China GB 2762-2022 - Maximum levels of contaminants in food

Overview

GB 2762-2022 is China’s active National Food Safety Standard for maximum levels of contaminants in foods as of 18 May 2026. The National Health Commission and State Administration for Market Regulation announced it in 2022 as part of Announcement No. 3 of 2022. USDA FAS reports that it entered into force on 30 June 2023 and updated GB 2762-2017.

Scope

GB 2762-2022 is an omnibus food-contaminant standard. It covers food-specific maximum levels for contaminants such as lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, tin, nickel, chromium, nitrite, nitrate, benzo[a]pyrene, N-dimethylnitrosamine, polychlorinated biphenyls, and 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol.

Selected limits cited by source pages

This page is a current-framework routing anchor. Source pages should quote only the exact GB 2762-2022 values that their source or official comparator uses, with matrix and basis preserved.

How this page interacts with HMT&C

This page records the active Chinese regulatory framework for food-contaminant maximum levels. It does not set or justify HMT&C certification thresholds. Standards work may cite it as a jurisdictional comparator when a China-market product category is in scope.

Sources

• National Health Commission. Announcement of 36 new national food-safety standards and 3 amendments, including GB 2762-2022. Source URL: https://www.nhc.gov.cn/sps/c100087/202207/9c59b98621c0474d9431dac289080e4c.shtml
• USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. China releases standard for maximum levels of contaminants in foods, stating GB 2762-2022 entered into force on 30 June 2023 and updated GB 2762-2017. Source URL: https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/china-china-releases-standard-maximum-levels-contaminants-foods-0

Verification notes

• Created 2026-05-18 as the active successor link for the GB 2762 historical-chain pages created during the Liang et al. 2019 ingest.
• GB 2762-2025 has been published and is scheduled to take effect on 2026-09-02, after the current session date. This page remains marked active as of 2026-05-18.

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