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APPENDIX XV: CODEX STANDARD FOR NATURAL MINERAL WATERS - HEALTH-RELATED LIMITS FOR CERTAIN SUBSTANCES

Section 3.2

Health-Related Limits for Certain Substances

Antimony

0.005 mg/l

Arsenic

0.05 mg/l, calculated as total As

Barium

1 mg/l

Borate

5 mg/l, calculated as B

Cadmium

0.003 mg/l

Chromium

0.05 mg/l, calculated as total Cr

Copper

1 mg/l

Cyanide

0.07 mg/l

Fluoride

See section 6.3.2 (Additional Labeling Requirements)

Lead

0.01 mg/l

Manganese

2 mg/l

Mercury

0.001 mg/l

Nickel

0.02 mg/l

Nitrate

50 mg/l, calculated as nitrate

Nitrite

0.02 mg/l (set as a quality limit, except for infants)

Selenium

0.05 mg/l


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