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Heavy Metal Index

China draft pet food heavy-metal limits

Scope The draft applies to compound pet feed, pet additive premix feed, and other pet feed.

Scope

The draft applies to compound pet feed, pet additive premix feed, and other pet feed. The draft states that listed limits are calculated on an 88% dry-matter basis unless otherwise specified.

Exact limit and units

MetalMatrixLimitUnitBasis
CdCompound pet feed, pet additive premix feed, and other pet feed2mg/kg88% dry matter basis
Cr-totalCompound pet feed, pet additive premix feed, and other pet feed5mg/kg88% dry matter basis
tHgCompound pet feed, pet additive premix feed, and other pet feed0.3mg/kg88% dry matter basis
PbCompound pet feed5mg/kg88% dry matter basis
PbPet additive premix feed and other pet feed10mg/kg88% dry matter basis
tAsPet feed containing aquatic animals/products or algae/products10mg/kg88% dry matter basis
iAsPet feed containing aquatic animals/products or algae/products2mg/kg88% dry matter basis
tAsNon-aquatic/non-algae compound pet feed2mg/kg88% dry matter basis
tAsNon-aquatic/non-algae pet additive premix feed and other pet feed4mg/kg88% dry matter basis

How tested

The draft table names GB/T 13082 for cadmium, GB/T 13088 for chromium, GB/T 13081 for mercury, GB/T 13080 for lead, GB/T 13079 for total arsenic, and GB 5009.11 for inorganic arsenic.

Enforcement posture

The local copy is explicitly marked as a public-comment draft. It is retained as draft guidance, not as an implemented legal ceiling.

History of changes

The draft was prepared under GB/T 1.1-2020 drafting rules and has placeholder publication and implementation dates in the local copy.

How it compares

The draft distinguishes total arsenic and inorganic arsenic for aquatic/algae-containing pet feed but only total arsenic for non-aquatic/non-algae pet feed categories.

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