`contaminants_max_levels`

Pack: codex-contaminants · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/codex-contaminants/mcp

Codex Alimentarius maximum levels (MLs) for a contaminant in food — lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, methylmercury, tin, aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, patulin, melamine, hydrocyanic acid. Returns each commodity with its maximum level, the unit it is expressed in, and the page of CXS 193 it came from. Use for “what is the Codex limit for lead in fish” or “which foods have cadmium maximum levels”.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`contaminant`	string	yes	Contaminant name, e.g. “lead”, “cadmium”, “aflatoxins”, “methylmercury”, “tin”. Matched case-insensitively.
`commodity`	string	no	Optional. Narrow to a commodity or food group, e.g. “rice”, “fish”, “milk”, “vegetables”.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "contaminant": "lead"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/codex-contaminants/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"contaminants_max_levels","arguments":{"contaminant":"lead"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('contaminants_max_levels', {
  "contaminant": "lead"
});

More examples

{
  "contaminant": "cadmium",
  "commodity": "rice"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "codex-contaminants": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/codex-contaminants/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

contaminants_max_levels