2002), permissible value by Malaysian Food Regulation (1985) is 2.00, by HKEPD (1987) it is 6.00, by USEPA (2000) it is 0.491, by FSANZ (2002) is 0.200, by EUROPA (2004) it is 0.100 and its toxic limit set by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO, 1983) is 0.5 mg kg[?]1.
ESS Asia and USA test personnel are this week completing a large project for an important return client, the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department (HKEPD).