Editing Moose (section)

==== Consumption of offal====
[[Cadmium]] levels are high in Finnish moose [[liver]] and [[kidney]]s, with the result that consumption of these organs from moose more than one year old is prohibited in Finland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foodqualitynews.com/Food-Alerts/All-clear-for-Finnish-foods |title=All-clear for Finnish foods |date=11 August 2003 |publisher=Food Quality News|access-date=November 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091110081823/http://www.foodqualitynews.com/Food-Alerts/All-clear-for-Finnish-foods |archive-date=November 10, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result of a study reported in 1988, the [[Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario)|Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources]] recommended against the consumption of moose and deer kidneys and livers. Levels of cadmium were found to be considerably higher than in Scandinavia.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Cadmium levels in Ontario moose and deer in relation to soil sensitivity to acid precipitation |journal=Science of the Total Environment |date=June 1988 |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=173–186 |doi=10.1016/0048-9697(88)90165-9|last1=Glooschenko |first1=V. |last2=Downes |first2=C. |last3=Frank |first3=R. |last4=Braun |first4=H.E. |last5=Addison |first5=E.M. |last6=Hickie |first6=J. |pmid=3381081 |bibcode=1988ScTEn..71..173G }}</ref> The [[New Brunswick]] [[Department of Natural Resources]] advises hunters not to consume cervid [[offal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Health and Wellness Public Health Advisory / Hunters and wildlife diseases (05/09/16) |url=https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/he/2005e1188hw.htm |agency=New Brunswick Chief Medical Officer of Health |issue=NB 1188 |publisher=www.gnb.ca |date=September 16, 2005 |access-date=July 3, 2019 |archive-date=July 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703172302/https://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/he/2005e1188hw.htm }}</ref>

Cadmium intake has been found to be elevated amongst all consumers of moose meat, though the meat was found to contribute only slightly to the daily cadmium intake. However the consumption of moose liver or kidneys significantly increased cadmium intake, with the study revealing that heavy consumers of moose organs have a relatively narrow safety margin below the levels which would probably cause adverse [[health effects]].<ref>Vahteristo, L., Lyytikäinen, T., Venäläinen, E. R., Eskola, M., Lindfors, E., Pohjanvirta, R., & Maijala, R. (2003). Cadmium intake of moose hunters in Finland from consumption of moose meat, liver and kidney. ''Food Additives and Contamination, 20'', 453–463.</ref>