Bioaccumulation of cyanuric acid in edible tissues of shrimp following experimental feeding

Abstract

Due to concerns that cyanuric acid (CYA)-contaminated feed had been used in aquaculture and could enter the human food chain, a method to quantify CYA residues in the edible tissues of fish and shrimp was previously developed and validated. This paper provides further data on the deliberate feeding of CYA to shrimp to determine the extent of residue accumulation in edible tissue. Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) was employed for the analysis of CYA in shrimp tissue. Edible tissue of shrimp fed 1666 or 3333 mg kg⁻¹ CYA in their diet (approximately 55 and 124 mg kg⁻¹ body weight) contained 0.767 and 0.406 mg kg⁻¹ CYA, respectively. The residue levels are below the World Health Organization (WHO) tolerable daily intake level for CYA and are generally considered unlikely to pose a human health risk.

Keywords:

• LC/MS
• exposure
• process contaminants
• residues
• fish and fish products