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Frozen Fish & Seafood · barcode 00070120272731

Oven Ready Breaded Calamari

Singleton · Singleton Packing Corp

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen fish & seafood show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-12-22). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

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
  • 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
  • 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

Bleached flour

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

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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

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)

SQUID (WILD CAUGHT), WHEAT FLOUR, BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, RICE FLOUR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, WATER, SALT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, BUTTERMILK, MODIFIED WHEAT STARCH, LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), GARLIC POWDER, LACTOSE, BUTTER FLAVORED POWDER (WHEY, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SALT, BUTTER [CREAM,SALT], GUAR GUM), SPICES, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, ONION POWDER, BLACK PEPPER, NATURAL LEMON FLAVOR (CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, NATURAL FLAVOR, BHT [TO HELP PROTECT FLAVOR]), PAPRIKA EXTRACT (COLOR), SPICE EXTRACT, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE (TO RETAIN MOISTURE).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-22. Labels change; check the package.

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