\u00cd \u00feessari sk\u00fdrslu eru teknar saman ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur v\u00f6ktunar \u00e1 \u00f3\u00e6skilegum efnum \u00ed \u00e6tum hluta sj\u00e1varfangs 2025. V\u00f6ktunin h\u00f3fst \u00e1ri\u00f0 2003 fyrir tilstu\u00f0lan \u00fe\u00e1verandi Sj\u00e1var\u00fatvegsr\u00e1\u00f0uneytis, n\u00faverandi Matv\u00e6lar\u00e1\u00f0uneyti\u00f0, og s\u00e1 Mat\u00eds ohf. um a\u00f0 safna g\u00f6gnum og \u00fatg\u00e1fu \u00e1 sk\u00fdrslum vegna \u00feessarar kerfisbundnu v\u00f6ktunar \u00e1 t\u00edmabilinu 2003-2012. Vegna skorts \u00e1 fj\u00e1rmagni \u00ed \u00feetta v\u00f6ktunarverkefni var gert hl\u00e9 \u00e1 \u00feessari mikilv\u00e6gu gagnas\u00f6fnun sem og \u00fatg\u00e1fu ni\u00f0ursta\u00f0na \u00e1 t\u00edmabilinu 2013-2016. Verkefni\u00f0 h\u00f3fst aftur \u00ed mars 2017 en vegna fj\u00e1rskorts n\u00e6r \u00fea\u00f0 n\u00fa eing\u00f6ngu yfir v\u00f6ktun \u00e1 \u00f3\u00e6skilegum efnum \u00ed \u00e6tum hluta sj\u00e1varfangs \u00far au\u00f0lindinni sem \u00e6tla\u00f0 er til manneldis, en ekki fiskimj\u00f6l og l\u00fdsi fyrir f\u00f3\u00f0ur. Af s\u00f6mu \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0u eru ekki lengur ger\u00f0ar efnagreiningar \u00e1 PAH og PBDE efnum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Markmi\u00f0i\u00f0 me\u00f0 verkefninu er a\u00f0 s\u00fdna fram \u00e1 st\u00f6\u00f0u \u00edslenskra sj\u00e1varafur\u00f0a m.t.t. \u00f6ryggi og heiln\u00e6mis og h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 n\u00fdta g\u00f6gnin vi\u00f0 ger\u00f0 \u00e1h\u00e6ttumats \u00e1 matv\u00e6lum til a\u00f0 tryggja hagsmuni neytenda og l\u00fd\u00f0heilsu. Verkefni\u00f0 byggir upp \u00feekkingargrunn um magn \u00f3\u00e6skilegra efna \u00ed efnahagslega mikilv\u00e6gum tegundum og sj\u00e1varafur\u00f0um, \u00fea\u00f0 er skilgreint sem langt\u00edmaverkefni \u00fear sem \u00fatv\u00edkkun og endursko\u00f0un er st\u00f6\u00f0ugt nau\u00f0synleg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almennt voru ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0urnar sem fengust 2025 \u00ed samr\u00e6mi vi\u00f0 fyrri ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur fr\u00e1 \u00e1runum 2003 til 2012 sem og 2017 til 2024. Ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0urnar s\u00fdndu a\u00f0 \u00edslenskar sj\u00e1varafur\u00f0ir innihalda \u00f3verulegt magn \u00fer\u00e1virkra l\u00edfr\u00e6nna efna s.s. d\u00edox\u00edn, PCB og varnarefni. \u00ed \u00feessari sk\u00fdrslu voru h\u00e1marksgildi Evr\u00f3pusambandsins (ESB) fyrir d\u00edox\u00edn, d\u00edox\u00ednl\u00edk PCB (DL-PCB) og ekki d\u00edox\u00ednl\u00edk PCB (NDL-PCB) \u00ed matv\u00e6lum samkv\u00e6mt regluger\u00f0 nr. 2023\/915 notu\u00f0 til a\u00f0 meta hvernig \u00edslenskar sj\u00e1varafur\u00f0ir standast kr\u00f6fur ESB. Ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur \u00e1rsins 2025 s\u00fdna a\u00f0 \u00f6ll s\u00fdni af sj\u00e1varafur\u00f0um til manneldis voru undir h\u00e1marksgildum ESB fyrir \u00fer\u00e1virk l\u00edfr\u00e6n efni og \u00feungm\u00e1lma. \u00de\u00e1 reyndist styrkur svokalla\u00f0ra ICES6-PCB efna vera l\u00e1gur \u00ed \u00e6tum hluta sj\u00e1varfangs, mi\u00f0a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00e1marksgildi ESB samkv\u00e6mt regluger\u00f0 nr. 2023\/915. S\u00f6mulei\u00f0is s\u00fdndu ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0urnar a\u00f0 styrkur \u00feungm\u00e1lma, t.d. kadm\u00edum (Cd), bl\u00fd (Pb) og kvikasilfur (Hg) \u00ed \u00edslenskum sj\u00e1varafur\u00f0um var alltaf undir h\u00e1marksgildum ESB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This report summarises the results obtained in 2025 for the screening of various undesirable substances in the edible part of Icelandic marine catches. The main aim of this project is to gather data and evaluate the status of Icelandic seafood products in terms of undesirable substances, and the data can be utilised to estimate the exposure of consumers to these substances from Icelandic seafood and risks related to public health. The surveillance programme began in 2003 and was carried out for ten consecutive years before it was interrupted in 2013. The project was revived in March 2017 to fill in knowledge gaps regarding the level of undesirable substances in economically important marine catches for Icelandic export. Due to financial limitations the monitoring now only covers screening for undesirable substances in the edible portion of marine catches for human consumption and not feed or feed components. The limited financial resources also required the analysis of PAHs and PBDEs to be excluded from the monitoring, providing somewhat more limited information than before. However, it is considered a long-term project where extension and revision are constantly necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In general, the results obtained in 2025 were in agreement with previous results on undesirable substances in the edible part of marine catches obtained in the monitoring years 2003 to 2012 and 2017 to 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this report from the monitoring programme, the maximum levels for dioxins, dioxin-like PCBs and non-dioxin-like PCBs in foodstuffs (Commission Regulation (EU) 2023\/915) were used to evaluate how Icelandic seafood products measure up to limits currently in effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results show that in regard to the maximum levels set in the regulation, the edible parts of Icelandic seafood products contain negligible amounts of dioxins, dioxin like and non-dioxin-like PCBs. In fact, all samples of seafood analysed in 2025 were below EU maximum levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, the concentration of ICES-6-PCBs was found to be low in the edible part of the marine catches, compared to the maximum limits set by the EU (Commission Regulation (EU) 2023\/915). The results also revealed that the concentration of toxic trace elements, i.e., cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg) in the edible part of marine catches were below the relevant maximum limits set by the EU in all samples.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00cd \u00feessari sk\u00fdrslu eru teknar saman ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur v\u00f6ktunar \u00e1 \u00f3\u00e6skilegum efnum \u00ed \u00e6tum hluta sj\u00e1varfangs 2025. V\u00f6ktunin h\u00f3fst \u00e1ri\u00f0 2003 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[148,286,287,288,149,289,150,290,151,152,153,154,155,63,291,292,2027],"class_list":["post-56372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skyrsla","tag-dioxin","tag-dioxin-2","tag-dioxinlik-pcb","tag-hamarksgildi","tag-heavy-metals","tag-heilnaemi","tag-human-consumption","tag-lydheilsa","tag-marine-catches","tag-maximum-limits","tag-monitoring","tag-pcb","tag-pesticides","tag-sjavarfang","tag-varnarefni","tag-voktun","tag-thungmalmar-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n