This page records the infant and child food heavy-metal maximum levels set by National Food Safety Standard — Maximum Levels of Contaminants in Foods (GB 2762-2022), the instrument of National Health Commission (NHC) and State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), 2022. Every value below is transcribed from the primary text and is the value an HMTc standard cites when this jurisdiction binds a certification limit. It is a record of law, not an HMTc threshold.
Infant & child food limits
All values µg/kg (ppb), in the basis the instrument states. 17 limits for infant and child food categories.
| Analyte | Limit (µg/kg) | Basis | Product scope | Provision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadmium (Cd) | 60 | product as placed on market | Cereal-based complementary foods for infants and young children | Table 2 (Cadmium), Foods for special dietary uses. Sources: |
| Total chromium (Cr) | 2000 | product as placed on market | Milk powder and modified milk powder (general dairy category, distinct from infant formula); standard sets no hexavalent-chromium (Cr-VI) li | Table 7 (Chromium), Milk and milk products. Sources: https:/ |
| Lead (Pb) | 150 | product as placed on market | Formulas for special medical purposes (excl. infant FSMP), products for 1-10 year olds | Table 1 (lead), 0.15 mg/kg calculated as solid product. PRIM |
| Lead (Pb) | 500 | product as placed on market | Complementary food supplement (辅食营养补充品) | Table 1 (Lead), Foods for special dietary uses. Sources: htt |
| Lead (Pb) | 500 | product as placed on market | Formulas for special medical purposes (FSMP), products for children over 10 years old (FSMP for infants excluded) | Table 1 (Lead), Formulas for special medical purposes rows. |
| Lead (Pb) | 150 | product as placed on market | Formulas for special medical purposes (FSMP), products for children 1-10 years old (FSMP for infants excluded from this row) | Table 1 (Lead), Formulas for special medical purposes rows. |
| Lead (Pb) | 200 | as consumed | Complementary/supplementary foods for infants and young children | table. Ref: Table 1 (Lead), Foods for special dietary uses. |
| Lead (Pb) | 10 | as consumed | Liquid (ready-to-feed) infant formula | Table 1 (Lead), footnote c. Sources: https://apps.fas.usda.g |
| Lead (Pb) | 80 | product as placed on market | Formula food for infants and young children (powdered infant/follow-up/toddler formula) | Table 1 (Lead), Foods for special dietary uses. Sources: htt |
| Tin (Sn) | 50000 | product as placed on market | Formula foods and complementary foods for infants and young children, packaged in tinplate (tinned-plate-sheet) containers only | table footnote restricts the whole table to 'foods packaged |
| Inorganic arsenic (iAs) | 300 | product as placed on market | Canned complementary foods for infants and young children — products made from aquatic products and animal liver | Table 4 (Arsenic), inorganic-arsenic column, Foods intended |
| Inorganic arsenic (iAs) | 100 | product as placed on market | Canned complementary foods for infants and young children, excluding products made from aquatic products and animal liver | Table 4 (Arsenic), inorganic-arsenic column, Foods intended |
| Inorganic arsenic (iAs) | 300 | product as placed on market | Cereal-based complementary foods for infants and young children — products with added algae | Table 4 (Arsenic), inorganic-arsenic column, Foods intended |
| Inorganic arsenic (iAs) | 200 | product as placed on market | Cereal-based complementary foods for infants and young children, excluding products with added algae | Table 4 (Arsenic), inorganic-arsenic column, Foods intended |
| Total arsenic (tAs) | 500 | product as placed on market | Milk powder and modified milk powder (general dairy category, distinct from infant formula) | Table 4 (Arsenic), total-arsenic column, Milk and milk produ |
| Total arsenic (tAs) | 500 | product as placed on market | Complementary food supplement (辅食营养补充品) | Table 4 (Arsenic), total-arsenic column, Foods intended for |
| Mercury, total (tHg) | 20 | product as placed on market | Canned complementary foods for infants and young children (no methylmercury limit set for this category) | Table 3 (Mercury), total-mercury column, Foods intended for |
How this interacts with HMTc
HMTc certification standards adopt the strictest maximum level set by any credible government worldwide. Where this instrument holds the strictest value for a (product, analyte) cell, it binds the HMTc limit and the standard cites this page. This page does not set or justify any HMTc threshold; it records the sovereign requirement the program measures against.