Sources and licenses
Everything here comes from these publishers. We fetch their files on a schedule, keep an unchangeable copy of each one, and rebuild from those copies.
| Source | Records | Publisher's date | We fetched | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USDA FoodData Central, Branded Foods | 442,057 | 2026-04-30 | 2026-10-07 | USDA open data (public domain) |
| detectlead.com Lead Database | 50,147 | 2026-10-07 | CC-BY-SA 4.0 | |
| PlasticList | 10,530 | 2026-10-07 | CC BY 4.0 | |
| FDA Total Diet Study, toxic elements FY2018-2020 | 1,238 | 2026-10-07 | US government work (public domain) | |
| FDA Total Diet Study, perchlorate FY2008-2012 | 282 | 2017-05-22 | US government work (public domain) | |
| FDA food recalls (openFDA enforcement reports) | 29,471 | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-07 | CC0 (openFDA) |
| CDC National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (NHANES) | 65 | US government work (public domain) |
Rules and limits
- EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives, consolidated 18 August 2026EUR-Lex, CC BY 4.0. Used for EU additive status.
- EU Regulation 2022/63 (titanium dioxide)EUR-Lex, CC BY 4.0.
- FDA rules in the Federal Register: Red No. 3, brominated vegetable oil, partially hydrogenated oilsPublic domain.
- State laws: California AB 418, California AB 2316, West Virginia HB 2354, Texas SB 25, Louisiana SB 14
- Official limits: FDA lead in baby food (2025), FDA inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal (2020), CDC blood lead reference value (2021)
The combined lab dataset we publish is CC-BY-SA 4.0 because one source (detectlead.com) requires share-alike; credit each original source when you reuse it.