Abstract:The article presents an overview of current issues of international regulation of the content of heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic) in food. Special attention is paid to the revision of the standards for the content of arsenic in rice, mercury in some types of fish, cadmium in chocolate, lead in meat, offal, and wine. A comparative analysis of the standards -permissible levels of content of heavy metals in food products in the EU and the Russian Federation is carried out.
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