Spice Safety Fact Sheet
This document covers 7 Things to Know: Benefits & Safety of Spices and includes several facts on topics such as health benefits, diet, heavy metals, and food safety.
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Related Resources
2020 Technical Presentation: Exposure-based Screening Tool for Contaminants in Spices
This presentation was provided at the 2020 Annual Online The presenter, Exponent Inc, presented a webinar on an exposure-based screening tool for contaminants in spices, including a brief overview of the risk characterization framework and a dietary exposure assessment, a description of the screening tool including objective, approach, framework, and data, and a tool demonstration (lead in cinnamon/cassia as a case study).
Publication - Enhanced lead accumulation in cassia bark linked to lichen and algae: a case study from Northern Vietnam
Researchers in Vietnam have published a study examining lead accumulation in cassia bark. The study was initiated last year as a collaborative effort between ASTA, the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), and cassia exporters.