FoodtopsyFrançais
Menu

Fish allergy

In the body: An allergy is the immune system reacting to the food.

Not rated by dose: a flag on 9 reviewed foods, among them Sardines, canned in water, canned sardines and canned light tuna. The list below has a line for each of 12 preparations.

For some people. Allergies, medicines and medical conditions: a flag for the people the source names, no wider.

All hazards

The reference value and where it comes from

Reviewed foods that carry it

9 reviewed foods carry it; none is rated by dose. A food counts once, as in the foods list: preparations sharing a page (raw and cooked, canned) count once; one with its own page counts apart. Below, one line for each of 12 preparations.

How often you can eat it

No food here is rated by dose. Each line says why it’s listed: a flag for the people the source names, advice on handling it, or context.

Flags and context, not rated by dose

  • Cod, baked

    Worth knowing

    Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Flagged for people with a fish allergy: fish is one of Health Canada's priority allergens.

    Intake: not applicable

    Measured on: Health Canada priority allergens list: fish

  • Farmed salmon, cooked

    Worth knowing

    Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Person-specific: fish is a priority allergen in Canada (Health Canada) and a major allergen on the FDA and EU lists (EU Regulation 1169/2011, Annex II).

    Intake: not applicable (flag)

    Measured on: priority allergen category (fish)

  • Farmed salmon, raw

    Worth knowing

    Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Person-specific: fish is a priority allergen in Canada (Health Canada) and a major allergen on the FDA and EU lists (EU Regulation 1169/2011, Annex II).

    Intake: not applicable (flag)

    Measured on: priority allergen category (fish)

  • Light tuna, canned in water

    Worth knowing

    Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Fish is a Health Canada priority allergen

    Intake: one 55 g serving a day, 70 kg adult

    Measured on: person-specific

  • Mackerel, canned

    Worth knowing

    Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Person-specific (fish allergy); the Health Canada list of priority allergens includes Fish. Cooking or canning does not remove it (general fact, not sourced here).

    Intake: n/a

    Measured on: Health Canada priority food allergen: Fish

  • Mackerel, cooked

    Worth knowing

    Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Person-specific (fish allergy); the Health Canada list of priority allergens includes Fish. Cooking or canning does not remove it (general fact, not sourced here).

    Intake: n/a

    Measured on: Health Canada priority food allergen: Fish

  • Mackerel, raw

    Worth knowing

    Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Person-specific (fish allergy); the Health Canada list of priority allergens includes Fish. Cooking or canning does not remove it (general fact, not sourced here).

    Intake: n/a

    Measured on: Health Canada priority food allergen: Fish

  • Ranch dressing

    Worth knowing

    Health Canada 2017 · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Flagged for people with a fish allergy, mainly on dressings that contain anchovy, such as Caesar; ranch has none by composition. Health Canada's fish page lists 'Salad dressings' and sauces such as Worcestershire among foods that contain or often contain fish, but it does not name Caesar or tie anchovy to dressings. The label's ingredient list settles it.

    Intake: one 30.4 g (30 mL) serving a day, 70 kg adult

    Measured on: Caesar dressing and Worcestershire-type sauces contain anchovy (plan line); ranch does not by composition.

  • Sardines, canned in oil

    Worth knowing

    Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Fish is a Health Canada priority allergen

    Intake: one 55 g serving a day, 70 kg adult

    Measured on: person-specific

  • Sardines, canned in water

    Worth knowing

    Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Fish is a Health Canada priority allergen

    Intake: one 55 g serving a day, 70 kg adult

    Measured on: person-specific

  • Sockeye salmon, canned

    Worth knowing

    Health Canada, Crustaceans and Molluscs - Priority food allergens · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Flagged for people with a fish allergy: Health Canada lists fish among the priority food allergens.

    Intake: not applicable (flag)

    Measured on: not stated in the draft

  • Tilapia, cooked

    Worth knowing

    Health Canada, priority allergens · grade A

    How it’s rated

    Flagged for people with a fish allergy: fish is a Health Canada priority allergen. It is not scored by dose.

    Intake: 100 g cooked (HC TRA I.3), one serving a day

    Measured on: not stated in the draft

Sources