Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Risks and Benefits of Fish Consumption

The 38th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants requested the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its 29th Session in 2006 to seek scientific advice from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on the risks and benefits of fish consumption: specifically a comparison of the health benefits of fish consumption with the health risks associated with the contaminants methylmercury and dioxins (defined here to in