[Lead- and cadmium-content of foodstuffs 1. Lead- and Cadmium-content of spices and table salt (author's transl)].

The lead and cadmium contents in more than 50 commercially available spices and spice mixtures were determined. About 75% of the lead-values were below 1 ppm. About 30% of the cadmium-values were between 0.1 and 0.5 ppm, about 60% below 0.1 ppm, and in about 10% of the products cadmium was not found (less than 0.004 ppm Cd). In table salt lead contents of up to 1.8 ppm were found, while cadmium was below or slightly above the detection limit.