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Values are set by Method v2.0 (strictest applicable government maximum level, selective occurrence for Tier-1 toxics and unregulated cells).", "unit": "ppb (µg/kg)", "methodology_version": "HMTc-10 / Method v2.0 — government-limit default, selective occurrence for Tier-1 toxics and unregulated cells (CLAUDE.md Part 19)", "standard_version": "2.2 (2026-06-09)", "generated_at": "2026-08-14T19:25:47.062Z", "generated_commit": "5e6227c146fff17bc94071a4e8a3be107f609ca3", "license": { "terms": "The published HMTc standards are free to read and cite with attribution. The derivation methodology and this compiled dataset are the work of Paleo Certified, Inc., operating as the Institute of Contaminant Standards.", "attribution": "Heavy Metal Tested & Certified (HMTc), Institute of Contaminant Standards. Cite the standard's page_url and standard_version.", "contact": "karen@paleofoundation.com" }, "evidence_basis": "Literature occurrence evidence the standards are checked against is reported independently at https://heavymetalindex.com and cited one-way; see each record's hmi_literature_link.", "standard_count": 97, "firm_analyte_cells": 626, "standards": [ { "product_slug": "baby-cereals-dry", "name": "Baby cereals & dry grain products", "category": 1, "category_name": "Infant and Child Foods", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-06)", "current_version": "1.1", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/baby-cereals-dry", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/baby-cereals-dry", "variants": { "rice-based": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "baby-cereals-dry-rice-based", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_pb_babyfood_cereal_20", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_pb_babyfood_cereal_20" }, "CODEX": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "codex_pb_cereal-based-foods-for-infants-and-young_20" }, "US": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "fda2025_pb_dry_infant_cereal_20" }, "BR": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "br_pb_cereal-based-foods-for-infant-young-chil_20" }, "HK": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_pb_cereal-based-food-intended-to-be-consumed-principally-b_20" }, "UK": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "uk_pb_processed-cereal-based-foods-and-baby-fo_50" }, "IN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "in_pb_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_200" }, "PY": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_pb_200" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_pb_200" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "US", "controlling_instrument": "fda2020_ias_infant_rice_cereal_100", "per_country": { "US": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "fda2020_ias_infant_rice_cereal_100" }, "CA": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "ca_ias_rice-based-foods-intended-specifically-f_100" }, "KR": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "kr_ias_infant-formula-follow-up-formula-cereal_100" }, "BR": { "value": 150, "converted": true, "id": "br_ias_cereal-based-foods-for-infant-young-chil_150" }, "CN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "cn_ias_cereal-based-complementary-foods-for-inf_200" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "PY": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_tas_300" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_tas_300" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 8, "value_exact_ppb": 8, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; 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ADDITIONAL CONTROL retained: reflex Cr-VI speciation — any total-Cr result >= 100 µg/kg triggers hexavalent-chromium speciation by EPA 3060A alkaline digestion + IC-ICP-MS (or equivalent), and any quantifiable Cr-VI fails; Cr-VI is never a panel number.", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "HK", "controlling_instrument": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_cereals_1000", "per_country": { "HK": { "value": 1000, "converted": false, "id": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_cereals_1000" } } }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 3000, "value_exact_ppb": 3000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_processed_cereal_babyfood_3000", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 3000, "converted": true, "id": "eu2024_ni_processed_cereal_babyfood_3000" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 5000, "converted": true, "id": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" } } }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across (AU-NZ Schedule 19 infant-formula Al 500, the only government aluminium ML in any jurisdiction) applied at face value; the 8:1 reconstitution factor is formula-specific and is not applied to a non-formula product.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" } } }, "non-rice": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "baby-cereals-dry-non-rice", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_pb_babyfood_cereal_20", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_pb_babyfood_cereal_20" }, "CODEX": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "codex_pb_cereal-based-foods-for-infants-and-young_20" }, "US": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "fda2025_pb_dry_infant_cereal_20" }, "BR": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "br_pb_cereal-based-foods-for-infant-young-chil_20" }, "HK": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_pb_cereal-based-food-intended-to-be-consumed-principally-b_20" }, "UK": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "uk_pb_processed-cereal-based-foods-and-baby-fo_50" }, "IN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "in_pb_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_200" }, "PY": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_pb_200" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_pb_200" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_babyfood_20", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_ias_babyfood_20" }, "KR": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "kr_ias_infant-formula-follow-up-formula-cereal_100" }, "BR": { "value": 150, "converted": true, "id": "br_ias_cereal-based-foods-for-infant-young-chil_150" }, "CN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "cn_ias_cereal-based-complementary-foods-for-inf_200" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "PY": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_tas_300" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_tas_300" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 8, "value_exact_ppb": 8, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across — Israel FCS-2016 porridges & other foods for infants and toddlers, total-Hg 8 (the strictest applicable baby-food mercury ML; supersedes the looser China canned-complementary 20).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_2_porridges_and_other_foods_for_infants_and_toddlers_r_8" }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 40, "value_exact_ppb": 40, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_babyfood_cereal_40", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_cd_babyfood_cereal_40" }, "UK": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "uk_cd_processed-cereal-based-foods-and-baby-fo_40" }, "GSO": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_processed_cereal_based_foods_and_baby_foods_for_infants_and_young_childr_40" }, "BR": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "br_cd_cereal-based-foods-for-infant-young-chil_50" }, "CN": { "value": 60, "converted": true, "id": "cn_cd_cereal-based-complementary-foods-for-inf_60" }, "IN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "in_cd_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_100" }, "PY": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_cd_100" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_cd_100" } } }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "government read-across — Hong Kong Cap 132V total-chromium 1000 for 'Cereals' (register row hk_cap132v_crtotal_cereals_1000), the on-point sovereign total-Cr ML for a grain-cereal matrix (supersedes the prior not-material determination and the weak dairy milk-powder analogy). ADDITIONAL CONTROL retained: reflex Cr-VI speciation — any total-Cr result >= 100 µg/kg triggers hexavalent-chromium speciation by EPA 3060A alkaline digestion + IC-ICP-MS (or equivalent), and any quantifiable Cr-VI fails; Cr-VI is never a panel number.", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "HK", "controlling_instrument": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_cereals_1000", "per_country": { "HK": { "value": 1000, "converted": false, "id": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_cereals_1000" } } }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 3000, "value_exact_ppb": 3000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_processed_cereal_babyfood_3000", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 3000, "converted": true, "id": "eu2024_ni_processed_cereal_babyfood_3000" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 5000, "converted": true, "id": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" } } }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across (AU-NZ Schedule 19 infant-formula Al 500, the only government aluminium ML in any jurisdiction) applied at face value; the 8:1 reconstitution factor is formula-specific and is not applied to a non-formula product.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" } } } } }, { "product_slug": "fruit-juice-not-canned", "name": "Fruit juice (not canned)", "category": 1, "category_name": "Infant and Child Foods", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-06)", "current_version": "1.0", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/fruit-juice-not-canned", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/fruit-juice-not-canned", "variants": { "both": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "fruit-juice", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_pb_infant_drinks_ready_20", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_pb_infant_drinks_ready_20" }, "UK": { "value": 30, "converted": true, "id": "uk_pb_drinks-for-infants-and-young-children-la_30" }, "CODEX": { "value": 30, "converted": true, "id": "codex_pb_fruit-juices-whole-commodity-or-reconsti_30" }, "GSO": { "value": 30, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_pb_fruit_juices_30" }, "TH": { "value": 30, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_pb_fruit_juices_general_30" }, "IL": { "value": 30, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_pb_18_2_fruit_and_vegetable_juices_including_nectars_except_30" }, "MA": { "value": 30, "converted": true, "id": "ma_2410_2022_pb_3_1_19_jus_de_fruits_jus_de_fruits_concentres_reconstitues_et_nectars_de_frui_30" }, "HK": { "value": 30, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_pb_fruit-juices-other-than-fruit-juices-exclusively-from-b_30" }, "US": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "fda2004_juice_haccp_pb_50" }, "IN": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_pb_037_fruit_juices_including_nectars_ready_to_drink_50" }, "CO": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "co_res4506_2013_pb_fruit_juices_50" }, "PY": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_nonalcoholic_beverages_excluding_juices_pb_50" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_nonalcoholic_beverages_excluding_juices_pb_50" }, "VN": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_pb_vegetable-and-fruit-juice-including-nectar-ins_50" }, "KR": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "kr_pb_other-foods-for-infants-and-young-childr_100" }, "TT": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "tt_fooddrugs_2007_div6_fruit_juice_except_apple_pb_200" }, "SG": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_fruit_vegetable_juice_excl_lime_lemon_pb_300" }, "UY": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "uy_rbn_pb_citrus_fruit_juices_0_3mgkg" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "US", "controlling_instrument": "fda2023_ias_apple_juice_10", "per_country": { "US": { "value": 10, "converted": true, "id": "fda2023_ias_apple_juice_10" }, "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_ias_fruit_juice_20" }, "CA": { "value": 30, "converted": true, "id": "ca_ias_grape-juice-and-grape-nectar-general-foo_30" }, "IL": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_ias_16_2_fruit_and_vegetable_juices_including_nectars_200" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across — India FSSAI total-arsenic 50 for 'Infant Milk substitute and Infant foods' (register row in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50), the strictest infant/baby total-arsenic ML in the register (Singapore fruit-and-vegetable-juice tAs 200 is looser). Mandatory total-As cell; iAs cannot satisfy the total-As requirement (iAs <= tAs). Applied as a government read-across for this juice matrix, which India's infant-foods scope does not name directly.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_17_1_beverages_juices_and_nectars_10", "per_country": { "IL": { "value": 10, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_thg_17_1_beverages_juices_and_nectars_10" } } }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_cd_17_1_beverages_juices_and_nectars_10", "per_country": { "IL": { "value": 10, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_17_1_beverages_juices_and_nectars_10" }, "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_cd_infant_drinks_ready_20" }, "PY": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_nonalcoholic_beverages_excluding_juices_cd_20" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_nonalcoholic_beverages_excluding_juices_cd_20" } } }, "Cr": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Chromium is not material in a non-dairy fruit-juice matrix and no government sets a Cr ML for juice; the only food Cr limits in the register are dairy (China milk powder 2000, liquid milk 300). Cr-VI is the toxic species and is controlled by reflex speciation: any total-Cr result above 100 ppb triggers Cr-VI speciation, and any quantifiable Cr-VI fails.", "reference_method": "Total Cr by ICP-MS; reflex Cr-VI speciation by IC-ICP-MS (e.g. EPA 218.6 / EN 15192) on any total-Cr > 100 ppb" }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 250, "value_exact_ppb": 250, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_juice_250", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 250, "converted": true, "id": "eu2024_ni_juice_250" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across (India FSSAI \"Infant Milk substitute and Infant foods\" Sn 5000, the only non-canned tin ML in the register) applied at face value.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across (AU-NZ Schedule 19 infant-formula Al 500, the only government aluminium ML in any jurisdiction) applied at face value; the 8:1 reconstitution factor is formula-specific and is not applied to a non-formula product.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" } } } } }, { "product_slug": "fruit-purees", "name": "Fruit purées", "category": 1, "category_name": "Infant and Child Foods", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-06)", "current_version": "1.1", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/fruit-purees", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/fruit-purees", "variants": { "both": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "fruit-purees-general", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "US", "controlling_instrument": "fda2025_pb_baby_food_10", "per_country": { "US": { "value": 10, "converted": true, "id": "fda2025_pb_baby_food_10" }, "PA": { "value": 10, "converted": true, "id": "pa_decreto467_2007_pb_fruits" }, "BR": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "br_pb_transition-weaning-foods-for-infants-and_20" }, "HK": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_pb_ready-to-eat-complementary-food-other-than-cereal-based_20" }, "MA": { "value": 30, "converted": true, "id": "ma_2410_2022_pb_3_1_5_boissons_destinees_aux_nourrissons_et_aux_enfants_en_bas_age_et_etique_30" }, "UK": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "uk_pb_processed-cereal-based-foods-and-baby-fo_50" }, "IL": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_pb_18_3_juices_containing_only_berries_and_small_fruits_50" }, "IN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_pb_001_assorted_subtropical_fruits_edible_peel_100" }, "GSO": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_pb_berries_and_other_small_fruits_100" }, "CO": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "co_res4506_2013_pb_fruits_general_100" }, "TH": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_pb_fruits_general_100" }, "PY": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_fresh_fruits_excluding_berries_small_fruits_pb_100" }, "PH": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_berries_small_fruits_pb_100" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_fresh_fruits_excluding_berries_small_fruits_pb_100" }, "VN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_pb_tropical-fruits_100" }, "SG": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_baby_food_pb_200" }, "TT": { "value": 7000, "converted": true, "id": "tt_fooddrugs_2007_div6_fresh_fruits_pb_7000" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_babyfood_20", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_ias_babyfood_20" }, "IL": { "value": 60, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_ias_3_fruits_and_vegetables_including_mushrooms_edible_pla_60" }, "BR": { "value": 150, "converted": true, "id": "br_ias_transition-weaning-foods-for-infants-and_150" }, "CN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "cn_ias_cereal-based-complementary-foods-for-inf_200" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; 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Mandatory total-As cell; iAs cannot satisfy the total-As requirement (iAs <= tAs). Applied as a government read-across for this fruit-purée matrix, which India's infant-foods scope does not name directly.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 8, "value_exact_ppb": 8, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across — Israel FCS-2016 porridges & other foods for infants and toddlers, total-Hg 8 (the strictest applicable baby-food mercury ML; supersedes the looser China canned-complementary 20).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_2_porridges_and_other_foods_for_infants_and_toddlers_r_8" }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 40, "value_exact_ppb": 40, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_babyfood_cereal_40", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_cd_babyfood_cereal_40" }, "UK": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "uk_cd_processed-cereal-based-foods-and-baby-fo_40" }, "GSO": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_processed_cereal_based_foods_and_baby_foods_for_infants_and_young_childr_40" }, "CO": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "co_res4506_2013_cd_vegetables_fruits_general_50" }, "PY": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_fresh_fruits_excluding_berries_small_fruits_cd_50" }, "IL": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_3_fruits_and_vegetables_except_listed_categories_50" }, "MA": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "ma_2410_2022_cd_3_2_1_legumes_et_fruits_a_l_exclusion_des_legumes_racines_et_des_legumes_tub_50" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_fresh_fruits_excluding_berries_small_fruits_cd_50" }, "CN": { "value": 60, "converted": true, "id": "cn_cd_cereal-based-complementary-foods-for-inf_60" }, "BR": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "br_cd_transition-weaning-foods-for-infants-and_100" } } }, "Cr": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "reflex Cr(VI) speciation on any total-Cr result > 100 ppb; any quantifiable Cr(VI) fails", "reference_method": "species-specific isotope-dilution HPLC-ICP-MS (per saraiva2021, infant-formula Cr-VI adjudication)" }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_babyfood_500", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "eu2024_ni_babyfood_500" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across (India FSSAI \"Infant Milk substitute and Infant foods\" Sn 5000, the only non-canned tin ML in the register) applied at face value.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across (AU-NZ Schedule 19 infant-formula Al 500, the only government aluminium ML in any jurisdiction) applied at face value; the 8:1 reconstitution factor is formula-specific and is not applied to a non-formula product.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" } } } } }, { "product_slug": "infant-formula-powder", "name": "Infant formula (powder)", "category": 1, "category_name": "Infant and Child Foods", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "3.1 (2026-08-06)", "current_version": "3.1", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/infant-formula-powder", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/infant-formula-powder", "variants": { "cow": { "variant_key": "cow", "record": "infant-formula-powder", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "same basis", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_pb_formula_powder_20", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": false, "id": "eu2023_pb_formula_powder_20" }, "FJ": { "value": 20, "converted": false, "id": "fj_fsr2009_pb_006_infant_formula_20" }, "UK": { "value": 50, "converted": false, "id": "uk_pb_infant-formulae-and-follow-on-formulae-m_50" }, "IL": { "value": 50, "converted": false, "id": "il_fcs2016_pb_15_1_infant_formula_powder_50" }, "CODEX": { "value": 80, "converted": true, "id": "codex_pb_infant-formula-formula-for-special-medic_10" }, "CA": { "value": 80, "converted": true, "id": "ca_pb_infant-formula-all-types-two-former-limi_10" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 80, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "CN": { "value": 80, "converted": false, "id": "cn_pb_formula-food-for-infants-and-young-child_80" }, "BR": { "value": 80, "converted": true, "id": "br_pb_pediatric-formula-for-enteral-nutrition_10" }, "GSO": { "value": 80, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_pb_infant_formula_formula_for_special_medical_purposes_intended_for_infants_10" }, "TH": { "value": 80, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_pb_formula_as_consumed_10" }, "SG": { "value": 80, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_infant_formula_as_consumed_pb_10" }, "HK": { "value": 80, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_pb_infant-formula-and-follow-up-formula_10" }, "CO": { "value": 160, "converted": true, "id": "co_res4506_2013_pb_formula_ready_20" }, "IN": { "value": 200, "converted": false, "id": "in_pb_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_200" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "same basis", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_powder_20", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": false, "id": "eu2023_ias_formula_powder_20" }, "IL": { "value": 50, "converted": false, "id": "il_fcs2016_ias_14_1_infant_and_toddler_formulas_powder_50" }, "BR": { "value": 160, "converted": true, "id": "br_ias_pediatric-formula-for-enteral-nutrition_20" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "same basis", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 50, "converted": false, "id": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "SG": { "value": 100, "converted": false, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_infant_formula_tas_100" }, "CN": { "value": 500, "converted": false, "id": "cn_tas_milk-powder-and-modified-milk-powder-gen_500" }, "IL": { "value": 1000, "converted": false, "id": "il_fcs2016_tas_14_1_infant_and_toddler_formulas_powder_1000" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 15, "value_exact_ppb": 15, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "same basis", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_1_infant_and_toddler_formulas_powder_15", "per_country": { "IL": { "value": 15, "converted": false, "id": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_1_infant_and_toddler_formulas_powder_15" } } }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "same basis", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_powder_10", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 10, "converted": false, "id": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_powder_10" }, "UK": { "value": 10, "converted": false, "id": "uk_cd_infant-formulae-and-follow-on-formulae-p_10" }, "GSO": { "value": 10, "converted": false, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_powdered_formulae_manufactured_from_cows_milk_proteins_or_protein_hydrol_10" }, "IL": { "value": 10, "converted": false, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_14_1_infant_and_toddler_formulas_powder_10" }, "BR": { "value": 80, "converted": true, "id": "br_cd_pediatric-formula-for-enteral-nutrition_10" }, "IN": { "value": 100, "converted": false, "id": "in_cd_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_100" } } }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 2000, "value_exact_ppb": 2000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "same basis", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "CN", "controlling_instrument": "cn_crtotal_milk-powder-and-modified-milk-powder-gen_2000", "per_country": { "CN": { "value": 2000, "converted": false, "id": "cn_crtotal_milk-powder-and-modified-milk-powder-gen_2000" } } }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 250, "value_exact_ppb": 250, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "same basis", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_powder_250", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 250, "converted": false, "id": "eu2024_ni_formula_powder_250" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "same basis", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 5000, "converted": false, "id": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" } } }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4000, "value_exact_ppb": 4000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "×8 as-consumed→as-sold", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": 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converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 5000, "converted": true, "id": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" } } }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "same basis", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_soy_1000", "per_country": { "AU-NZ": { "value": 1000, "converted": false, "id": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_soy_1000" } } } } } } }, { "product_slug": "mixed-meals", "name": "Mixed meals (meat & grain combinations)", "category": 1, "category_name": "Infant and Child Foods", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-06)", "current_version": "1.1", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/mixed-meals", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/mixed-meals", "variants": { "both": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "mixed-meals-non-rice", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "US", "controlling_instrument": "fda2025_pb_baby_food_10", "per_country": { "US": { "value": 10, "converted": true, "id": "fda2025_pb_baby_food_10" }, "CODEX": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "codex_pb_cereal-based-foods-for-infants-and-young_20" }, "BR": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "br_pb_cereal-based-foods-for-infant-young-chil_20" }, "HK": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_pb_cereal-based-food-intended-to-be-consumed-principally-b_20" }, "IL": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_pb_15_2_porridges_and_other_foods_for_infants_and_toddlers_r_40" }, "KR": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "kr_pb_other-foods-for-infants-and-young-childr_100" }, "IN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "in_pb_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_200" }, "SG": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_baby_food_pb_200" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_babyfood_20", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_ias_babyfood_20" }, "IL": { "value": 25, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_ias_14_2_porridges_and_other_foods_for_infants_and_toddlers_r_25" }, "BR": { "value": 150, "converted": true, "id": "br_ias_cereal-based-foods-for-infant-young-chil_150" }, "CN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "cn_ias_cereal-based-complementary-foods-for-inf_200" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "SG": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_baby_food_tas_100" }, "IL": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_tas_14_2_porridges_and_other_foods_for_infants_and_toddlers_r_1000" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 8, "value_exact_ppb": 8, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_2_porridges_and_other_foods_for_infants_and_toddlers_r_8", "per_country": { "IL": { "value": 8, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_2_porridges_and_other_foods_for_infants_and_toddlers_r_8" } } }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 40, "value_exact_ppb": 40, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_babyfood_cereal_40", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_cd_babyfood_cereal_40" }, "UK": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "uk_cd_processed-cereal-based-foods-and-baby-fo_40" }, "GSO": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_processed_cereal_based_foods_and_baby_foods_for_infants_and_young_childr_40" }, "IL": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_14_4_porridges_and_other_foods_for_infants_and_toddlers_r_40" }, "BR": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "br_cd_cereal-based-foods-for-infant-young-chil_50" }, "CN": { "value": 60, "converted": true, "id": "cn_cd_cereal-based-complementary-foods-for-inf_60" }, "IN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "in_cd_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_100" } } }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "government read-across (component) — Hong Kong Cap 132V total-chromium 500 for 'Vegetables, other than pulses' (register row hk_cap132v_crtotal_vegetables-other-than-pulses_500), applied as the strictest on-point sovereign total-Cr limit for a component of a meat-and-grain infant meal (supersedes the prior not-material determination and the weak dairy milk-powder analogy; the HK cereals Cr is 1000, so the vegetable component at 500 is the stricter binding value). ADDITIONAL CONTROL retained: reflex Cr-VI speciation — any total-Cr result >100 µg/kg triggers hexavalent-chromium speciation (EPA 3060A alkaline extraction + IC-ICP-MS, SW-846 6800), and any quantifiable Cr-VI fails; Cr-VI is never a panel number.", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "HK", "controlling_instrument": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_vegetables-other-than-pulses_500", "per_country": { "HK": { "value": 500, "converted": false, "id": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_vegetables-other-than-pulses_500" } } }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_babyfood_500", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "eu2024_ni_babyfood_500" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 5000, "converted": true, "id": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" } } }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across (AU-NZ Schedule 19 infant-formula Al 500, the only government aluminium ML in any jurisdiction) applied at face value; the 8:1 reconstitution factor is formula-specific and is not applied to a non-formula product.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" } } } } }, { "product_slug": "non-root-vegetable-purees", "name": "Non-root vegetable purées", "category": 1, "category_name": "Infant and Child Foods", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-06)", "current_version": "1.1", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/non-root-vegetable-purees", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/non-root-vegetable-purees", "variants": { "both": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "non-root-vegetable-purees", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "US", "controlling_instrument": "fda2025_pb_baby_food_10", "per_country": { "US": { "value": 10, "converted": true, "id": "fda2025_pb_baby_food_10" }, "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_pb_babyfood_cereal_20" }, "UK": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "uk_pb_processed-cereal-based-foods-and-baby-fo_50" }, "IN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "in_pb_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_200" }, "SG": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_baby_food_pb_200" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_babyfood_20", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_ias_babyfood_20" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "SG": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_baby_food_tas_100" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 8, "value_exact_ppb": 8, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across — Israel FCS-2016 porridges & other foods for infants and toddlers, total-Hg 8 (the strictest applicable baby-food mercury ML; supersedes the looser China canned-complementary 20).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_2_porridges_and_other_foods_for_infants_and_toddlers_r_8" }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 40, "value_exact_ppb": 40, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_babyfood_cereal_40", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_cd_babyfood_cereal_40" }, "UK": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "uk_cd_processed-cereal-based-foods-and-baby-fo_40" }, "GSO": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_processed_cereal_based_foods_and_baby_foods_for_infants_and_young_childr_40" }, "IN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "in_cd_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_100" } } }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "government read-across — Hong Kong Cap 132V total-chromium 500 for 'Vegetables, other than pulses' (register row hk_cap132v_crtotal_vegetables-other-than-pulses_500), the on-point sovereign total-Cr ML for a non-dairy vegetable matrix (supersedes the prior not-material determination and the weak dairy milk-powder analogy). ADDITIONAL CONTROL retained: reflex Cr-VI speciation — any total-Cr result >100 µg/kg triggers hexavalent-chromium speciation (EPA 3060A alkaline digestion + IC-ICP-MS), and any quantifiable Cr-VI fails; Cr-VI is never a panel number.", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "HK", "controlling_instrument": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_vegetables-other-than-pulses_500", "per_country": { "HK": { "value": 500, "converted": false, "id": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_vegetables-other-than-pulses_500" } } }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_babyfood_500", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "eu2024_ni_babyfood_500" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 5000, "converted": true, "id": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" } } }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across (AU-NZ Schedule 19 infant-formula Al 500, the only government aluminium ML in any jurisdiction) applied at face value; the 8:1 reconstitution factor is formula-specific and is not applied to a non-formula product.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" } } } } }, { "product_slug": "root-vegetable-purees", "name": "Root-vegetable purées", "category": 1, "category_name": "Infant and Child Foods", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-06)", "current_version": "1.1", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/root-vegetable-purees", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/root-vegetable-purees", "variants": { "both": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "root-vegetable-purees-single-ingredient", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_pb_babyfood_cereal_20", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_pb_babyfood_cereal_20" }, "US": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "fda2025_pb_root_baby_food_20" }, "IN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_pb_014_root_and_tuber_vegetables_100" }, "GSO": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_pb_root_and_tuber_vegetables_100" }, "TH": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_pb_root_tuber_vegetables_100" }, "PH": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_root_tuber_vegetables_pb_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_pb_root-and-tuber-vegetables_100" }, "SG": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_baby_food_pb_200" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_babyfood_20", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 20, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_ias_babyfood_20" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across — India FSSAI total-arsenic 50 for 'Infant Milk substitute and Infant foods' (register row in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50), the strictest infant/baby total-arsenic ML in the register. Mandatory total-As cell; iAs cannot satisfy the total-As requirement (iAs <= tAs). Applied as a government read-across for this root-vegetable purée matrix.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 8, "value_exact_ppb": 8, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across — Israel FCS-2016 porridges & other foods for infants and toddlers, total-Hg 8 (the strictest applicable baby-food mercury ML; supersedes the looser China canned-complementary 20).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_2_porridges_and_other_foods_for_infants_and_toddlers_r_8" }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 40, "value_exact_ppb": 40, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_babyfood_cereal_40", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_cd_babyfood_cereal_40" }, "UK": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "uk_cd_processed-cereal-based-foods-and-baby-fo_40" }, "GSO": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_processed_cereal_based_foods_and_baby_foods_for_infants_and_young_childr_40" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_cd_root_tuber_100" }, "PH": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_root_tuber_vegetables_cd_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_cd_root-and-tuber-vegetables_100" } } }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "government read-across — Hong Kong Cap 132V total-chromium 500 for 'Vegetables, other than pulses' (register row hk_cap132v_crtotal_vegetables-other-than-pulses_500), the on-point sovereign total-Cr ML for a non-dairy vegetable matrix (supersedes the prior not-material determination and the weak dairy milk-powder analogy). ADDITIONAL CONTROL retained: reflex Cr-VI speciation — any total-Cr result >100 µg/kg triggers hexavalent-chromium speciation (EPA 218.6 / EN 15192 or equivalent IC-ICP-MS), and any quantifiable Cr-VI fails; Cr-VI is never a panel number.", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "HK", "controlling_instrument": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_vegetables-other-than-pulses_500", "per_country": { "HK": { "value": 500, "converted": false, "id": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_vegetables-other-than-pulses_500" } } }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_babyfood_500", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "eu2024_ni_babyfood_500" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across (India FSSAI \"Infant Milk substitute and Infant foods\" Sn 5000, the only non-canned tin ML in the register) applied at face value.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value (nearest government value; comparator vs any direct limit)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "government read-across (AU-NZ Schedule 19 infant-formula Al 500, the only government aluminium ML in any jurisdiction) applied at face value; the 8:1 reconstitution factor is formula-specific and is not applied to a non-formula product.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" } } } } }, { "product_slug": "teething-and-snacks", "name": "Teething biscuits & finger snacks", "category": 1, "category_name": "Infant and Child Foods", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-06)", "current_version": "1.1", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/teething-and-snacks", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/teething-and-snacks", "variants": { "rice-based": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "teething-and-snacks-rice-based", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_sold", 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"converted": true, "id": "in_pb_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_200" }, "PY": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_pb_200" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_pb_200" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "US", "controlling_instrument": "fda2020_ias_infant_rice_cereal_100", "per_country": { "US": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "fda2020_ias_infant_rice_cereal_100" }, "CA": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "ca_ias_rice-based-foods-intended-specifically-f_100" }, "GSO": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_ias_rice_for_baby_and_infant_food_100" }, "KR": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "kr_ias_infant-formula-follow-up-formula-cereal_100" }, "IL": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_ias_5_2_1_rice_used_for_production_of_food_for_infants_and_tod_100" }, "EU": { "value": 150, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_ias_rice_milled_150" }, "BR": { "value": 150, "converted": true, "id": "br_ias_cereal-based-foods-for-infant-young-chil_150" }, "CN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "cn_ias_cereal-based-complementary-foods-for-inf_200" }, "TH": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_ias_polished_rice_200" }, "SG": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_polished_rice_ias_200" }, "PH": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_polished_rice_ias_200" }, "HK": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_ias_polished-rice_200" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, 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"uk_cd_processed-cereal-based-foods-and-baby-fo_40" }, "GSO": { "value": 40, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_processed_cereal_based_foods_and_baby_foods_for_infants_and_young_childr_40" }, "BR": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "br_cd_cereal-based-foods-for-infant-young-chil_50" }, "CN": { "value": 60, "converted": true, "id": "cn_cd_cereal-based-complementary-foods-for-inf_60" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_cd_rice_100" }, "IN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "in_cd_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_100" }, "CO": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "co_res4506_2013_cd_cereals_general_100" }, "TH": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_cd_cereal_grains_excl_wheat_rice_100" }, "PY": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_cd_100" }, "BA": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "ba_pravilnik_2022_cd_3_2_11_1_100" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 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Cr-VI is never a panel number. 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Clean counterpart to rice-based products.", "reference_method": null }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 300, "value_exact_ppb": 300, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "PY", "controlling_instrument": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_tas_300", "per_country": { "PY": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_tas_300" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_tas_300" }, "HK": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_tas_cereals-other-than-rice_500" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_tas_cereal_grains_1000" }, "IL": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_tas_5_cereals_and_cereal_products_except_listed_categories_1000" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "HK Cap 132V grain total mercury 20 ug/kg (0.02 mg/kg; rice, husked/polished rice, maize, maize flour, wheat, wheat flour) — the strictest sovereign grain total-Hg limit; supersedes the looser Israel FCS-2016 cereals-and-cereal-products 30. 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Rice can accumulate trace methylmercury via paddy-soil methylation in point-source-contaminated growing re…", "reference_method": "MeHg by GC-ICP-MS / EN 16801 only on a lot whose total mercury approaches the tHg ML; grain MeHg is characteristically < LOQ." }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_cereals_general_100", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_cd_cereals_general_100" }, "IN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_cd_011_cereal_grains_except_buckwheat_canihua_and_quinoa_excluding_wheat_and_100" }, "GSO": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_cereal_grains_100" }, "CU": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "cu_nc877_2012_cd_processed_cereals_100" }, "CO": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "co_res4506_2013_cd_cereals_general_100" }, "TH": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_cd_cereal_grains_excl_wheat_rice_100" }, "PY": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_cd_100" }, "PH": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_cereal_grains_cd_100" }, "IL": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_5_cereals_and_cereal_products_except_listed_categories_100" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_cd_100" }, "VN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_cereal-excluding-wheat-rice-mash-and-germs_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_cd_cereals-other-than-buckwheat-ca-ihua-quinoa-wheat-and-r_100" } } }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "China GB 2762-2022 Table 7 grains and milled-grain-products total chromium 1.0 mg/kg (total Cr, not Cr-VI); corroborated by HK Cap 132V Cereals Cr-total 1000.", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "CN", "controlling_instrument": "china_gb2762_crtotal_grains_1000", "per_country": { "CN": { "value": 1000, "converted": false, "id": "china_gb2762_crtotal_grains_1000" } } }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Cr(VI) (hexavalent chromium): reflex-speciation control on the total-chromium result (see the separate total-Cr cell, governed by China GB 2762-2022 grains/milled-grain-products total Cr 1.0 mg/kg). No jurisdiction sets a Cr(VI)-specific food maximum level; chromium in the cereal/rice matrix is dominated by nutritionally-essential Cr(III) and any Cr(VI) reduces to Cr(III) in the matrix. Reflex …", "reference_method": "Total-Cr screen by ICP-MS; on any result >= 100 ug/kg, Cr(VI) by EN 15192 / EPA 6800 IC-ICP-MS isotope-dilution; LOQ-level quantifiable Cr(VI) = fail." }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 800, "value_exact_ppb": 800, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_cereals_800", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 800, "converted": true, "id": "eu2024_ni_cereals_800" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Canned-only analyte; bread and baked goods are not sold in tinplate. Canned products route to Cat 7.", "reference_method": null }, "Al": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No credible regulator sets an aluminium CONTAMINANT maximum level for grains, cereals, or rice products, and China GB 2762 (the contaminant standard) does not regulate aluminium. Aluminium present in leavened, baked, or alum-firmed grain products is permitted-additive residue (China GB 2760-2024 food-additive use limits, e.g. baked foods 100 mg/kg / starch noodles and vermicelli 200 mg/kg, calc…", "reference_method": "Managed by intake vs JECFA/EFSA TWI; periodic total-Al screen (ICP-MS); no per-food contaminant ML to look up." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "breakfast-cereal-non-rice", "name": "Breakfast cereal — non-rice", "category": 3, "category_name": "Grains, Cereals, and Rice Products", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-10)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/breakfast-cereal-non-rice", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/breakfast-cereal-non-rice", "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "breakfast-cereal-non-rice", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "CU", "controlling_instrument": "cu_nc877_2012_pb_processed_cereals_100", "per_country": { "CU": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "cu_nc877_2012_pb_processed_cereals_100" }, "IN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_pb_038_cereal_grains_except_buckwheat_canihua_and_quinoa_200" }, "GSO": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_pb_cereal_grains_200" }, "TH": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_pb_cereal_grains_200" }, "PY": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_pb_200" }, "PH": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_cereal_grains_pb_200" }, "IL": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_pb_5_cereals_and_cereal_products_except_listed_categories_200" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_pb_200" }, "PA": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "pa_decreto467_2007_pb_cereal_grains" }, "VN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_pb_cereal_200" }, "HK": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_pb_cereal-grains-other-than-buckwheat-ca-ihua-and-quinoa_200" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Corn/wheat/oat breakfast cereals do not hyperaccumulate arsenic; no non-rice grain iAs ML exists. Clean counterpart to rice-based breakfast cereal (row 6).", "reference_method": null }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 200, "value_exact_ppb": 200, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "PY", "controlling_instrument": "py_decreto1335_2019_wheat_derivatives_except_oil_tas_200", "per_country": { "PY": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_wheat_derivatives_except_oil_tas_200" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_wheat_derivatives_except_oil_tas_200" }, "HK": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_tas_cereals-other-than-rice_500" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_tas_cereal_grains_1000" }, "IL": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_tas_5_cereals_and_cereal_products_except_listed_categories_1000" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "HK Cap 132V grain total mercury 20 ug/kg (0.02 mg/kg; rice, husked/polished rice, maize, maize flour, wheat, wheat flour) — the strictest sovereign grain total-Hg limit; supersedes the looser Israel FCS-2016 cereals-and-cereal-products 30. The EU 2018/73 'cereals' 10 is a pesticide-residue MRL, not a contaminant ML, and is excluded.", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "HK", "controlling_instrument": "hk_cap132v_thg_rice-husked-rice-polished-rice-maize-maize-flour-wheat_20", "per_country": { "HK": { "value": 20, "converted": false, "id": "hk_cap132v_thg_rice-husked-rice-polished-rice-maize-maize-flour-wheat_20" } } }, "MeHg": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No government sets a methylmercury ML for any grain, cereal, or rice product in any jurisdiction; methylmercury maximum levels exist only for fish and seafood. Mercury in this matrix is controlled by the total-mercury ML (30 ug/kg, Israel FCS-2016), which bounds the methylmercury fraction. Rice can accumulate trace methylmercury via paddy-soil methylation in point-source-contaminated growing re…", "reference_method": "MeHg by GC-ICP-MS / EN 16801 only on a lot whose total mercury approaches the tHg ML; grain MeHg is characteristically < LOQ." }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_cereals_general_100", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_cd_cereals_general_100" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_cd_wheat_100" }, "IN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_cd_011_cereal_grains_except_buckwheat_canihua_and_quinoa_excluding_wheat_and_100" }, "GSO": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_cereal_grains_100" }, "CU": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "cu_nc877_2012_cd_processed_cereals_100" }, "CO": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "co_res4506_2013_cd_cereals_general_100" }, "TH": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_cd_cereal_grains_excl_wheat_rice_100" }, "PY": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_cd_100" }, "PH": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_cereal_grains_cd_100" }, "IL": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_5_cereals_and_cereal_products_except_listed_categories_100" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_cd_100" }, "VN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_cereal-excluding-wheat-rice-mash-and-germs_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_cd_cereals-other-than-buckwheat-ca-ihua-quinoa-wheat-and-r_100" } } }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "China GB 2762-2022 Table 7 grains and milled-grain-products total chromium 1.0 mg/kg (total Cr, not Cr-VI); corroborated by HK Cap 132V Cereals Cr-total 1000.", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "CN", "controlling_instrument": "china_gb2762_crtotal_grains_1000", "per_country": { "CN": { "value": 1000, "converted": false, "id": "china_gb2762_crtotal_grains_1000" } } }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Cr(VI) (hexavalent chromium): reflex-speciation control on the total-chromium result (see the separate total-Cr cell, governed by China GB 2762-2022 grains/milled-grain-products total Cr 1.0 mg/kg). No jurisdiction sets a Cr(VI)-specific food maximum level; chromium in the cereal/rice matrix is dominated by nutritionally-essential Cr(III) and any Cr(VI) reduces to Cr(III) in the matrix. Reflex …", "reference_method": "Total-Cr screen by ICP-MS; on any result >= 100 ug/kg, Cr(VI) by EN 15192 / EPA 6800 IC-ICP-MS isotope-dilution; LOQ-level quantifiable Cr(VI) = fail." }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 800, "value_exact_ppb": 800, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_cereals_800", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 800, "converted": true, "id": "eu2024_ni_cereals_800" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Canned-only analyte; boxed breakfast cereal not sold in tinplate.", "reference_method": null }, "Al": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No credible regulator sets an aluminium CONTAMINANT maximum level for grains, cereals, or rice products, and China GB 2762 (the contaminant standard) does not regulate aluminium. 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Reflex …", "reference_method": "Total-Cr screen by ICP-MS; on any result >= 100 ug/kg, Cr(VI) by EN 15192 / EPA 6800 IC-ICP-MS isotope-dilution; LOQ-level quantifiable Cr(VI) = fail." }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1500, "value_exact_ppb": 1500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_durum_rice_1500", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 1500, "converted": true, "id": "eu2024_ni_durum_rice_1500" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Canned-only analyte; boxed rice cereal not sold in tinplate.", "reference_method": null }, "Al": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No credible regulator sets an aluminium CONTAMINANT maximum level for grains, cereals, or rice products, and China GB 2762 (the contaminant standard) does not regulate aluminium. Aluminium present in leavened, baked, or alum-firmed grain products is permitted-additive residue (China GB 2760-2024 food-additive use limits, e.g. baked foods 100 mg/kg / starch noodles and vermicelli 200 mg/kg, calc…", "reference_method": "Managed by intake vs JECFA/EFSA TWI; periodic total-Al screen (ICP-MS); no per-food contaminant ML to look up." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "flour-non-rice", "name": "Flour — wheat, corn, and other non-rice", "category": 3, "category_name": "Grains, Cereals, and Rice Products", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-10)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/flour-non-rice", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/flour-non-rice", "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "flour-non-rice", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "CU", "controlling_instrument": "cu_nc877_2012_pb_processed_cereals_100", "per_country": { "CU": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "cu_nc877_2012_pb_processed_cereals_100" }, "IN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_pb_038_cereal_grains_except_buckwheat_canihua_and_quinoa_200" }, "GSO": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_pb_cereal_grains_200" }, "TH": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_pb_cereal_grains_200" }, "PY": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_pb_200" }, "PH": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_cereal_grains_pb_200" }, "IL": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_pb_5_cereals_and_cereal_products_except_listed_categories_200" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_pb_200" }, "PA": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "pa_decreto467_2007_pb_cereal_grains" }, "VN": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_pb_cereal_200" }, "HK": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_pb_cereal-grains-other-than-buckwheat-ca-ihua-and-quinoa_200" }, "US": { "value": 10000, "converted": true, "id": "us_fda_21cfr73_73_140_pb_10000" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Inorganic arsenic does not hyperaccumulate in wheat, corn, or other non-rice cereals as it does in rice; no government sets an iAs ML for any non-rice grain or flour in any jurisdiction. This subcategory is the clean counterpart to the rice-based flour/pasta subcategories, where iAs is the binding Tier-1 analyte.", "reference_method": "iAs by HPLC-ICP-MS (EN 16802) on any lot flagged for arsenic screening; non-rice grain occurrence is characteristically < LOQ." }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 200, "value_exact_ppb": 200, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "PY", "controlling_instrument": "py_decreto1335_2019_wheat_derivatives_except_oil_tas_200", "per_country": { "PY": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_wheat_derivatives_except_oil_tas_200" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_wheat_derivatives_except_oil_tas_200" }, "HK": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_tas_cereals-other-than-rice_500" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_tas_cereal_grains_1000" }, "IL": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_tas_5_cereals_and_cereal_products_except_listed_categories_1000" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 20, "value_exact_ppb": 20, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "HK Cap 132V grain total mercury 20 ug/kg (0.02 mg/kg; rice, husked/polished rice, maize, maize flour, wheat, wheat flour) — the strictest sovereign grain total-Hg limit; supersedes the looser Israel FCS-2016 cereals-and-cereal-products 30. 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Rice can accumulate trace methylmercury via paddy-soil methylation in point-source-contaminated growing re…", "reference_method": "MeHg by GC-ICP-MS / EN 16801 only on a lot whose total mercury approaches the tHg ML; grain MeHg is characteristically < LOQ." }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_cereals_general_100", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_cd_cereals_general_100" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_cd_wheat_100" }, "IN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_cd_011_cereal_grains_except_buckwheat_canihua_and_quinoa_excluding_wheat_and_100" }, "GSO": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_cereal_grains_100" }, "CU": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "cu_nc877_2012_cd_processed_cereals_100" }, "CO": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "co_res4506_2013_cd_cereals_general_100" }, "TH": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_cd_cereal_grains_excl_wheat_rice_100" }, "PY": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_cd_100" }, "PH": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_cereal_grains_cd_100" }, "IL": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_5_cereals_and_cereal_products_except_listed_categories_100" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cereals_excluding_wheat_rice_oils_cd_100" }, "VN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_cereal-excluding-wheat-rice-mash-and-germs_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_cd_cereals-other-than-buckwheat-ca-ihua-quinoa-wheat-and-r_100" } } }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "China GB 2762-2022 Table 7 grains and milled-grain-products total chromium 1.0 mg/kg (total Cr, not Cr-VI); corroborated by HK Cap 132V Cereals Cr-total 1000.", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "CN", "controlling_instrument": "china_gb2762_crtotal_grains_1000", "per_country": { "CN": { "value": 1000, "converted": false, "id": "china_gb2762_crtotal_grains_1000" } } }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Cr(VI) (hexavalent chromium): reflex-speciation control on the total-chromium result (see the separate total-Cr cell, governed by China GB 2762-2022 grains/milled-grain-products total Cr 1.0 mg/kg). No jurisdiction sets a Cr(VI)-specific food maximum level; chromium in the cereal/rice matrix is dominated by nutritionally-essential Cr(III) and any Cr(VI) reduces to Cr(III) in the matrix. Reflex …", "reference_method": "Total-Cr screen by ICP-MS; on any result >= 100 ug/kg, Cr(VI) by EN 15192 / EPA 6800 IC-ICP-MS isotope-dilution; LOQ-level quantifiable Cr(VI) = fail." }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 800, "value_exact_ppb": 800, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_cereals_800", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 800, "converted": true, "id": "eu2024_ni_cereals_800" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Every government tin ML in the register is scoped to canned/tin-coated product; tin migrates from tinplate. Flour is not sold in tinplate, so tin is not a material contaminant. 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The EU 2018/73 'cereals' 10 is a pesticide-residue MRL, not a contaminant ML, and is excluded.", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "HK", "controlling_instrument": "hk_cap132v_thg_rice-husked-rice-polished-rice-maize-maize-flour-wheat_20", "per_country": { "HK": { "value": 20, "converted": false, "id": "hk_cap132v_thg_rice-husked-rice-polished-rice-maize-maize-flour-wheat_20" } } }, "MeHg": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No government sets a methylmercury ML for any grain, cereal, or rice product in any jurisdiction; methylmercury maximum levels exist only for fish and seafood. Mercury in this matrix is controlled by the total-mercury ML (30 ug/kg, Israel FCS-2016), which bounds the methylmercury fraction. Rice can accumulate trace methylmercury via paddy-soil methylation in point-source-contaminated growing re…", "reference_method": "MeHg by GC-ICP-MS / EN 16801 only on a lot whose total mercury approaches the tHg ML; grain MeHg is characteristically < LOQ." }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_cd_rice_100", "per_country": { "AU-NZ": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_cd_rice_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_cd_cereals-other-than-buckwheat-ca-ihua-quinoa-wheat-and-r_100" }, "EU": { "value": 150, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_cd_rice_quinoa_wheatbran_150" }, "CO": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "co_res4506_2013_cd_bran_germ_wheat_rice_200" }, "IL": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_5_1_wheat_and_rice_200" }, "IN": { "value": 400, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_cd_012_rice_polished_400" }, "GSO": { "value": 400, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_rice_polished_400" }, "PY": { "value": 400, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_rice_derivatives_except_oil_cd_400" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 400, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_rice_derivatives_except_oil_cd_400" }, "VN": { "value": 400, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_white-rice_400" } } }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "China GB 2762-2022 Table 7 grains and milled-grain-products total chromium 1.0 mg/kg (total Cr, not Cr-VI); corroborated by HK Cap 132V Cereals Cr-total 1000.", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "CN", "controlling_instrument": "china_gb2762_crtotal_grains_1000", "per_country": { "CN": { "value": 1000, "converted": false, "id": "china_gb2762_crtotal_grains_1000" } } }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Cr(VI) (hexavalent chromium): reflex-speciation control on the total-chromium result (see the separate total-Cr cell, governed by China GB 2762-2022 grains/milled-grain-products total Cr 1.0 mg/kg). No jurisdiction sets a Cr(VI)-specific food maximum level; chromium in the cereal/rice matrix is dominated by nutritionally-essential Cr(III) and any Cr(VI) reduces to Cr(III) in the matrix. 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Aluminium present in leavened, baked, or alum-firmed grain products is permitted-additive residue (China GB 2760-2024 food-additive use limits, e.g. baked foods 100 mg/kg / starch noodles and vermicelli 200 mg/kg, calc…", "reference_method": "Managed by intake vs JECFA/EFSA TWI; periodic total-Al screen (ICP-MS); no per-food contaminant ML to look up." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "canned-seafood", "name": "Canned seafood (canned tuna, canned fish)", "category": 6, "category_name": "Seafood", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-07)", "current_version": "1.0", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/canned-seafood", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/canned-seafood", "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "all", "record": "canned-seafood", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 200, "value_exact_ppb": 200, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "CR", "controlling_instrument": "cr_rtcr409_2008_pb_tuna_bonito_200", "per_country": { "CR": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "cr_rtcr409_2008_pb_tuna_bonito_200" }, "FJ": { "value": 200, "converted": true, "id": "fj_fsr2009_pb_007_muscle_meat_of_fish_excluding_those_listed_below_200" }, "EU": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_pb_fish_muscle_300" }, "IN": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_pb_046_fish_300" }, "GSO": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_pb_fish_300" }, "GY": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "gy2023_pb_fish_general_ppm_300" }, "PA": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "pa_res368_2009_pb_fish_300" }, "TH": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_pb_fish_300" }, "PY": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_pb_300" }, "PH": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_fish_pb_300" }, "IL": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_pb_10_fish_and_fish_products_300" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_pb_300" }, "VN": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_pb_fish-fillets_300" }, "HK": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_pb_fish_300" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_pb_fish_500" }, "MX": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "mx_nom242_pb_fish_crustaceans_500" }, "SG": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_canned_fish_meat_extract_hydrolysed_protein_pb_2000" }, "TT": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "tt_fooddrugs_2007_fish_fishery_products_pb_2000" } } }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "GSO", "controlling_instrument": "gso193_2021_cd_muscle_meat_of_fish_with_exception_mentioned_50", "per_country": { "GSO": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_muscle_meat_of_fish_with_exception_mentioned_50" }, "CR": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "cr_rtcr409_2008_cd_fish_general_50" }, "GY": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "gy2023_cd_fish_general_ppm_50" }, "PA": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "pa_res368_2009_cd_fish_general_50" }, "PY": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_other_cd_50" }, "IL": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_9_fish_and_fish_products_except_listed_categories_50" }, "FJ": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "fj_fsr2009_cd_002_muscle_meat_of_fish_excluding_those_listed_below_50" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_other_cd_50" }, "VN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_anchovy-tuna-two-striped-bream-eel-mullet-japa_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_cd_fish_100" }, "IN": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_cd_016_fish_300" }, "MX": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "mx_nom242_cd_fishery_other_500" }, "TH": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_cd_fish_1000" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "SG", "controlling_instrument": "sg_foodregs_2026_canned_fish_meat_extract_hydrolysed_protein_tas_1000", "per_country": { "SG": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_canned_fish_meat_extract_hydrolysed_protein_tas_1000" }, "PY": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_tas_1000" }, "IL": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_tas_9_fish_and_fish_products_1000" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_tas_1000" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_tas_fish_2000" }, "IN": { "value": 76000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_tas_012_fish_and_crustaceans_76000" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu20251891_ias_fish_other_100", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "eu20251891_ias_fish_other_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_ias_fish_100" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "edible portion, wet weight; total mercury. Canned fishery products bind the general fishery/fish mercury ceiling of 500 (EU 2023/915 crustaceans/molluscs/fish general; Costa Rica concurs).", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_hg_fish_general_500", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 500, "converted": false, "id": "eu2023_hg_fish_general_500" } } }, "MeHg": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Methylmercury is the organomercury speciation of total mercury and is arithmetically bounded by it (MeHg <= tHg). The binding total-mercury ceiling for this subcategory (500) is equal to or stricter than the lowest applicable sovereign methylmercury ML for this product, so passing the total-mercury limit guarantees methylmercury compliance and no separate methylmercury ceiling is published. Aud…", "reference_method": "Total-mercury screen; reflex MeHg speciation is optional and cannot exceed the tHg ceiling." }, "Ni": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a nickel maximum level for fish or fishery products anywhere in the register or worldwide (EU 2024/1987 nickel covers plant foods and seaweed only, not animal seafood). Nickel is screened rather than assigned an invented or mis-based number.", "reference_method": "Total-nickel screen (ICP-MS); no sovereign fish/fishery Ni ML." }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100000, "value_exact_ppb": 100000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "MX", "controlling_instrument": "mx_nom242_sn_canned_100000", "per_country": { "MX": { "value": 100000, "converted": true, "id": "mx_nom242_sn_canned_100000" }, "IN": { "value": 200000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_sn_029_canned_fish_products_200000" }, "CR": { "value": 200000, "converted": true, "id": "cr_rtcr409_2008_sn_canned_200000" } } }, "Al": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No credible regulator sets an aluminium contaminant maximum level for seafood in any checked jurisdiction. Aluminium in seafood is background; dietary aluminium is managed by weekly intake against the EFSA/JECFA TWI, not by a per-food maximum level.", "reference_method": "Total-aluminium screen (ICP-MS); managed by intake vs the EFSA/JECFA TWI; no per-food seafood contaminant ML to align to." }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "HK", "controlling_instrument": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_fish_1000", "per_country": { "HK": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_fish_1000" }, "IN": { "value": 12000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_crtotal_001_all_fishery_products_12000" } } }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Hexavalent chromium is the Cr(VI) speciation of chromium and is bounded by the total-chromium government limit (Cr-VI <= total Cr), which binds at 1000 for fish here. No jurisdiction sets a Cr-VI food maximum level, and in a reducing animal-tissue matrix Cr(VI) is reduced to Cr(III), so there is no chromate pathway in seafood (unlike lead-chromate-adulterated spices). Rebuttable if a routed sou…", "reference_method": "Bounded by the total-chromium government limit; reflex Cr-VI speciation only on anomalously elevated total chromium." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "cephalopods", "name": "Cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish)", "category": 6, "category_name": "Seafood", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-07)", "current_version": "1.0", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/cephalopods", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/cephalopods", "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "all", "record": "cephalopods", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 300, "value_exact_ppb": 300, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government 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"MERCOSUR": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cephalopod_molluscs_pb_1000" }, "VN": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_pb_cephalopod-mollusks-without-internal-organs_1000" } } }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_cephalopods_1000", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_cd_cephalopods_1000" }, "CR": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "cr_rtcr409_2008_cd_cephalopods_1000" }, "GY": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "gy2023_cd_cephalopods_ppm_1000" }, "IL": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_9_3_shellfish_octopus_squid_and_cephalopods_1000" }, "FJ": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "fj_fsr2009_cd_005_cephalopods_without_viscera_1000" }, "IN": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_cd_018_cephalopods_2000" }, "GSO": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_cephalopods_2000" }, "TH": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_cd_cephalopods_2000" }, "PY": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cephalopod_molluscs_cd_2000" }, "PH": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_cephalopods_cd_2000" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cephalopod_molluscs_cd_2000" }, "VN": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_cephalopod-mollusks-without-internal-organs_2000" }, "HK": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_cd_cephalopods_2000" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_tas_molluscs_1000", "per_country": { "AU-NZ": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_tas_molluscs_1000" }, "SG": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_fish_crustaceans_molluscs_tas_1000" }, "PY": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cephalopod_molluscs_tas_1000" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cephalopod_molluscs_tas_1000" }, "MX": { "value": 80000, "converted": true, "id": "mx_nom242_tas_crustaceans_bivalves_80000" }, "IN": { "value": 86000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_tas_013_molluscs_86000" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu20251891_ias_cephalopods_50", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "eu20251891_ias_cephalopods_50" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 300, "value_exact_ppb": 300, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_hg_fish_low_300", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_hg_fish_low_300" }, "IN": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_thg_003_non_predatory_fish_crustaceans_cephalopods_molluscs_500" }, "CR": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "cr_rtcr409_2008_thg_crust_ceph_bivalves_500" }, "GY": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "gy2023_thg_cephalopods_ppm_500" }, "PY": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_cephalopod_molluscs_thg_500" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_cephalopod_molluscs_thg_500" } } }, "MeHg": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Methylmercury is the organomercury speciation of total mercury and is arithmetically bounded by it (MeHg <= tHg). The binding total-mercury ceiling for this subcategory (300) is equal to or stricter than the lowest applicable sovereign methylmercury ML for this product, so passing the total-mercury limit guarantees methylmercury compliance and no separate methylmercury ceiling is published. Aud…", "reference_method": "Total-mercury screen; reflex MeHg speciation is optional and cannot exceed the tHg ceiling." }, "Ni": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a nickel maximum level for fish or fishery products anywhere in the register or worldwide (EU 2024/1987 nickel covers plant foods and seaweed only, not animal seafood). Nickel is screened rather than assigned an invented or mis-based number.", "reference_method": "Total-nickel screen (ICP-MS); no sovereign fish/fishery Ni ML." }, "Sn": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Fresh/frozen seafood has no tinplate contact; inorganic tin is a can-migration analyte. A full register Sn sweep shows every seafood tin ML is canned/tinplate-migration scope; no sovereign sets a non-canned seafood tin matrix limit. Canned product is certified under the canned-seafood subcategory tin limit.", "reference_method": "Packaging control (non-tinplate); ICP-MS per-lot screen; escalate to the canned-seafood Sn limit if packaged in tinplate." }, "Al": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No credible regulator sets an aluminium contaminant maximum level for seafood in any checked jurisdiction. Aluminium in seafood is background; dietary aluminium is managed by weekly intake against the EFSA/JECFA TWI, not by a per-food maximum level.", "reference_method": "Total-aluminium screen (ICP-MS); managed by intake vs the EFSA/JECFA TWI; no per-food seafood contaminant ML to align to." }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 12000, "value_exact_ppb": 12000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_fssai2016_crtotal_001_all_fishery_products_12000", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 12000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_crtotal_001_all_fishery_products_12000" } } }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Hexavalent chromium is the Cr(VI) speciation of chromium and is bounded by the total-chromium government limit (Cr-VI <= total Cr), which binds at 12000 (India all-fishery) here. No jurisdiction sets a Cr-VI food maximum level, and in a reducing animal-tissue matrix Cr(VI) is reduced to Cr(III), so there is no chromate pathway in seafood (unlike lead-chromate-adulterated spices). Rebuttable if …", "reference_method": "Bounded by the total-chromium government limit; reflex Cr-VI speciation only on anomalously elevated total chromium." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "fish-freshwater", "name": "Freshwater fish (tilapia, catfish, trout, carp)", "category": 6, "category_name": "Seafood", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-07)", "current_version": "1.0", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/fish-freshwater", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/fish-freshwater", "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "all", "record": "fish-freshwater", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 200, "value_exact_ppb": 200, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable 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"fj_fsr2009_cd_002_muscle_meat_of_fish_excluding_those_listed_below_50" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_other_cd_50" }, "VN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_anchovy-tuna-two-striped-bream-eel-mullet-japa_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_cd_fish_100" }, "IN": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_cd_016_fish_300" }, "MX": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "mx_nom242_cd_fishery_other_500" }, "TH": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_cd_fish_1000" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "SG", "controlling_instrument": "sg_foodregs_2026_fish_crustaceans_molluscs_tas_1000", "per_country": { "SG": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_fish_crustaceans_molluscs_tas_1000" }, "PY": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_tas_1000" }, "IL": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_tas_9_fish_and_fish_products_1000" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_tas_1000" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_tas_fish_2000" }, "IN": { "value": 76000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_tas_012_fish_and_crustaceans_76000" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu20251891_ias_fish_other_100", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "eu20251891_ias_fish_other_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_ias_fish_100" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 300, "value_exact_ppb": 300, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "edible portion, wet weight; total mercury. 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The binding total-mercury ceiling for this subcategory (total mercury ceiling) is equal to or stricter than the lowest applicable sovereign methylmercury ML for this product, so passing the total-mercury limit guarantees methylmercury compliance and no separate methylmercury ceiling…", "reference_method": "Total-mercury screen; reflex MeHg speciation is optional and cannot exceed the tHg ceiling." }, "Ni": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a nickel maximum level for fish or fishery products anywhere in the register or worldwide (EU 2024/1987 nickel covers plant foods and seaweed only, not animal seafood). Nickel is screened rather than assigned an invented or mis-based number.", "reference_method": "Total-nickel screen (ICP-MS); no sovereign fish/fishery Ni ML." }, "Sn": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Fresh/frozen seafood has no tinplate contact; inorganic tin is a can-migration analyte. A full register Sn sweep shows every seafood tin ML is canned/tinplate-migration scope; no sovereign sets a non-canned seafood tin matrix limit. Canned product is certified under the canned-seafood subcategory tin limit.", "reference_method": "Packaging control (non-tinplate); ICP-MS per-lot screen; escalate to the canned-seafood Sn limit if packaged in tinplate." }, "Al": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No credible regulator sets an aluminium contaminant maximum level for seafood in any checked jurisdiction. Aluminium in seafood is background; dietary aluminium is managed by weekly intake against the EFSA/JECFA TWI, not by a per-food maximum level.", "reference_method": "Total-aluminium screen (ICP-MS); managed by intake vs the EFSA/JECFA TWI; no per-food seafood contaminant ML to align to." }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "HK", "controlling_instrument": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_fish_1000", "per_country": { "HK": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_fish_1000" }, "IN": { "value": 12000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_crtotal_001_all_fishery_products_12000" } } }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Hexavalent chromium is the Cr(VI) speciation of chromium and is bounded by the total-chromium government limit (Cr-VI <= total Cr), which binds at 1000 for fish here. No jurisdiction sets a Cr-VI food maximum level, and in a reducing animal-tissue matrix Cr(VI) is reduced to Cr(III), so there is no chromate pathway in seafood (unlike lead-chromate-adulterated spices). Rebuttable if a routed sou…", "reference_method": "Bounded by the total-chromium government limit; reflex Cr-VI speciation only on anomalously elevated total chromium." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "fish-marine-non-predatory", "name": "Marine non-predatory fish (sardine, anchovy, salmon, cod, herring, mackerel)", "category": 6, "category_name": "Seafood", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-07)", "current_version": "1.0", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/fish-marine-non-predatory", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/fish-marine-non-predatory", "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "all", "record": "fish-marine-non-predatory", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 200, "value_exact_ppb": 200, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": 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"th_moph414_2020_pb_fish_300" }, "PY": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_pb_300" }, "PH": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_fish_pb_300" }, "IL": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_pb_10_fish_and_fish_products_300" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_pb_300" }, "VN": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_pb_fish-fillets_300" }, "HK": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_pb_fish_300" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_pb_fish_500" }, "MX": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "mx_nom242_pb_fish_crustaceans_500" }, "SG": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_fish_crustaceans_molluscs_pb_2000" }, "TT": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "tt_fooddrugs_2007_fish_fishery_products_pb_2000" } } }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "GSO", "controlling_instrument": "gso193_2021_cd_muscle_meat_of_fish_with_exception_mentioned_50", "per_country": { "GSO": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_muscle_meat_of_fish_with_exception_mentioned_50" }, "CR": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "cr_rtcr409_2008_cd_fish_general_50" }, "GY": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "gy2023_cd_fish_general_ppm_50" }, "PA": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "pa_res368_2009_cd_fish_general_50" }, "PY": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_other_cd_50" }, "IL": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_9_fish_and_fish_products_except_listed_categories_50" }, "FJ": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "fj_fsr2009_cd_002_muscle_meat_of_fish_excluding_those_listed_below_50" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_other_cd_50" }, "VN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_anchovy-tuna-two-striped-bream-eel-mullet-japa_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_cd_fish_100" }, "IN": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_cd_016_fish_300" }, "MX": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "mx_nom242_cd_fishery_other_500" }, "TH": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_cd_fish_1000" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "SG", "controlling_instrument": "sg_foodregs_2026_fish_crustaceans_molluscs_tas_1000", "per_country": { "SG": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_fish_crustaceans_molluscs_tas_1000" }, "PY": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_tas_1000" }, "IL": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_tas_9_fish_and_fish_products_1000" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_tas_1000" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_tas_fish_2000" }, "IN": { "value": 76000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_tas_012_fish_and_crustaceans_76000" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu20251891_ias_fish_other_100", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "eu20251891_ias_fish_other_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_ias_fish_100" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 300, "value_exact_ppb": 300, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "edible portion, wet weight; total mercury. 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The binding total-mercury ceiling for this subcategory (total mercury ceiling) is equal to or stricter than the lowest applicable sovereign methylmercury ML for this product, so passing the total-mercury limit guarantees methylmercury compliance and no separate methylmercury ceiling…", "reference_method": "Total-mercury screen; reflex MeHg speciation is optional and cannot exceed the tHg ceiling." }, "Ni": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a nickel maximum level for fish or fishery products anywhere in the register or worldwide (EU 2024/1987 nickel covers plant foods and seaweed only, not animal seafood). Nickel is screened rather than assigned an invented or mis-based number.", "reference_method": "Total-nickel screen (ICP-MS); no sovereign fish/fishery Ni ML." }, "Sn": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Fresh/frozen seafood has no tinplate contact; inorganic tin is a can-migration analyte. A full register Sn sweep shows every seafood tin ML is canned/tinplate-migration scope; no sovereign sets a non-canned seafood tin matrix limit. Canned product is certified under the canned-seafood subcategory tin limit.", "reference_method": "Packaging control (non-tinplate); ICP-MS per-lot screen; escalate to the canned-seafood Sn limit if packaged in tinplate." }, "Al": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No credible regulator sets an aluminium contaminant maximum level for seafood in any checked jurisdiction. Aluminium in seafood is background; dietary aluminium is managed by weekly intake against the EFSA/JECFA TWI, not by a per-food maximum level.", "reference_method": "Total-aluminium screen (ICP-MS); managed by intake vs the EFSA/JECFA TWI; no per-food seafood contaminant ML to align to." }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "HK", "controlling_instrument": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_fish_1000", "per_country": { "HK": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_fish_1000" }, "IN": { "value": 12000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_crtotal_001_all_fishery_products_12000" } } }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Hexavalent chromium is the Cr(VI) speciation of chromium and is bounded by the total-chromium government limit (Cr-VI <= total Cr), which binds at 1000 for fish here. No jurisdiction sets a Cr-VI food maximum level, and in a reducing animal-tissue matrix Cr(VI) is reduced to Cr(III), so there is no chromate pathway in seafood (unlike lead-chromate-adulterated spices). Rebuttable if a routed sou…", "reference_method": "Bounded by the total-chromium government limit; reflex Cr-VI speciation only on anomalously elevated total chromium." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "fish-marine-predatory", "name": "Marine predatory fish (tuna, swordfish, shark, king mackerel, marlin)", "category": 6, "category_name": "Seafood", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-07)", "current_version": "1.0", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/fish-marine-predatory", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/fish-marine-predatory", "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "all", "record": "fish-marine-predatory", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 200, "value_exact_ppb": 200, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", 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50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "GSO", "controlling_instrument": "gso193_2021_cd_muscle_meat_of_fish_with_exception_mentioned_50", "per_country": { "GSO": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_muscle_meat_of_fish_with_exception_mentioned_50" }, "CR": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "cr_rtcr409_2008_cd_fish_general_50" }, "GY": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "gy2023_cd_fish_general_ppm_50" }, "PA": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "pa_res368_2009_cd_fish_general_50" }, "PY": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_other_cd_50" }, "IL": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_9_fish_and_fish_products_except_listed_categories_50" }, "FJ": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "fj_fsr2009_cd_002_muscle_meat_of_fish_excluding_those_listed_below_50" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 50, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_other_cd_50" }, "VN": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_anchovy-tuna-two-striped-bream-eel-mullet-japa_100" }, "HK": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_cd_fish_100" }, "IN": { "value": 300, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_cd_016_fish_300" }, "MX": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "mx_nom242_cd_fishery_other_500" }, "TH": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_cd_fish_1000" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "SG", "controlling_instrument": "sg_foodregs_2026_fish_crustaceans_molluscs_tas_1000", "per_country": { "SG": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_fish_crustaceans_molluscs_tas_1000" }, "PY": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_tas_1000" }, "IL": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_tas_9_fish_and_fish_products_1000" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_fish_raw_frozen_refrigerated_tas_1000" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_tas_fish_2000" }, "IN": { "value": 76000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_tas_012_fish_and_crustaceans_76000" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 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The binding total-mercury ceiling for this subcategory (total mercury ceiling) is equal to or stricter than the lowest applicable sovereign methylmercury ML for this product, so passing the total-mercury limit guarantees methylmercury compliance and no separate methylmercury ceiling…", "reference_method": "Total-mercury screen; reflex MeHg speciation is optional and cannot exceed the tHg ceiling." }, "Ni": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a nickel maximum level for fish or fishery products anywhere in the register or worldwide (EU 2024/1987 nickel covers plant foods and seaweed only, not animal seafood). 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No jurisdiction sets a Cr-VI food maximum level, and in a reducing animal-tissue matrix Cr(VI) is reduced to Cr(III), so there is no chromate pathway in seafood (unlike lead-chromate-adulterated spices). Rebuttable if a routed sou…", "reference_method": "Bounded by the total-chromium government limit; reflex Cr-VI speciation only on anomalously elevated total chromium." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "seaweed-kelp-foods", "name": "Seaweed & kelp foods (nori, wakame, kombu, dulse)", "category": 6, "category_name": "Seafood", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-07)", "current_version": "1.0", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/seaweed-kelp-foods", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/seaweed-kelp-foods", "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "all", "record": "seaweed-kelp-foods", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_pb_8_1_dried_seaweed_5000", "per_country": { "IL": { "value": 5000, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_pb_8_1_dried_seaweed_5000" }, "FR": { "value": 5000, "converted": true, "id": "fr_cshpf_seaweed_pb_5000" } } }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "FR", "controlling_instrument": "fr_cshpf_seaweed_cd_500", "per_country": { "FR": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "fr_cshpf_seaweed_cd_500" }, "IL": { "value": 5000, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_7_1_dried_seaweed_5000" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_tas_7_1_dried_seaweed_5000", "per_country": { "IL": { "value": 5000, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_tas_7_1_dried_seaweed_5000" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_ias_seaweed_1000", "per_country": { "AU-NZ": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_ias_seaweed_1000" }, "HK": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_ias_seaweed_1000" }, "SG": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_seaweed_ias_2000" }, "FR": { "value": 3000, "converted": true, "id": "fr_cshpf_seaweed_ias_3000" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "FR", "controlling_instrument": "fr_cshpf_seaweed_thg_100", "per_country": { "FR": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "fr_cshpf_seaweed_thg_100" }, "IL": { "value": 2500, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_thg_7_1_dried_seaweed_2500" } } }, "MeHg": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a seaweed methylmercury ML (all sovereign MeHg limits are fish/fishery scope), and seaweed is a marine primary producer into which methylmercury does not biomagnify (it biomagnifies up the food chain, not into algae), so MeHg is a negligible fraction of total mercury and is bounded by the tHg ceiling (tightened to France CSHPF 100 DM).", "reference_method": "Total-mercury screen; reflex MeHg speciation cannot exceed the tHg ceiling." }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 30000, "value_exact_ppb": 30000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_seaweed_30000", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 30000, "converted": true, "id": "eu2024_ni_seaweed_30000" }, "CH": { "value": 30000, "converted": true, "id": "ch_vhk_2026_ni_seetang_30000" } } }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "FR", "controlling_instrument": "fr_cshpf_seaweed_sn_5000", "per_country": { "FR": { "value": 5000, "converted": true, "id": "fr_cshpf_seaweed_sn_5000" } } }, "Al": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No credible regulator sets an aluminium contaminant ML for seaweed. Seaweed accumulates aluminium from seawater/sediment as background; dietary aluminium is managed by weekly intake against the EFSA/JECFA TWI, not by a per-food maximum level.", "reference_method": "Total-aluminium screen (ICP-MS); managed by intake vs the EFSA/JECFA TWI; no seaweed contaminant Al ML to align to." }, "Cr": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a total-chromium maximum level for seaweed or edible algae (the HK Cap 132V total-Cr limits are animal-seafood scope; the China GB 2762 total-Cr limits are cereals/beans plant scope — neither is on-scope for a marine macroalga). Chromium(III) is an essential nutrient; trace chromium in seaweed is geologic uptake. Screened as the substrate for reflex Cr-VI speciation.", "reference_method": "Total-chromium screen (ICP-MS); substrate for reflex Cr-VI speciation; no on-scope sovereign seaweed total-Cr ML." }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Cr-VI is bounded by the total-chromium screen (Cr-VI <= total Cr); no jurisdiction sets a Cr-VI food ML and there is no chromate pathway in seaweed (no lead-chromate adulteration as in spices), so any trace chromium is geologic chromium(III). Rebuttable if a routed source reports hexavalent chromium in seaweed.", "reference_method": "Bounded by the total-chromium screen; reflex Cr-VI speciation only on anomalously elevated total chromium." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "shellfish", "name": "Shellfish (crustaceans and bivalve molluscs)", "category": 6, "category_name": "Seafood", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-07)", "current_version": "1.0", "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default, 8:1 basis, read-across)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/shellfish", "hmi_literature_link": "https://heavymetalindex.com/products/shellfish", "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "all", "record": "shellfish", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_fssai2016_pb_062_crustaceans_500", "per_country": { "IN": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_pb_062_crustaceans_500" }, "GSO": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_pb_crustaceans_500" }, "MX": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "mx_nom242_pb_fish_crustaceans_500" }, "CR": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "cr_rtcr409_2008_pb_crustaceans_500" }, "GY": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "gy2023_pb_crustaceans_ppm_500" }, "PA": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "pa_res368_2009_pb_crustaceans_500" }, "PY": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_crustaceans_pb_500" }, "IL": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_pb_10_1_crabs_muscle_500" }, "MA": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "ma_2410_2022_pb_3_1_9_crustaces_chair_musculaire_des_appendices_et_de_l_abdomen_dans_le_cas_500" }, "FJ": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "fj_fsr2009_pb_009_crustaceans_excluding_brown_meat_of_crab_500" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_crustaceans_pb_500" }, "VN": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_pb_crustaceans-except-for-brown-crab-meat-head-an_500" }, "HK": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_pb_crustaceans_500" }, "EU": { "value": 1500, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_pb_bivalve_1500" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_pb_molluscs_2000" }, "SG": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_fish_crustaceans_molluscs_pb_2000" } } }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_crustaceans_500", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_cd_crustaceans_500" }, "IN": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_cd_017_crustaceans_500" }, "GSO": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_cd_crustaceans_500" }, "CR": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "cr_rtcr409_2008_cd_crustaceans_500" }, "GY": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "gy2023_cd_crustaceans_ppm_500" }, "PA": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "pa_res368_2009_cd_crustaceans_500" }, "PY": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_crustaceans_cd_500" }, "IL": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "il_fcs2016_cd_9_2_crabs_muscle_500" }, "MA": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "ma_2410_2022_cd_3_2_16_crustaces_chair_musculaire_des_appendices_et_de_l_abdomen_dans_le_cas_500" }, "FJ": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "fj_fsr2009_cd_004_crustaceans_excluding_brown_meat_of_crab_and_excluding_head_and_thorax_500" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_crustaceans_cd_500" }, "VN": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_crustaceans-except-for-brown-crab-meat-head-an_500" }, "MX": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "mx_nom242_cd_molluscs_2000" }, "TH": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "th_moph414_2020_cd_bivalve_mollusks_2000" }, "PH": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "ph_pns194_2017_marine_bivalve_molluscs_cd_2000" }, "HK": { "value": 2000, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_cd_crustaceans_2000" } } }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_tas_molluscs_1000", "per_country": { "AU-NZ": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_tas_molluscs_1000" }, "SG": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "sg_foodregs_2026_fish_crustaceans_molluscs_tas_1000" }, "PY": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_bivalve_molluscs_tas_1000" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_bivalve_molluscs_tas_1000" }, "IN": { "value": 76000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_tas_012_fish_and_crustaceans_76000" }, "MX": { "value": 80000, "converted": true, "id": "mx_nom242_tas_crustaceans_bivalves_80000" } } }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu20251891_ias_crabs_prawns_shrimps_100", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 100, "converted": true, "id": "eu20251891_ias_crabs_prawns_shrimps_100" } } }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_hg_fish_general_500", "per_country": { "EU": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "eu2023_hg_fish_general_500" }, "AU-NZ": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "aunz_sch19_hg_fish_other_500" }, "GY": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "gy2023_thg_crustaceans_ppm_500" }, "PA": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "pa_res368_2009_thg_fishery_products_general_500" }, "PY": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "py_decreto1335_2019_bivalve_molluscs_thg_500" }, "MA": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "ma_2410_2022_thg_3_3_1_produits_de_la_peche_et_chair_musculaire_de_poissons_a_l_exclusion_des_500" }, "MERCOSUR": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "mercosur_gmc12_2011_bivalve_molluscs_thg_500" }, "VN": { "value": 500, "converted": true, "id": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_thg_crustaceans-except-for-brown-crab-meat-head-an_500" }, "GSO": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "gso193_2021_thg_fishery_products_and_muscle_meat_of_fish_with_exception_mentioned_crusta_1000" } } }, "MeHg": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Methylmercury is the organomercury speciation of total mercury and is arithmetically bounded by it (MeHg <= tHg). The binding total-mercury ceiling for this subcategory (500) is equal to or stricter than the lowest applicable sovereign methylmercury ML for this product, so passing the total-mercury limit guarantees methylmercury compliance and no separate methylmercury ceiling is published. Aud…", "reference_method": "Total-mercury screen; reflex MeHg speciation is optional and cannot exceed the tHg ceiling." }, "Ni": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a nickel maximum level for fish or fishery products anywhere in the register or worldwide (EU 2024/1987 nickel covers plant foods and seaweed only, not animal seafood). Nickel is screened rather than assigned an invented or mis-based number.", "reference_method": "Total-nickel screen (ICP-MS); no sovereign fish/fishery Ni ML." }, "Sn": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Fresh/frozen seafood has no tinplate contact; inorganic tin is a can-migration analyte. A full register Sn sweep shows every seafood tin ML is canned/tinplate-migration scope; no sovereign sets a non-canned seafood tin matrix limit. Canned product is certified under the canned-seafood subcategory tin limit.", "reference_method": "Packaging control (non-tinplate); ICP-MS per-lot screen; escalate to the canned-seafood Sn limit if packaged in tinplate." }, "Al": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No credible regulator sets an aluminium contaminant maximum level for seafood in any checked jurisdiction. Aluminium in seafood is background; dietary aluminium is managed by weekly intake against the EFSA/JECFA TWI, not by a per-food maximum level.", "reference_method": "Total-aluminium screen (ICP-MS); managed by intake vs the EFSA/JECFA TWI; no per-food seafood contaminant ML to align to." }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "face value", "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "HK", "controlling_instrument": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_crabs-prawns-and-shrimps_1000", "per_country": { "HK": { "value": 1000, "converted": true, "id": "hk_cap132v_crtotal_crabs-prawns-and-shrimps_1000" }, "IN": { "value": 12000, "converted": true, "id": "in_fssai2016_crtotal_001_all_fishery_products_12000" } } }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Hexavalent chromium is the Cr(VI) speciation of chromium and is bounded by the total-chromium government limit (Cr-VI <= total Cr), which binds at 1000 for crustaceans/oysters here. No jurisdiction sets a Cr-VI food maximum level, and in a reducing animal-tissue matrix Cr(VI) is reduced to Cr(III), so there is no chromate pathway in seafood (unlike lead-chromate-adulterated spices). Rebuttable …", "reference_method": "Bounded by the total-chromium government limit; reflex Cr-VI speciation only on anomalously elevated total chromium." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "supplements-algae-seaweed-based", "name": "Ingredient class — algae/seaweed-based", "category": 16, "category_name": "Dietary Supplements (Human)", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 — child-protective over-compliance: strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food ML by lookup, applied to all supplements; adult floor (supplement ML / USP <2232> / Prop 65 MADL) disclosed, never selected", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/supplements-algae-seaweed-based", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "supplements-algae-seaweed-based", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food lead maximum (AU-NZ infant formula, 10 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5000 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the AU-NZ non-soy infant-formula aluminium maximum (500 µg/kg) — the only government aluminium ML for any food in any jurisdiction. No adult supplement aluminium ML exists and USP <2232> sets none. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 500 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null } } } } }, { "product_slug": "supplements-amino-acids-isolates", "name": "Ingredient class — amino acids & isolates", "category": 16, "category_name": "Dietary Supplements (Human)", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 — child-protective over-compliance: strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food ML by lookup, applied to all supplements; adult floor (supplement ML / USP <2232> / Prop 65 MADL) disclosed, never selected", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/supplements-amino-acids-isolates", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "supplements-amino-acids-isolates", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food lead maximum (AU-NZ infant formula, 10 µg/kg). 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HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. 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A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. 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Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5000 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the AU-NZ non-soy infant-formula aluminium maximum (500 µg/kg) — the only government aluminium ML for any food in any jurisdiction. No adult supplement aluminium ML exists and USP <2232> sets none. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 500 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null } } } } }, { "product_slug": "supplements-clay-mineral-earth", "name": "Ingredient class — clay/mineral/earth-derived (bentonite, diatomaceous earth, zeolite, shilajit)", "category": 16, "category_name": "Dietary Supplements (Human)", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 — child-protective over-compliance: strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food ML by lookup, applied to all supplements; adult floor (supplement ML / USP <2232> / Prop 65 MADL) disclosed, never selected", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/supplements-clay-mineral-earth", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "supplements-clay-mineral-earth", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food lead maximum (AU-NZ infant formula, 10 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. 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Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. 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Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. 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Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. 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HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. 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A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5000 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the AU-NZ non-soy infant-formula aluminium maximum (500 µg/kg) — the only government aluminium ML for any food in any jurisdiction. No adult supplement aluminium ML exists and USP <2232> sets none. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 500 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null } } } } }, { "product_slug": "supplements-oral-liquids-droppers", "name": "Oral liquids: droppers", "category": 16, "category_name": "Dietary Supplements (Human)", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 — child-protective over-compliance: strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food ML by lookup, applied to all supplements; adult floor (supplement ML / USP <2232> / Prop 65 MADL) disclosed, never selected", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/supplements-oral-liquids-droppers", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "supplements-oral-liquids-droppers", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food lead maximum (AU-NZ infant formula, 10 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5000 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the AU-NZ non-soy infant-formula aluminium maximum (500 µg/kg) — the only government aluminium ML for any food in any jurisdiction. No adult supplement aluminium ML exists and USP <2232> sets none. 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Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. 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HMTc holds ALL supplements to 500 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null } } } } }, { "product_slug": "supplements-oral-liquids-syrups", "name": "Oral liquids: syrups", "category": 16, "category_name": "Dietary Supplements (Human)", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 — child-protective over-compliance: strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food ML by lookup, applied to all supplements; adult floor (supplement ML / USP <2232> / Prop 65 MADL) disclosed, never selected", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/supplements-oral-liquids-syrups", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "supplements-oral-liquids-syrups", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food lead maximum (AU-NZ infant formula, 10 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5000 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the AU-NZ non-soy infant-formula aluminium maximum (500 µg/kg) — the only government aluminium ML for any food in any jurisdiction. No adult supplement aluminium ML exists and USP <2232> sets none. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 500 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null } } } } }, { "product_slug": "supplements-oral-liquids-tinctures", "name": "Oral liquids: tinctures/drops", "category": 16, "category_name": "Dietary Supplements (Human)", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 — child-protective over-compliance: strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food ML by lookup, applied to all supplements; adult floor (supplement ML / USP <2232> / Prop 65 MADL) disclosed, never selected", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/supplements-oral-liquids-tinctures", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "supplements-oral-liquids-tinctures", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food lead maximum (AU-NZ infant formula, 10 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5000 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the AU-NZ non-soy infant-formula aluminium maximum (500 µg/kg) — the only government aluminium ML for any food in any jurisdiction. No adult supplement aluminium ML exists and USP <2232> sets none. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 500 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null } } } } }, { "product_slug": "supplements-oral-solids-capsules", "name": "Oral solids: capsules", "category": 16, "category_name": "Dietary Supplements (Human)", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 — child-protective over-compliance: strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food ML by lookup, applied to all supplements; adult floor (supplement ML / USP <2232> / Prop 65 MADL) disclosed, never selected", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/supplements-oral-solids-capsules", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "supplements-oral-solids-capsules", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food lead maximum (AU-NZ infant formula, 10 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5000 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the AU-NZ non-soy infant-formula aluminium maximum (500 µg/kg) — the only government aluminium ML for any food in any jurisdiction. No adult supplement aluminium ML exists and USP <2232> sets none. 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HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. 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A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. 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Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. 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HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. 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A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5000 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the AU-NZ non-soy infant-formula aluminium maximum (500 µg/kg) — the only government aluminium ML for any food in any jurisdiction. No adult supplement aluminium ML exists and USP <2232> sets none. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 500 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null } } } } }, { "product_slug": "supplements-oral-solids-powders", "name": "Oral solids: powders (bulk tubs, sachets, stick packs)", "category": 16, "category_name": "Dietary Supplements (Human)", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 — child-protective over-compliance: strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food ML by lookup, applied to all supplements; adult floor (supplement ML / USP <2232> / Prop 65 MADL) disclosed, never selected", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/supplements-oral-solids-powders", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "supplements-oral-solids-powders", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food lead maximum (AU-NZ infant formula, 10 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. 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Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. 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HMTc holds ALL supplements to 500 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null } } } } }, { "product_slug": "supplements-oral-solids-tablets", "name": "Oral solids: tablets/caplets", "category": 16, "category_name": "Dietary Supplements (Human)", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 — child-protective over-compliance: strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food ML by lookup, applied to all supplements; adult floor (supplement ML / USP <2232> / Prop 65 MADL) disclosed, never selected", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/supplements-oral-solids-tablets", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "supplements-oral-solids-tablets", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food lead maximum (AU-NZ infant formula, 10 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5000 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the AU-NZ non-soy infant-formula aluminium maximum (500 µg/kg) — the only government aluminium ML for any food in any jurisdiction. No adult supplement aluminium ML exists and USP <2232> sets none. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 500 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null } } } } }, { "product_slug": "supplements-probiotics", "name": "Ingredient class — live microbials/probiotics", "category": 16, "category_name": "Dietary Supplements (Human)", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 — child-protective over-compliance: strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food ML by lookup, applied to all supplements; adult floor (supplement ML / USP <2232> / Prop 65 MADL) disclosed, never selected", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/supplements-probiotics", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "supplements-probiotics", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food lead maximum (AU-NZ infant formula, 10 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. 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Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). 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A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5000 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the AU-NZ non-soy infant-formula aluminium maximum (500 µg/kg) — the only government aluminium ML for any food in any jurisdiction. No adult supplement aluminium ML exists and USP <2232> sets none. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 500 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null } } } } }, { "product_slug": "supplements-teas-labeled", "name": "Food-like forms: teas (when labeled as supplement)", "category": 16, "category_name": "Dietary Supplements (Human)", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 — child-protective over-compliance: strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food ML by lookup, applied to all supplements; adult floor (supplement ML / USP <2232> / Prop 65 MADL) disclosed, never selected", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/supplements-teas-labeled", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "supplements-teas-labeled", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food lead maximum (AU-NZ infant formula, 10 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. 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HMTc holds ALL supplements to 500 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_al_formula_nonsoy_500" }, "Cr": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null } } } } }, { "product_slug": "supplements-vitamin-mineral", "name": "Ingredient class — vitamin/mineral (single, multi-mineral, multi-vitamin/mineral)", "category": 16, "category_name": "Dietary Supplements (Human)", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 — child-protective over-compliance: strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food ML by lookup, applied to all supplements; adult floor (supplement ML / USP <2232> / Prop 65 MADL) disclosed, never selected", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/supplements-vitamin-mineral", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "supplements-vitamin-mineral", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food lead maximum (AU-NZ infant formula, 10 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 1000-10000 µg/kg (Thailand 1000; GSO/Israel/Vietnam 3000; ASEAN/Singapore 10000) and adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental lead MADL is 0.5 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg because children consume adult supplements and lead has no threshold.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "AU-NZ", "controlling_instrument": "aunz_sch19_pb_formula_10" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 10, "value_exact_ppb": 10, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food inorganic-arsenic maximum (EU infant formula, 10 µg/kg). No government sets an inorganic-arsenic supplement ML; adult USP <2232> permits inorganic arsenic 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 10 µg/kg inorganic arsenic — 150x below the adult USP concentration floor. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_ias_formula_liquid_10" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-arsenic maximum (India infant foods, 50 µg/kg). Total arsenic gates the inorganic-arsenic reflex; the toxic species iAs is anchored separately at 10 µg/kg. Adult supplement floors run 300-5000 µg/kg. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 50 µg/kg total arsenic.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_tas_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_50" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 4, "value_exact_ppb": 4, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food total-mercury maximum (Israel infant/toddler formula ready-to-eat, 4 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 100-500 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits total mercury 15 µg/day (1500 µg/kg at 10 g/day). HMTc holds ALL supplements to 4 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this Israel anchor (source_id il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4) is set on a ready-to-eat, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted ready-to-eat formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the ready-to-eat value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_thg_14_infant_and_toddler_formulas_ready_to_eat_4" }, "MeHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5, "value_exact_ppb": 5, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food cadmium maximum (EU infant formula, 5 µg/kg). Adult supplement floors run 300-1000 µg/kg; adult USP <2232> permits 5 µg/day (500 µg/kg at 10 g/day); California's developmental cadmium MADL is 4.1 µg/day. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5) is set on a ready-to-feed liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2023_cd_formula_cow_liquid_5" }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": null, "value_exact_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": null, "controlling_instrument": null }, "Ni": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the strictest sovereign infant-and-child-food nickel maximum (EU liquid infant/young-child formula, 100 µg/kg). No government sets a nickel supplement ML and adult USP <2232> sets none; the entire adult framework is silent on supplement nickel, a metal EFSA reports European diets already exceed the tolerable intake for, children most of all. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 100 µg/kg. Basis disclosure: this EU anchor (source_id eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100) is set on a liquid, as-consumed basis and is read across to the as-sold solid supplement WITHOUT a reconstitution adjustment. A reconstituted liquid formula is roughly 6-8x more dilute than the equivalent as-sold powder, so applying the liquid value directly to a solid is an intentional, disclosed over-strictness (the solid cell runs ~6-8x stricter than the equivalent as-sold powder ML), never an accidental wet/dry conflation; no serving-size conversion selects the limit.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2024_ni_formula_liquid_100" }, "Sn": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 5000, "value_exact_ppb": 5000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the India FSSAI non-canned infant-food tin maximum (5000 µg/kg). Tin is a can-migration analyte; a non-canned supplement has no intrinsic tin source, so any quantifiable tin triggers a packaging investigation. No adult supplement tin ML exists. HMTc holds ALL supplements to 5000 µg/kg.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IN", "controlling_instrument": "in_sn_infant-milk-substitute-and-infant-foods_5000" }, "Al": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": "child-protective read-across (voluntary over-compliance; adult floor disclosed, never selected)", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "Child-protective read-across from the AU-NZ non-soy infant-formula aluminium maximum (500 µg/kg) — the only government aluminium ML for any food in any jurisdiction. No adult supplement aluminium ML exists and USP <2232> sets none. 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Screened as the substrate for reflex Cr-VI speciation.", "reference_method": "Total-chromium screen; substrate for reflex Cr-VI speciation." }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": null, "reference_method": "Bounded by the total-chromium screen; no routine Cr-VI speciation, reflex only on anomalously elevated total chromium." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "bouillon-seasoning-blends", "name": "Bouillon/stock cubes and powdered seasoning blends (dry rubs, gravy/seasoning packets)", "category": 34, "category_name": "Herbs, Spices, Seasonings and Salt", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default; explicit-id lookup; legislated product-form splits preserved; dried-spice basis discipline)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/bouillon-seasoning-blends", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "bouillon-seasoning-blends", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "CN", "controlling_instrument": "china_gb2762_pb_condiments_excl_spices_1000" }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "read across the spice-blend / curry-powder scope (Vietnam cadmium 1000 ug/kg); nearest applicable sovereign for a dry seasoning blend.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "VN", "controlling_instrument": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_spices-including-curry-powder_1000" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "read across the curry-powder scope (Singapore total arsenic 1000 ug/kg; Vietnam curry powder concurs at 1000); curry powder is the archetypal seasoning blend.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "SG", "controlling_instrument": "sg_foodregs_2026_curry_powder_tas_1000" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "CN", "controlling_instrument": "china_gb2762_ias_compound_condiment_100" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "government-read-across", "rationale": "read across the spice-blend / curry-powder scope (Vietnam total mercury 50 ug/kg); nearest applicable sovereign for a dry seasoning blend.", "controlling_jurisdiction": "VN", "controlling_instrument": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_thg_spices-including-curry-powder_50" }, "MeHg": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": null, "reference_method": "Total-mercury screen." }, "Ni": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a nickel maximum level for seasoning blends or spices. Screened rather than assigned an invented or mis-based number.", "reference_method": "Total-nickel screen (ICP-MS); no sovereign blend/spice nickel ML." }, "Sn": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": null, "reference_method": "Packaging control (non-tinplate); periodic ICP-MS tin verification." }, "Al": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": null, "reference_method": "Managed by intake vs TWI + additive law; periodic screen." }, "Cr": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No total-chromium food maximum level in any jurisdiction. 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No sovereign Cr-VI food ML exists.", "reference_method": "Reflex Cr-VI speciation on the lead-chromate adulteration signature." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "hot-chili-sauces", "name": "Hot sauce and chili sauces", "category": 34, "category_name": "Herbs, Spices, Seasonings and Salt", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default; explicit-id lookup; legislated product-form splits preserved; dried-spice basis discipline)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/hot-chili-sauces", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "hot-chili-sauces", "native_basis": "as_consumed", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "CN", "controlling_instrument": "china_gb2762_pb_condiments_excl_spices_1000" }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "VN", "controlling_instrument": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_sauce_1000" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "SG", "controlling_instrument": "sg_foodregs_2026_tomato_ketchup_sauces_tas_1000" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "CN", "controlling_instrument": "china_gb2762_ias_compound_condiment_100" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "VN", "controlling_instrument": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_thg_sauce_50" }, "MeHg": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": null, "reference_method": "Total-mercury screen." }, "Ni": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a nickel maximum level for sauces. Screened rather than assigned an invented number.", "reference_method": "Total-nickel screen (ICP-MS); no sovereign sauce nickel ML." }, "Sn": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": null, "reference_method": "Packaging control (non-tinplate); periodic ICP-MS tin verification." }, "Al": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Confirmed no-ML (standards-no-ml-confirmed.csv): no government sets an aluminium contaminant maximum level for sauces in any checked jurisdiction (EU 2023/915 lists no Al; Codex; FSANZ; JECFA/EFSA TWI). Aluminium in a chili/vinegar/water sauce is chili-borne background plus any permitted additive; dietary aluminium is managed by weekly intake against the EFSA/JECFA TWI, not by a per-food maximu…", "reference_method": "Total-aluminium screen (ICP-MS); managed by intake vs the EFSA/JECFA TWI; no per-food contaminant ML to align to." }, "Cr": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a total-chromium food maximum level. As with turmeric, chili-borne lead-chromate adulteration is the material chromium pathway for a chili sauce, so total chromium is screened and co-read with lead as an adulteration co-marker.", "reference_method": "Total-chromium screen (ICP-MS), co-read with lead; substrate for reflex Cr-VI speciation." }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_consumed", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Lead chromate (a hexavalent-chromium compound) used to adulterate chili is the material Cr-VI pathway for a chili sauce, so Cr-VI is screened, not dismissed. Reflex Cr-VI speciation confirms the chromate where the lead/total-chromium adulteration screen is elevated. No sovereign Cr-VI food ML exists.", "reference_method": "Reflex Cr-VI speciation on the lead-chromate adulteration signature." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "salt", "name": "Salt (table, sea, Himalayan)", "category": 34, "category_name": "Herbs, Spices, Seasonings and Salt", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default; explicit-id lookup; legislated product-form splits preserved; dried-spice basis discipline)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/salt", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "salt", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "government-limit-form-split", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level; the ceiling is set by product sub-form (each form's exact value is on the page derivation).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "forms": [ { "form": "refined / general food-grade salt (table salt)", "value_ppb": 1000, "jurisdiction": "EU" }, { "form": "unrefined salt (fleur de sel, grey salt, manually harvested sea salt)", "value_ppb": 1000, "jurisdiction": "CN" } ] }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "GSO", "controlling_instrument": "gso193_2021_cd_salt_food_grade_500" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu20251891_tas_salt_500" }, "iAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 500, "value_exact_ppb": 500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "IL", "controlling_instrument": "il_fcs2016_ias_12_salt_500" }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 100, "value_exact_ppb": 100, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "controlling_instrument": "eu2022_617_hg_salt_100" }, "MeHg": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": null, "reference_method": "Total-mercury screen." }, "Ni": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a nickel maximum level for salt. Unrefined rock and sea salts can carry trace geologic nickel; it is screened rather than assigned an invented number.", "reference_method": "Total-nickel screen (ICP-MS); no sovereign salt nickel ML." }, "Sn": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": null, "reference_method": "Packaging control (non-tinplate); periodic ICP-MS tin verification." }, "Al": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": null, "reference_method": "Managed by additive law + TWI; periodic screen." }, "Cr": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a total-chromium food maximum level (chromium(III) is an essential nutrient). Trace chromium in salt is geologic. Screened as the substrate for reflex Cr-VI speciation.", "reference_method": "Total-chromium screen; substrate for reflex Cr-VI speciation." }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": null, "reference_method": "Bounded by the total-chromium screen; no routine Cr-VI speciation, reflex only on anomalously elevated total chromium." } } } } }, { "product_slug": "spices", "name": "Herbs, spices, and dried seasonings (turmeric, cinnamon, paprika, chili powder, pepper)", "category": 34, "category_name": "Herbs, Spices, Seasonings and Salt", "native_basis": "as_sold", "source_model": "compiled", "standard_version": "1.0 (2026-08-14)", "current_version": null, "methodology_version": "HMTc Method v2.0 (government-limit default; explicit-id lookup; legislated product-form splits preserved; dried-spice basis discipline)", "page_url": "https://heavymetalcertified.com/standards/spices", "hmi_literature_link": null, "variants": { "all": { "variant_key": "both", "record": "spices", "native_basis": "as_sold", "analytes": { "Pb": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 600, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "government-limit-form-split", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level; the ceiling is set by product sub-form (each form's exact value is on the page derivation).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "EU", "forms": [ { "form": "fruit spices (paprika, chili powder, black pepper, allspice)", "value_ppb": 600, "jurisdiction": "EU" }, { "form": "seed spices (cumin, coriander, fennel, mustard)", "value_ppb": 900, "jurisdiction": "EU" }, { "form": "flower/pistil spices (saffron)", "value_ppb": 1000, "jurisdiction": "EU" }, { "form": "bud spices (cloves)", "value_ppb": 1000, "jurisdiction": "EU" }, { "form": "root and rhizome spices (turmeric, ginger)", "value_ppb": 1500, "jurisdiction": "EU" }, { "form": "bark spices (cinnamon)", "value_ppb": 2000, "jurisdiction": "EU" } ] }, "Cd": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1000, "value_exact_ppb": 1000, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "VN", "controlling_instrument": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_cd_spices-including-curry-powder_1000" }, "tAs": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 1500, "value_exact_ppb": 1500, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "SG", "controlling_instrument": "sg_foodregs_2026_dried_herbs_spices_mustard_tas_1500" }, "iAs": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets an inorganic-arsenic maximum level specific to dried spices (inorganic arsenic is a dietary speciation defined for rice and drinking water); dried-spice arsenic is regulated as total arsenic, which arithmetically bounds the inorganic fraction (iAs <= tAs). The New York State DOH 2019 metals-in-spices guidance (nys-doh2019-metals-spices-guidance), routed to this row, reports…", "reference_method": "Reflex inorganic-As speciation on the total-As result; bounded by the tAs cell. No sovereign dried-spice iAs ML." }, "tHg": { "status": "published", "value_ppb": 50, "value_exact_ppb": 50, "native_basis": "as_sold", "basis_note": null, "control_basis": "government-limit", "rationale": "Strictest applicable government maximum level, converted to the row's native basis (Method v2.0 default).", "controlling_jurisdiction": "VN", "controlling_instrument": "vn_qcvn8_2_2011_thg_spices-including-curry-powder_50" }, "MeHg": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": null, "reference_method": "Total-mercury screen." }, "Ni": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a nickel maximum level for dried spices. The EU sets nickel only for fresh herbs (1200 ug/kg) and leafy vegetables (500 ug/kg) on a fresh-weight basis; reading either across to a dried spice would be a basis error (drying concentrates the analyte several-fold), so it would UNDERSTATE a protective standard and is not used. Nickel is screened instead of assigned a mis-based n…", "reference_method": "Total-nickel screen (ICP-MS); no dried-spice sovereign ML; EU fresh-herb/leafy-veg nickel limits are fresh-basis and not comparable." }, "Sn": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a tin maximum level for dried spices (tin MLs govern tinplate-canned product only). Routed sources (cicero2022-minerals-spices-aromatic-herbs, pradhan2023-heracleum-nepalense-elements) report measurable trace tin in dried spices from soil/processing background, so tin is screened rather than dismissed as absent.", "reference_method": "Total-tin screen (ICP-MS); no sovereign dried-spice tin ML; the canned-food 250 mg/kg limit is can-only." }, "Al": { "status": "not_material", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": null, "reference_method": "Managed by intake vs TWI; periodic screen; no per-food contaminant ML." }, "Cr": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "No jurisdiction sets a total-chromium food maximum level (chromium(III) is an essential nutrient). For spices this cell is load-bearing as an ADULTERATION SCREEN, not a nutrient check: turmeric and chili powder are adulterated with lead chromate (PbCrO4) to brighten colour, so an elevated total chromium co-occurring with elevated lead is the signature of lead-chromate adulteration. Total chromi…", "reference_method": "Total-chromium screen (ICP-MS), co-read with lead; substrate for reflex Cr-VI speciation." }, "Cr-VI": { "status": "control", "value_ppb": null, "native_basis": "as_sold", "control_basis": "controlled-screen", "rationale": "Lead chromate (PbCrO4) used to adulterate turmeric and chili is a hexavalent-chromium compound, so Cr-VI is NOT dismissed as not-material for spices (unlike inert food matrices where Cr-VI reduces to Cr-III). Where the lead/total-chromium adulteration screen is elevated, reflex Cr-VI speciation confirms the chromate. No sovereign sets a Cr-VI food ML, so this is a screen, not an alignment.", "reference_method": "Reflex Cr-VI speciation triggered by the lead-chromate adulteration signature (elevated lead + elevated total chromium)." } } } } } ] }