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Quality Foods Stuffed Tilapia With Crabmeat And Shrimp, Crabmeat And Shrimp

Quality Foods From The Sea Inc · Frozen Fish & Seafood · barcode 00010389573101

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Partially hydrogenated oils and Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen fish & seafood show what's typical. See levels

Fish advice for pregnancy, breastfeeding and children

On FDA and EPA's fish chart: Crab: Best Choice; Shrimp: Best Choice; Tilapia: Best Choice.

FDA and EPA advise people who are or may become pregnant, people who are breastfeeding, and parents of children 1 to 11:

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding: 2 to 3 servings a week from the Best Choices list, or 1 serving a week from the Good Choices list. A serving is 4 ounces.
  • Children: 2 servings a week from the Best Choices list. A serving is about 1 ounce at ages 1 to 3, 2 ounces at 4 to 7, 3 ounces at 8 to 10, and 4 ounces at 11.

By the week

EPA's daily limit for methylmercury adds up to about 49 µg a week for a 154-lb adult and 10.5 µg for a 33-lb toddler. A daily limit is an average over time, so one fish meal counts across the whole week.

  • At FDA's average for cod, baked; fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked; shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails; tilapia, baked (31.5 ppb, 84 samples, 2017-2020; not a test of this product): about 14 servings of 4 ounces a week reach EPA's limit for a 154-lb adult; about 12 servings of 1 ounce for a 33-lb toddler.

Source: FDA and EPA, Advice about Eating Fish (revised October 2021). Mercury in fish FDA tested

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Partially hydrogenated oils

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. Source

Typical for frozen fish & seafood

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Cod, baked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 14 of 27 samples, average 4.87, highest 28 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Tilapia, baked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cod, baked: found in 16 of 27 samples, average 2.19, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 12, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 18 of 27 samples, average 5.69, highest 36 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Tilapia, baked: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.06, highest 1.5 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 83.4, highest 140 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.13, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 7.19, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Tilapia, baked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 6.68, highest 20 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cod, baked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 4,915, highest 10,900 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 757, highest 810 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Shrimp, pre-cooked, shells removed, no tails: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 358, highest 1,400 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Tilapia, baked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 117, highest 290 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 6.03, highest 51 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Shrimp, boiled: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 36, highest 147 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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.

Not tested

No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

TILAPIA, CRAB STUFFING (CRABMEAT, ONION, BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, CELERY, WATER) SHRIMP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: DRIED WHOLE EGGS, YEAST, DISTILLED VINEGAR, EGG WHITE SOLIDS, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA, SUGAR, SUNFLOWER OIL, MOLASSES, CITRIC ACID, CULTURED DEXTROSE, MUSTARD SEED, MUSTARD BRAN, TURMERIC, CELERY SALT (SALT, CELERY SEED) SPICES, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC POWDER, ANCHOVY PUREE, TAMARIND, CORN STARCH, CORN SYRUP, METHYL CELLULOSE, FD&C RED #40 (COLOR), XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, SODIUM CASEINATE {A MILK DERIVATIVE} MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS {CRAB, SOY}, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SEA SALT, SULFITES, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, RICE FLOUR, PARSLEY, LEMON JUICE SOLIDS, LEMON OIL, POTASSIUM SORBATE, AND SODIUM BENZOATE {PRESERVATIVES}, BREAD CRUMBS (ENRICHED FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY, NIACIN [A ""B"" VITAMIN] FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE [B1] RIBOFLAVIN [B2] FOLIC ACID) HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN, COTTONSEED, CORN AND/OR CANOLA OILS), WATER, SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, CHEESE WHEY, AGED CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO COLOR), CORN STARCH-MODIFIED, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF CANOLA OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL) CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, NONFAT DRY MILK, YEAST EXTRACT, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, LACTIC ACID, ANNATTO COLOR, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, FD&C YELLOW #6, DRESSING (WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, VINEGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, EGGS, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, MUSTARD FLOUR, POTASSIUM SORBATE AS A PRESERVATIVE, PAPRIKA, SPICE, DRIED GARLIC).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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