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.