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Does the EU have unlimited standards for heavy metal residues in herbal medicines? What are the specifics?

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Heavy metal limits (mg/kg)

Lead Pb 5.0

Cadmium Cd 0.2

Mercury Hg 0.1

According to incomplete statistics, 30% of the Chinese herbs do not comply with the standards of heavy metal and pesticide residue, among them are: Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Cnidium Album, Cnidium Album, Dandelion, Semen Cuscutae, Inulae, Zedoary, Dioscorea, Loquat Leaf, Cinnamon Branches, Poria, Cornus Officinalis, Nightshade, Xu Changqing, and Safflower, among others. The varieties of proprietary Chinese medicines with excessive heavy metals include Niu Huang Detoxification Tablets, Liushen Pills, Tian Xian Pills, Chasing Wind and Bone Penetrating Pills, Tian Tian Tian Tonic Pills, Niu Huang Bucking Pills, and so on.

According to the EU law, animal products from July 1, 2003, streptomycin, sulfonamides, tetracycline can not be more than 10 micrograms per kilogram, dysentery can not be more than 5 micrograms per kilogram. The content of chloramphenicol should be less than 1 ppm, i.e. 1 mg/kg. However, most of the royal jelly products currently imported from the country chloramphenicol and sulfonamides content exceeds the standard.