CX/FAC 99/21 - World Health Organization

Table 1 - Cadmium in food
Food
ML (mg-
/kg)
8
Daily
Intake
Range (g)
(Typical
intake)
Fruit - 100-500
Vegetables (incl. potatoes)
Oilseeds and cocoa—
beans
(200)
0.05 100-800
(300)
- 0-5
(1)
50-800
(200)
Cereals, pulses and 0.1
legumes except
wheat grain and rice
Wheat grain
and rice
0.2
20 - 100
(50)
Meat of cattle,
poultry, pig and
0.05 100-250
sheep
(150)
Meat of horse 0.2 0-25
Liver of cattle, poultry,
pig and sheep
0.5
(2)
0-10
(5)
Kidney of cattle, poultry,
pig and
1 0-2
sheep
(1)
Fish - 10-50
Cadmium
Range
(mg/kg)
(Typical
level)
0-0.05
(0.01)
0-0.1
(0.03)
0.1-1
(0.5)
0-0.2
(0.02)
0-0.2
(0.05)
0-0.1
(0.02)
0-2
(0.1)
0-0.5
(0.1)
0-2
(0.5)
0-0.05
Typical exposure
(mg/day)
2 -
9 15
0.5 -
4
2.5
MDI
mg/day)
20
5
3 7.5
0.2 0.4
0.5 2.5
0.5 1
0.6 -
(30) (0.02)
Crustaceans,
molluscs
0.5 0-10 0-2
0.8 1.5
(3) (crustaceans,
molluscs: 0.25)
Total 23 52