What Consumers Need to Know about Heavy Metals Spice Safety

This document covers Frequently Asked Questions about heavy metals in spices. The topics of questions include safety, the involvement of the FDA and regulatory authorities, availability, limits, and stewardship efforts.

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).