The World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is requesting data on methylmercury and total mercury in fish, specifically orange roughy, pink cusk-eel, and all toothfish.
From May 3–13, 2021, the 14th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods was held virtually, and the committee agreed to start working on maximum levels (MLs) for methylmercury in orange roughy and pink cuskeel, and to re-establish the Electronic Working Group (EWG) led by New Zealand and Canada. The EWG will develop MLs and associated sampling plans for consideration by the next committee session, in 2022. The EWG will also consider further data to establish the feasibility of setting an ML for Patagonian toothfish.