Table 6 Comparison of cadmium maximum levels (MLs) in foodstuffs (mg/kg)

Rice, soybean

0.2

0.2

0.4

Wheat, bran, germ

0.1

0.2

0.2

Other cereals

0.1

0.1

0.1

Peanut

0.5

0.1

0.1

Vegetables and fruit, excluding leaf

0.05

0.05

0.05

Vegetables, fresh herbs, fungi, stem

Vegetables, root vegetables, and potatoes

Stem vegetables, root vegetables and potatoes, excluding celeriac.

0.1

0.1

0.1

Leaf vegetables, fresh herbs, celeriac and common mushroom

0.2

0.2

0.2

Meat (excluding offal) of bovine animals, sheep, pig, and poultry

0.1

0.05

0.05

Liver of bovine animals

0.5

0.5

0.5

Kidney of bovine animals

1

1

1

Muscle meat of fish, excluding Bonito and bullet tuna

0.1

0.05

0.05-1

Crustaceans

0.5

0.05-1

Bivalve molluscs and Cephalopods

1

2

Egg

0.05