The instrument
This page records the heavy-metal maximum levels set by Paraguay Decree 1335/2019 - inorganic contaminants in food, the instrument of Paraguay Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare, 2019. Every value below is transcribed into the Heavy Metal Index register 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.
Maximum levels
All values µg/kg (ppb), in the basis the instrument states. 159 maximum levels across 5 analytes and 61 product categories, grouped by analyte and ordered by limit.
| Limit µg/kg | Basis | Product scope | Provision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead (Pb)53 limits | |||
| 10 | product as offered to consumer | edible ice | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 20 | product as offered to consumer | fluid milk ready for consumption and dairy products without addition, undiluted and unconcentrated | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | flavored water ice | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | fruit juices and nectars | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | non-alcoholic beverages excluding juices | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 70 | product as offered to consumer | fruit-based ice cream | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | bulb vegetables and sheathing leaves | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | edible vegetable or animal fats and oils including margarine | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | eggs and egg products | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | fresh fruits excluding berries and small fruits | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | fruiting vegetables of the Cucurbitaceae family | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | fruiting vegetables other than Cucurbitaceae | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | hard and soft candies and similar products including chewing gum | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | leguminous vegetables | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | milk cream | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | milk or cream ice cream | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | mushrooms except Agaricus, Pleurotus, Lentinula, or Lentinus | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | raw, frozen, or refrigerated bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, and poultry meats and raw sausages or breaded products | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | roots and tubers | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | sugars | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 150 | product as offered to consumer; source unit mg/L | wine | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | cereals and cereal-based products excluding wheat, rice, derivatives, and oils | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | chocolate and cocoa products with less than 40% cocoa | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | compotes, jellies, jams, marmalades, and other fruit or vegetable sweets | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | condensed milk and dulce de leche | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | fermented and fermento-distilled alcoholic beverages except wine | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | fresh berries and small fruits | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | pulses, dried legume seeds, except soybean | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | rice and derivatives except oil | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | soybean grain | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | wheat and derivatives except oil | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | young stems and petioles | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | Brassica vegetables excluding loose-leaf Brassicas | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | honey | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | leaf vegetables including loose-leaf Brassicas and fresh aromatic herbs | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | mushrooms of the genera Agaricus, Pleurotus, Lentinula, or Lentinus | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | raw, frozen, or refrigerated fish | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 400 | product as offered to consumer | cheeses | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 400 | product as offered to consumer | chocolate and cocoa-based products with more than 40% cocoa | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | bovine, ovine, porcine, and caprine kidneys | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, and poultry liver | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | cocoa paste | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | crustaceans | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | edible offal except liver and kidneys | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | roasted coffee beans and powder | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | table olives | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | tomato concentrates | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 600 | product as offered to consumer | tea, yerba mate, and other vegetables for infusion | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 800 | product as offered to consumer | dried fruits | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 1000 | product as offered to consumer | cephalopod molluscs | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 1000 | product as offered to consumer | soluble coffee powder or granules | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 1500 | product as offered to consumer | bivalve molluscs | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| 2000 | product as offered to consumer | food-grade salt | Annex Part II lead table lead row |
| Total arsenic (tAs)52 limits | |||
| 10 | product as offered to consumer | edible ice | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | flavored water ice | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | fluid milk ready for consumption and dairy products without addition, undiluted and unconcentrated | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | non-alcoholic beverages excluding juices | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | bulb vegetables and sheathing leaves | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | condensed milk and dulce de leche | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | edible vegetable or animal fats and oils including margarine | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | fermented and fermento-distilled alcoholic beverages except wine | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | fruit juices and nectars | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | fruit-based ice cream | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | fruiting vegetables of the Cucurbitaceae family | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | fruiting vegetables other than Cucurbitaceae | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | hard and soft candies and similar products including chewing gum | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | leguminous vegetables | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | milk cream | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | milk or cream ice cream | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | mushrooms except Agaricus, Pleurotus, Lentinula, or Lentinus | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | pulses, dried legume seeds, except soybean | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | sugars | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | chocolate and cocoa products with less than 40% cocoa | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | roasted coffee beans and powder | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | roots and tubers | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | wheat and derivatives except oil | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer; source unit mg/L | wine | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | young stems and petioles | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | Brassica vegetables excluding loose-leaf Brassicas | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | cereals and cereal-based products excluding wheat, rice, derivatives, and oils | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | compotes, jellies, jams, marmalades, and other fruit or vegetable sweets | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | fresh berries and small fruits | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | fresh fruits excluding berries and small fruits | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | honey | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | leaf vegetables including loose-leaf Brassicas and fresh aromatic herbs | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | mushrooms of the genera Agaricus, Pleurotus, Lentinula, or Lentinus | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | rice and derivatives except oil | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | table olives | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 400 | product as offered to consumer | chocolate and cocoa-based products with more than 40% cocoa | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | cheeses | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | cocoa paste | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | eggs and egg products | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | food-grade salt | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | raw, frozen, or refrigerated bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, and poultry meats and raw sausages or breaded products | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | soluble coffee powder or granules | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | tomato concentrates | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 600 | product as offered to consumer | tea, yerba mate, and other vegetables for infusion | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 800 | product as offered to consumer | dried fruits | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 1000 | product as offered to consumer | bivalve molluscs | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 1000 | product as offered to consumer | bovine, ovine, porcine, and caprine kidneys | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 1000 | product as offered to consumer | bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, and poultry liver | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 1000 | product as offered to consumer | cephalopod molluscs | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 1000 | product as offered to consumer | crustaceans | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 1000 | product as offered to consumer | edible offal except liver and kidneys | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| 1000 | product as offered to consumer | raw, frozen, or refrigerated fish | Annex Part II arsenic table total arsenic row |
| Cadmium (Cd)47 limits | |||
| 10 | product as offered to consumer | flavored water ice | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 10 | product as offered to consumer; source unit mg/L | wine | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 20 | product as offered to consumer | fermented and fermento-distilled alcoholic beverages except wine | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 20 | product as offered to consumer | non-alcoholic beverages excluding juices | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | Brassica vegetables excluding loose-leaf Brassicas | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | bulb vegetables and sheathing leaves | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | edible ice | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | fluid milk ready for consumption and dairy products without addition, undiluted and unconcentrated | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | fresh berries and small fruits | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | fresh fruits excluding berries and small fruits | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | fruit juices and nectars | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | fruit-based ice cream | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | fruiting vegetables of the Cucurbitaceae family | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | fruiting vegetables other than Cucurbitaceae | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | milk or cream ice cream | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | mushrooms except Agaricus, Pleurotus, Lentinula, or Lentinus | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | raw, frozen, or refrigerated bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, and poultry meats and raw sausages or breaded products | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 50 | product as offered to consumer | raw, frozen, or refrigerated fish except named cadmium exception species | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | bonito, mojarra, eel, lisa, jurel, emperor fish, mackerel, sardine, tuna, and acedia or lenguadillo | Annex Part II cadmium table fish exception row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | cereals and cereal-based products excluding wheat, rice, derivatives, and oils | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | condensed milk and dulce de leche | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | honey | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | leguminous vegetables | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | pulses, dried legume seeds, except soybean | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | roasted coffee beans and powder | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | roots and tubers | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 100 | product as offered to consumer | young stems and petioles | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | chocolate and cocoa products with less than 40% cocoa | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | leaf vegetables including loose-leaf Brassicas and fresh aromatic herbs | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | melba fish | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | milk cream | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | mushrooms of the genera Agaricus, Pleurotus, Lentinula, or Lentinus | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | soluble coffee powder or granules | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | soybean grain | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 200 | product as offered to consumer | wheat and derivatives except oil | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | anchovy and swordfish | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | chocolate and cocoa-based products with more than 40% cocoa | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 300 | product as offered to consumer | cocoa paste | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 400 | product as offered to consumer | rice and derivatives except oil | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 400 | product as offered to consumer | tea, yerba mate, and other vegetables for infusion | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, and poultry liver | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | cheeses | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | crustaceans | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | food-grade salt | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 1000 | product as offered to consumer | bovine, ovine, porcine, and caprine kidneys | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 2000 | product as offered to consumer | bivalve molluscs | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| 2000 | product as offered to consumer | cephalopod molluscs | Annex Part II cadmium table cadmium row |
| Mercury, total (tHg)5 limits | |||
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | bivalve molluscs | Annex Part II mercury table total mercury row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | cephalopod molluscs | Annex Part II mercury table total mercury row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | crustaceans | Annex Part II mercury table total mercury row |
| 500 | product as offered to consumer | fish except predators | Annex Part II mercury table total mercury row |
| 1000 | product as offered to consumer | predatory fish | Annex Part II mercury table total mercury row |
| Tin (Sn)2 limits | |||
| 150000 | product as offered to consumer | beverages in tinplate containers including fruit and vegetable juices | Annex Part II tin table tin row |
| 250000 | product as offered to consumer | foods in tinplate containers except beverages | Annex Part II tin table tin row |
Where HMTc cites it
Cells where this instrument holds the strictest government value in force among credible regulators, and therefore binds a published HMTc limit.
A limit recorded above binds nothing today only because another government holds a stricter value for every published cell. It may still bind later, as other jurisdictions relax or as a new subcategory is published.
How this interacts with HMTc
HMTc certification standards adopt the strictest existing maximum level set by any credible government, applied cell-by-cell. 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.
A reference page is a record of law, not an HMTc threshold. It states what a government requires; the standard page states what the program requires, and names which instrument binds each cell.