Application Timeline: 1  Start an online application. 2  Along with the application you must also submit a letter of support, signed by the department head, clinic medical director, or executive director, stating your practice's commitment to the Reach Out and Read program.
Solid albacore refers to canned white tuna in which the fish remains in larger pieces. When the albacore is chopped into smaller pieces and canned, it's called chunk white tuna. A 3-ounce serving of canned albacore tuna packed in water has 109 calories and 2.5 grams of total fat. When itâs canned in oil, the same portion has 158 calories and 6.9 grams of total fat.
All canned white tuna is albacore. Its mercury levels are almost three times higher than the smaller skipjack, used in most canned light tuna. These recommendations are based on EPA guidance and estimates of mercury in the most popular canned tunas: Canned white, or albacore (0.32 parts per million of mercury). Children under six can eat up to one 3-ounce portion a month; children from 6â12, two 4.5-ounce portions a month. Adults, including pregnant women, can safely eat it up to three times a month (women, 6-ounce portions; men, 8-ounce portions). Canned light â the safer choice (0.12 parts per million of mercury).