Dr. Umar Aitsaam

This FDA summary on arsenic-based animal drugs and poultry explains how improved detection revealed increased inorganic arsenic in treated chicken livers and documents the voluntary suspension, withdrawal, and phase-out of arsenical animal drugs—critical context for HMTC certification criteria and auditing.

This study linked inorganic arsenic in chicken meat to arsenic-based poultry drugs by measuring arsenic species in U.S. retail chicken. Meat with roxarsone residues had much higher inorganic arsenic, and cooking shifted arsenic toward more toxic forms—highly relevant for HTMC testing and standards.

selected-metals-in-us-meat-poultry-and-fish summarizes FSIS surveillance of 18 metals in U.S. meat, poultry, and Siluriformes fish (2017–2022), comparing slaughter and retail sampling and reporting few trace detections for lead, cadmium, and arsenic.

Targeted farm controls and smart processing minimize Cd/Pb in carrots while ICP-MS verification prevents exceedances. An integrated, multi-barrier approach reduces recalls, protects infant foods, and aligns with EU/FDA expectations for retailer-ready compliance.

This study evaluated heavy metal concentrations and health risks from vegetable consumption in polluted Romanian soils, finding that although soils are contaminated, the health risks from eating local carrots, onions, tomatoes, and peppers remain below critical levels, especially when monitoring and moderate consumption are maintained.

This study reviews a collaborative workshop on cadmium in Arizona and California-grown spinach and carrots, revealing key findings on sources, risks, mitigation, and the importance of multi-stakeholder engagement for heavy metal certification efforts.

This study quantified the bioavailability and speciation of arsenic in carrots grown in contaminated soils, finding low but significant uptake of toxic inorganic arsenic species, supporting stringent soil arsenic standards for food safety and heavy metal certification programs.

This review outlines key soil, crop, and management factors affecting cadmium accumulation in spinach and carrots, emphasizing mitigation strategies relevant to heavy metal certification and food safety programs.

This study analyzed heavy metal contamination in fruits and vegetables from Polish markets, showing that dried products often exceed Cd and Pb limits, with significant implications for food safety monitoring and heavy metal certification programs

Guidance translating heavy-metal science into controls for sweet potato supply chains: risk profile, farm-to-factory remediation, HACCP integration, and verification specs (ICP-MS, sampling, limits) to meet stringent standards and reduce recalls.