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APPENDIX XIII: DRAFT GUIDELINE LEVEL FOR CADMIUM IN FOOD (AT STEP 6 OF THE PROCEDURE)

FOOD

GUIDELINE LEVEL (mg/kg)

Cereals, Pulses and Legumes

0.1


PROPOSED DRAFT MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR CADMIUM IN FOOD

(At Step 3 of the Procedure)

FOOD

MAXIMUM LEVEL (mg/kg)

Fruit

0.05

Vegetable, including potatoes (edible part)

0.05

Leafy Vegetable

0.2

Wheat Grain and Rice

0.2

Soybeans and Peanuts

0.2

Meat of Cattle, Poultry, Pig and Sheep

0.05

Meat of Horse

0.2

Liver of Cattle, Poultry, Pig and Sheep

0.5

Kidney of Cattle, Poultry, Pig and Sheep

1.0

Crustaceae

0.5

Molluscs

1.0


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