Estado legal mundial del cadmio en cacao (Theobroma cacao): fantasía o realidad
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2015-08-03
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
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Colombian cacao is well positioned in the international markets, given its taste and aroma. There is, however, a
concern under contamination terms at a national level, because there is cadmium in the seeds. This metal, in case
of being accumulated in the human body, is the cause of several and serious diseases that slowly deteriorate it.
Even though the fact that in 2019 the European Community will start to demand a maximum level of the cadmium
allowed in the cacao and its derivatives, there is no sufficient knowledge, at an international level, of the
actual legal state of this contaminant in cacao because, despite the fact that it is well known that Europe is an
important market, there are other important ones for Colombia and its cacao. This article reviews the current
legal state of cadmium as a pollutant in cacao and its derivatives in some countries and also the per capita consumption
of cocoa in some of them, in order to reflect on the necessity of legislate –or not- about a contaminant
in alimentary matrixes, depending on its importance in the diet of a certain population.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá, Cadmio, Contaminación por cadmio, Contaminación por metales pesados, Cacao