{"topic_id":"contaminant_matrix_petfood","category":"contaminant-matrix","context":"---\ntopic_id: contaminant_matrix_petfood\ncategory: contaminant-matrix\ntitle: \"Pet Food Contaminant Limit Matrix — Pb / Cd / As / Hg / Aflatoxin B1 / Melamine × US / EU / CN / JP / KR\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"EU Commission Regulation (EC) No 574/2011 (Annex I max levels for undesirable substances, EUR-Lex CELEX 32011R574); US FDA Compliance Policy Guide Sec. 683.100 (Aflatoxins in Animal Food); Japan Pet Food Safety Act ingredient specifications (MAFF 成分規格, jp_petfood_safety_standards.json); CN 宠物饲料卫生规定 (MOA, FAO FAOLex chn176390); KR 사료관리법 Arts 14–15 (Feed Management Act). Each numeric cell quoted verbatim from the cited first-hand source; cells without a retrievable first-hand numeric limit are marked honest gap.\"\nsource_file: pdf-parsed/eu_reg_574_2011_contaminant_limits.json ; pdf-parsed/fda_cpg_683_100_aflatoxin_animal_food.txt ; pdf-parsed/asia-2026/jp_petfood_safety_standards.json\nsource_type: government_regulation\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-07\ntokens_estimated: 750\nverification: {method: derived_from_dataset, claims: 10, passed: 10, date: 2026-08-07}\nsource_document: \"EU Reg 574/2011 Annex I; FDA CPG 683.100; JP Pet Food Safety Act specs; CN 宠物饲料卫生规定; KR 사료관리법\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"EU Commission / US FDA / Japan MAFF / China MOA / Korea MAFRA\"\n  title: \"Pet Food Contaminant Limit Matrix (Pb/Cd/As/Hg/Aflatoxin B1/Melamine × US/EU/CN/JP/KR)\"\n  url: \"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32011R0574\"\n  source: [\"https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/compliance-policy-guidance-manual-food-and-cosmetics/cpg-sec-683100-action-levels-aflatoxins-animal-food\", \"https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/document?lawid=420AC0000000083\", \"https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/chn176389.pdf\"]\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-07\"\n  ref: \"Each numeric cell is a verbatim quote of the cited first-hand regulation (mg/kg unless noted). Cells marked 'honest gap' had no retrievable first-hand numeric limit in this environment and are NOT fabricated.\"\n  doc_type: \"derived_from_dataset compilation of first-hand government limits\"\n  needs_review: false\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1: compiled from T1 first-hand government regulations (EU/FDA/JP/CN/KR)\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-07\n---\n\n# Pet Food Contaminant Limit Matrix — Pb / Cd / As / Hg / Aflatoxin B1 / Melamine × US / EU / CN / JP / KR\n\nCross-jurisdiction maximum limits for six high-frequency pet-food contaminants. **Every numeric cell is a verbatim quote of the cited first-hand regulation** (mg/kg unless noted). Cells with no retrievable first-hand numeric limit in this environment are marked *honest gap* and are **not fabricated**.\n\n> Method: `derived_from_dataset`. The comparison *structure* is original to Pet Data Station; every quoted figure is traced to a first-hand source file. EU uses comma decimals (0,3 = 0.3; 0,01 = 0.01).\n\n## The matrix\n\n| Contaminant | 🇺🇸 US (FDA) | 🇪🇺 EU (Reg 574/2011) | 🇨🇳 CN (宠物饲料卫生规定) | 🇯🇵 JP (MAFF 成分規格) | 🇰🇷 KR (사료관리법) |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| **Lead (Pb)** | honest gap — FDA sets no pet-food Pb maximum; above-limit Pb is addressed as adulteration under FFDCA §402 (no numeric max to quote) | **5 mg/kg** — \"Complete feed. 5\" (Annex I, Section I, Pb row, general complete feed) | honest gap — 宠物饲料卫生规定 (FAO FAOLex chn176390) sets Pb limits for pet feed, but the only first-hand copy retrievable here is a scanned PDF with OCR corruption (decimal/≤ signs garbled), so no reliable verbatim number | **3 mg/kg** (= 3 µg/g) — JP spec \"Lead … max_value 3 µg/g\" | honest gap — 사료관리법 Arts 14–15 delegate numeric limits to MAFRA ministerial notice (고시); the notice table is not in the retrieved Act text |\n| **Cadmium (Cd)** | honest gap — no FDA pet-food Cd maximum | **2 mg/kg** — \"complete feed for pet animals. 2\" (Annex I, Section I, Cd row) | honest gap — same OCR-corrupted CN source as Pb | **1 mg/kg** (= 1 µg/g) — JP spec \"Cadmium … max_value 1 µg/g\" | honest gap — framework only (see Pb) |\n| **Arsenic (As, total)** | honest gap — no FDA pet-food As maximum | **2 mg/kg** — \"Complete feed 2\" (Annex I, Section I, As row; pet feed not in the fish/fur-animal exception) | honest gap — OCR-corrupted CN source | honest gap — As not listed in the retrieved JPMAFF 成分規格 contaminant set | honest gap — framework only |\n| **Mercury (Hg)** | honest gap — no FDA pet-food Hg maximum | **0.3 mg/kg** — \"compound feed for dogs, cats and fur animals. 0,3\" (Annex I, Section I, Hg row) | honest gap — OCR-corrupted CN source | honest gap — Hg not listed in the retrieved JPMAFF 成分規格 contaminant set | honest gap — framework only |\n| **Aflatoxin B1** | **20 ppb** (= 0.02 mg/kg) total aflatoxins — \"pets (dogs, cats, rabbits, etc.) of all ages … 20 ppb\" (CPG 683.100, animal-food action level) | **0.01 mg/kg** — \"Complementary and complete feed 0,01\" (Annex I, Section II, Aflatoxin B1 row; pets not in the stricter dairy/young-animal exception) | honest gap — OCR-corrupted CN source | **0.02 mg/kg** (= 20 µg/kg) — JP spec \"Aflatoxin B₁ … max_value 0.02 mg/kg\" | honest gap — framework only |\n| **Melamine** | honest gap — no FDA pet-food melamine maximum (adulteration if present) | honest gap — the 2.5 mg/kg melamine limit was added by Reg (EU) 127/2013 amending 574/2011; the consolidated Annex value did not render in the headless fetch here, so it is not quoted | honest gap — OCR-corrupted CN source | **2.5 mg/kg** — JP spec \"Melamine … max_value 2.5 mg/kg\" | honest gap — framework only |\n\n## Source notes per cell (C1 traceability)\n\n- **EU** cells: verbatim from `pdf-parsed/eu_reg_574_2011_contaminant_limits.json` (extracted from EUR-Lex CELEX 32011R0574, fetched 2026-08-07). EU levels are mg/kg at 12% moisture; comma decimals.\n- **US (Aflatoxin)** cell: verbatim from `pdf-parsed/fda_cpg_683_100_aflatoxin_animal_food.txt` (FDA CPG Sec. 683.100). FDA action levels are *not* binding tolerances but the enforceable adulteration threshold for total aflatoxins in animal/pet food.\n- **JP** cells: verbatim from `pdf-parsed/asia-2026/jp_petfood_safety_standards.json` (MAFF 成分規格 under the Pet Food Safety Act). JP units: µg/g = mg/kg.\n- **CN / KR** cells: *honest gap*. CN 宠物饲料卫生规定 (MOA; FAO FAOLex mirror chn176390.pdf) does set Pb/Cd/As/Hg/Aflatoxin B1/Melamine limits for pet feed, but the only first-hand copy retrievable in this environment is a scanned image whose OCR corrupts decimal points and ≤ signs, so no figure is quoted. KR 사료관리법 Arts 14–15 empower MAFRA to set numeric tolerance limits by ministerial notice, but the numeric notice table is not in the retrieved Act text.\n\n## What this matrix deliberately does NOT claim\n\n- It does **not** interpolate, average, or \"fill\" missing jurisdictions. A blank/\"honest gap\" cell means the first-hand source was not retrievable as a quotable substring in this environment — not that the limit is zero or unknown in reality.\n- US FDA \"action levels\" (aflatoxin) are distinct in legal nature from EU/CN/JP *maximum limits*; the column labels them as such.\n- EU pet-food rows use the animal-specific rows where the regulation provides them (dogs/cats/fur animals for Hg; pet animals for Cd); otherwise the general complete-feed row.\n","sources":["contaminant-matrix — Pet Food Contaminant Limit Matrix (Pb/Cd/As/Hg/Aflatoxin B1/Melamine × US/EU/CN/JP/KR) (retrieved 2026-08-07)"],"source":{"authority":"contaminant-matrix","title":"Pet Food Contaminant Limit Matrix (Pb/Cd/As/Hg/Aflatoxin B1/Melamine × US/EU/CN/JP/KR)","url":"https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/compliance-policy-guidance-manual-food-and-cosmetics/cpg-sec-683100-action-levels-aflatoxins-animal-food","retrieved":"2026-08-07","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"EU Reg 574/2011 Annex I; FDA CPG 683.100; JP Pet Food Safety Act specs; CN 宠物饲料卫生规定; KR 사료관리법","verification_file":"pdf-parsed/eu_reg_574_2011_contaminant_limits.json ; pdf-parsed/fda_cpg_683_100_aflatoxin_animal_food.txt ; pdf-parsed/asia-2026/jp_petfood_safety_standards.json"},"source_document":"EU Reg 574/2011 Annex I; FDA CPG 683.100; JP Pet Food Safety Act specs; CN 宠物饲料卫生规定; KR 사료관리법","source_file":"pdf-parsed/eu_reg_574_2011_contaminant_limits.json ; pdf-parsed/fda_cpg_683_100_aflatoxin_animal_food.txt ; pdf-parsed/asia-2026/jp_petfood_safety_standards.json","trust":{"authority_tier":"ungraded","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"pending"},"tokens_estimated":750,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}