Mackerel as food: Difference between revisions

|pages=1353–7|s2cid=30973040 |url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00577459/file/PEER_stage2_10.1080%252F02652030701387197.pdf }}</ref> According to the [[United States Food and Drug Administration]], [[king mackerel]] is one of four fishes, along with [[swordfish]], [[Shark meat|shark]], and [[tilefish]], that children and pregnant women should avoid due to high levels of [[methylmercury]] found in these fish and the consequent risk of [[Mercury poisoning#Organic mercury compounds|mercury poisoning]].<ref name="Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish">{{cite web | url = https://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/product-specificinformation/seafood/foodbornepathogenscontaminants/methylmercury/ucm115644.htm | title = Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish (1990-2010) | author = FDA | website = [[Food and Drug Administration]] | access-date = 2011-09-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130115185859/https://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/product-specificinformation/seafood/foodbornepathogenscontaminants/methylmercury/ucm115644.htm | archive-date = 2013-01-15 | url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="Protect Yourself and Your Family">