The Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration have unveiled the Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool (CCT Tool) that provides a list of contaminant levels that are used to evaluate potential health risks of contaminants in human foods. The online searchable database incorporates tolerances, action levels, and guidance levels. Foods showing contaminant levels outside of these tolerances may be considered unsafe and the FDA will use this information to help minimize and prevent chemical hazards in food.
The consolidated list includes the contaminant name, commodity, contaminant level type (e.g., action level, guidance level), level value and reference (e.g., Code of Federal Regulations, FDA Guidance for Industry). The list can also be filtered by contaminant type. You can find the searchable Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool here
