Heavy Metals Meeting Book_MYM2023

Metals in (Baby) Food SMPR LIMITS - Elemental Contaminant Natural Colorants

mg/kg = ppm

Colorants group: Summary of colorants they are interested in evaluating and the limits for different regions

Consensus level?

1 ppm

1 ppm

1 ppm*

1 ppm*

* Or lower

Even at dilution factors of 1000X – requires instrument quantitation limits of 1ppb (or 0.5ppb for ½ of reg limit)