Spoon Scout

Kinds of food

Fresh Meat

6 products.

Typical levels

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Lamb chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.16, highest 4.4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Lamb chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.04, highest 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Lamb chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 25 of 27 samples, average 5.56, highest 21 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 24 of 27 samples, average 4.06, highest 8.5 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Lamb chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pork chop, pan-cooked with oil: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, broiled: found in 2 of 20 samples, average 0.4, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Beef, ground, regular, pan-cooked: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Lamb chop, pan-cooked w/ oil: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Pork chop, pan-cooked w/ oil: found in 10 of 20 samples, average 12.6, highest 73 ppb (2008-2012)

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Products

None of these has published lab results yet.