Heavy Metals Meeting Book_MYM2023

2023 Heavy Metals Working Group – drafting the new SMPR

Proposed LOQs for As, Cd, Pb and Hg

LOQs (ug/kg) apply to the products as consumed for Baby Food and Foods.

For food additives, LOQs apply to the products as the ingredient and not as the final consumed product. Developers should submit the method’s procedures used for background assessment and control, and frequency of analysis of method blanks.

Reference materials with values near action levels are preferred.

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