Environmental contaminants are chemicals that are present in the environment in which the food is grown, harvested, transported, stored, packaged, processed, and consumed. The physical contact of the food with its environment may results in its contamination.
Scope:
- Heavy Metals (15 elements)
- Fluoride,
- Sulfite,
- Nitrite/Nitrate
- Radioactivity (Iodine-131, Caesium-134 and Caesium-137)