Table 3.

Concentrations (mg/kg) of heavy metals from spices samples marketed in South Africa.

Sample I.D	Pb	Cr	As	Cd	Fe
1	0.11 ± 0.02	1.91 ± 0.14	N.D	0.14 ± 0.08	210 ± 4.51
2	0.07 ± 0.01	3.21 ± 0.09	N.D	< LOD	32 ± 1.22
3	0.11 ± 0.00	2.53 ± 0.05	< LOD	< LOD	90 ± 1.60
4	0.13 ± 0.00	2.11 ± 0.04	N.D	< LOD	75 ± 1.70
5	N.D	1.80 ± 0.06	0.09 ± 0.10	N.D	117 ± 2.60
6	0.06 ± 0.02	0.73 ± 0.04	< LOD	N.D	82 ± 2.78
7	0.19 ± 0.00	0.26 ± 0.04	< LOD	N.D	110 ± 3.41
8	N.D	0.46 ± 0.06	N.D	N.D	162 ± 3.33
9	0.16 ± 0.00	1.94 ± 0.05	N.D	N.D	93 ± 1.92
10	0.08 ± 0.01	2.98 ± 0.15	0.12 ± 0.04	N.D	112 ± 1.34
11	0.11 ± 0.01	2.07 ± 0.14	N.D	0.11 ± 0.01	103 ± 1.34
12	0.15 ± 0.00	1.42 ± 0.07	N.D	N.D	192 ± 4.85
13	0.12 ± 0.02	1.80 ± 0.06	N.D	N.D	131 ± 3.26
14	0.20 ± 0.02	0.31 ± 0.02	N.D	< LOD	121 ± 3.19
15	0.17 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.01	N.D	< LOD	54 ± 0.80
16	0.11 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.01	N.D	< LOD	106 ± 2.68
17	N.D	0.18 ± 0.01	N.D	N.D	127 ± 5.33
18	0.21 ± 0.02	1.32 ± 0.10	N.D	N.D	162 ± 3.10
19	0.04 ± 0.02	1.65 ± 0.04	N.D	N.D	93 ± 2.94
20	0.13 ± 0.01	0.89 ± 0.06	N.D	< LOD	104 ± 2.71