| Metrology area, Sub-field | Chemistry and Biology, Inorganics | 
| Description | Natural toxic elements (Cd, Pb) in cacao powder | 
| Time of measurements | 2024 | 
| Status | Report in progress, draft A | 
| Measurand | Mass fraction Cadmium: 0.01 mg/kg to 2 mg/kg Lead: 0.01mg/kg to 2 mg/kg  | 
                                
| Transfer device | 15 g per bottle | 
| Comparison type | Supplementary Comparison | 
| Consultative Committee | CCQM (Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance) | 
| Conducted by | SIM (Inter-American Metrology System) | 
| Comments | Study co-pilot by NRC and CENAM. | 
| Pilot institute | 
                                    	NRC
                                    	
                                    	 National Research Council Canada  | 
| Contact person | Patricia Grinberg 6139915482  | 
                                
| Additional | 
| Pilot laboratory | |
|---|---|
| NRC | 
                                         National Research Council, Canada, SIM  | 
                                
| CENAM | 
                                         Centro Nacional de Metrologia, Mexico, SIM  | 
                                
| EXHM/GCSL-EIM | 
                                         National Laboratory of Chemical Metrology/GCSL - Hellenic Institute of Metrology, Greece, EURAMET  | 
                                
| GL | 
                                         Government Laboratory, Hong Kong, China, APMP  | 
                                
| HSA | 
                                         Health Science Authority, Singapore, APMP  | 
                                
| IBMETRO | 
                                         Instituto Boliviano de Metrología, Bolivia, SIM  | 
                                
| INACAL | 
                                         National Institute for Quality, Peru, SIM  | 
                                
| INM (CO) | 
                                         Instituto Nacional de Metrología de Colombia, Colombia, SIM  | 
                                
| ISP | 
                                         Instituto de Salud Pública, Chile, SIM  | 
                                
| JRC | 
                                         Joint Research Centre, European Union, EURAMET  | 
                                
| LACOMET | 
                                         Laboratorio Costarricense de Metrologia, Costa Rica, SIM  | 
                                
| LATU | 
                                         Laboratorio Tecnologico del Uruguay, Uruguay, SIM  | 
                                
| NIMT | 
                                         National Institute of Metrology (Thailand), Thailand, APMP  | 
                                
| NMLPHIL | 
                                         National Metrology Laboratory of the Philippines, Philippines, APMP  | 
                                
| SNSU-BSN | 
                                         National Measurement Standard - National Standardization Agency of Indonesia, Indonesia, APMP  | 
                                
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