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Appendix XV: Draft Guideline Level (at Step 8) and Proposed Draft Maximum Levels (at Step 5) for Cadmium

(At Step 8 of the Procedure)

Food

GL (mg/kg)

Remarks

Cereals, Pulses and Legumes

0.1

Excluding Bran and Germ, Wheat Grain, Rice, Soybeans and Peanuts

PROPOSED DRAFT MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR CADMIUM

(At Step 5 of the Procedure)

Food

ML (mg/kg)

Remarks

Fruit

0.05


Wheat Grain, Rice

0.2

Including Bran and Germ

Soybean and Peanuts

0.2


Meat of Cattle, Poultry, Pig and Sheep

0.05


Meat of Horse

0.2


Crustaceans

0.5

Excluding Lobster and Brown Meat from Crab

Vegetables

0.05

Excluding Leafy Vegetables, Fresh Herbs, Stem and Root Vegetables, Fungi, Tomatoes and Peeled Potatoes

Peeled Potatoes, Stem and Root Vegetables

0.1

Excluding Celeriac

Leafy Vegetables, Fresh Herbs, Fungi and Celeriac

0.2



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