Dr. Umar Aitsaam

Most Polish ready-to-eat baby foods are within EU heavy metal limits, but isolated exceedances—mainly of lead and mercury—highlight the need for ongoing monitoring and targeted controls in high-risk product categories for effective certification.

The staff report quantifies widespread arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury in U.S. baby foods and shows why heavy metal limits in baby food must be unified, lower, and enforced via finished-product testing.

Study of kids rice snacks arsenic in Australia found widespread exceedances of EU infant limits, highlighting testing, sourcing and labeling priorities for HTMC.

The Baby Food Safety and Transparency Act A9026 requires monthly ISO/IEC 17025 testing, public disclosure, and enforceable limits for arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury in baby food sold in New York.

BSNA’s overview explains arsenic sources, UK/EU MLs, and controls for arsenic limits in infant rice, with guidance for safe weaning and enforcement context.

FDA infant rice cereal inorganic arsenic testing in 2018 found 76% of products met 100 ppb, up from 36% in 2011–2013, demonstrating feasible compliance and highlighting sourcing and GMP controls for HTMC alignment.

FDA’s review supports a 100 ppb inorganic arsenic action level in infant rice cereals, showing health protection and market achievability through sourcing and testing.

Codex limits for lead and arsenic set 0.01 mg/kg in infant formula and 0.2 mg/kg in rice, guiding HTMC certification, sourcing, and risk controls.

CDC lead prevention guidance prioritizes primary prevention, maps exposure sources, and underscores accredited controls, offering a blueprint for HTMC certification and risk communication.

FDA action levels for lead in baby food set 10–20 ppb thresholds for key categories, guiding HTMC certification limits, testing, and controls while signaling iterative, risk-based tightening under Closer to Zero.