Yardım, ÖztekinBat, Levent2025-03-232025-03-2320202548-0006https://doi.org/10.35229/jaes.702810https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/393316https://hdl.handle.net/11486/3286Fish are an important part of the diet of the local people in the coasts of the Black Sea.The concentrations of three essential (Fe, Zn, Cu) and three non-essential (Pb, Hg, Cd) heavymetals were determined in Rainbow trout from Samsun fish market. In the present study, themaximum amounts of the toxic metals were 0.014 Pb mg kg-1 wet wt., 0.024 Hg mg kg-1 wet wt.and 0.018 Cd mg kg-1 wet wt. in the edible tissues of Rainbow trout. Maximum toxic heavy metalvalues are quite below the permitted values set by the Turkish Food Codex (TFC) and EuropeanUnion legislation. Hazardous quotient (HQ) values showed that there was no apparent risk wheneach metal was analysed individually. Moreover, hazard index (HI) was also found to be less than1. From the results the HQ of the heavy metals indicated that all Rainbow trout individuals weresafe with no risk to consumers from Samsun.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBiyolojiBalıkçılıkHalk ve Çevre SağlığıKimyaTıbbiZoolojiArticle5226026310.35229/jaes.702810393316