Heavy Metals Meeting Book_MYM2023

Heavy Metals Current Legislation

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As

Cd

Pb

EU

Food: 200-300 ppb iAS Babyfood: 100 ppb (for Rice) New As regulation March 2023 n.a. – 10ppb for drinking and bottled water / 100 ppb iAs for infant rice cereal

Food: 50-3000 ppb Babyfood: 5-20 ppb

Food: 20-3000 ppb Babyfood: 20 ppb

Food: 100-1000 ppb Babyfood: n.a.

US

n.a. (15 ppm on some food color additives & 5 ppb in drinking water )

100 ppb for Candy Likely To Be Consumed by Smal l Children 50 ppb for Juice

1000 ppb for Fish, shellfish, crustaceans & Wheat

China

Food: 100-500 ppb Babyfood: 100-300 ppb

Food: 50-2000 ppb Babyfood: n.a.

Food: 50-3000 ppb Babyfood: 15-300 ppb

Food: 10 -1000 ppb Babyfood: 10-20 ppb

India

Food:

Food: 50-2000 ppb Babyfood: 100 ppb

Food: 10 -5000 ppb Babyfood: 20-200 ppb

Food: 10-1000 ppb (Max 250 MeHg) Babyfood: n.a. (Max 250 MeHg)

100-86000 ppb

Babyfood: 50 ppb

Codex

Food: 100 ppb for salts / 1200-1700 for some fishes Babyfood: n.a.

Food: 100-500 ppb Babyfood: n.a.

Food: 50-2000 ppb Babyfood: n.a.

Food: 20 - 1000 ppb Babyfood: 10 ppb

From CXS - 193

Note : Water excluded - Babyfood is IF & Complementary food

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AOAC MidYear Meeting - S . Dubascoux