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Heavy Metals - Lipopan Xtra BG

This document from Novozymes A/S discusses heavy metal specifications for their food grade enzyme product Lipopan Xtra BG. The maximum allowable limits for total heavy metals and specific heavy metals like lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury are listed. Historical testing data shows the enzyme products contain significantly less heavy metals than these specifications. Compliance is ensured through controls on raw materials, production equipment, and testing by an external laboratory.

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Heavy Metals - Lipopan Xtra BG

This document from Novozymes A/S discusses heavy metal specifications for their food grade enzyme product Lipopan Xtra BG. The maximum allowable limits for total heavy metals and specific heavy metals like lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury are listed. Historical testing data shows the enzyme products contain significantly less heavy metals than these specifications. Compliance is ensured through controls on raw materials, production equipment, and testing by an external laboratory.

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07 July 2021
Statement no. 50.03

To Whom It May Concern

Control of Heavy Metals in Food Grade Enzyme products

Novozymes A/S is a manufacturer of enzyme products.

For our product:

Lipopan Xtra BG

Novozymes heavy metal specificaion can be found on the product data sheet.
For food grade products, the maximum allowable limits are listed below:

Total heavy metals*: max 30 mg/kg


Lead: max 5 mg/kg
Arsenic: max 3 mg/kg
Cadmium: max 0.5 mg/kg
Mercury: max 0.5 mg/kg
* The total heavy metal content is a sum of the elements

Ag, As ,Bi ,Cd, Cu, Hg, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sb and Sn.

Historical data from our surveillance of food grade enzyme products (tests of more than 1000
batches) show that the level of heavy metals in general is significantly lower than
specifications.

Continued compliance is ensured by:

• Use of raw materials assessed suitable for use in food grade products
• Production in equipment suitable for food contact
• Spot checks and surveillance of selected products

Analyses for heavy metals are performed by ICP-MS by an external recognized laboratory
which complies with the requirements in EN ISO/IEC 17025.
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Statement no. 50.03

Novozymes food enzymes comply with the requirement purity specifications for foodgrade
enzymes given by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Commitee on Food Additives (JECFA) the Food
Chemical Codex (FCC).

Quality Management

For more information, or for office addresses, visit www.novozymes.com

Laws, regulations and/or third party rights may prevent customers from importing, using, processing and/or reselling the products
described herein in a given manner. Without separate, written agreement between the customer and Novozymes to such effect, this
document does not constitute a representation or warranty of any kind and is subject to change without further notice. novozymes.com

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