Legislation on heavy metals in feed and food

Concerning European Union Reference Laboratories

Regulation (EC) No 882/2004: official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules

Regulation (EC) No 776/2006: regulation with regard to the Community Reference Laboratories

Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006: laying down detailed rules for the granting of financial assistance to Community reference laboratories for feed and food and the animal health sector

Concerning heavy metals

Regulation (EC) No 629/2008: amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs

Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006: setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs

Regulation (EC) No 333/2007: laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, inorganic tin, 3-MCPD and benzo(a)pyrene in foodstuffs

Directive No 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed 

Official methods for the determination of heavy metals in feed and food [66Kb]

DG SANCO/EFSA - Information on Food Contaminants and Heavy Metals