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Heavy Metal Index

Japan FAMIC pet-food heavy-metal standards

Scope The loaded limits apply to pet food under the specifications for constituents of pet food in the FAMIC provisional translation.

Scope

The loaded limits apply to pet food under the specifications for constituents of pet food in the FAMIC provisional translation.

Exact limit and units

MetalMatrixLimitUnitBasis
CdPet food1ug/gas sold
PbPet food3ug/gas sold
iAsPet food2ug/gas sold

How tested

The local extract presents maximum constituent limits and does not include detailed analytical-method text in the visible table.

Enforcement posture

The standards define maximum constituent limits for pet food under Japan’s pet-food safety framework.

History of changes

The FAMIC table states that the inorganic arsenic row came into force on 1 October 2021.

How it compares

Japan’s pet-food table expressly specifies inorganic arsenic, unlike many feed and pet-feed instruments that state only total arsenic.

Sources

Update history

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