I’m linking this article here since it has Canada specific information.

How is this regulated in Canada?

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in an email that it is responsible for the surveillance of chemical residues in foods and how they follow Canadian regulations, while Health Canada sets the maximum level for environmental and industrial pollutants in food.

However, it’s not clear whether these protein products are regulated as food or natural health products, and Health Canada could not respond to CBC’s questions by deadline.

Goodridge wants to see Health Canada set guidelines for these protein powders or dietary supplements, he said.

“There are no specific federal limits for lead in protein powders or dietary supplements,” Goodridge said. “This, in my opinion, is a big regulatory gap.”

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    7 hours ago

    It could be, but it could also be trivial given the 8x lead consumption in the 80’s.

    I think the whole protein powder industry is a fad but having the CBC legitimize claims like this is how you feed anti-science smooth brains. They get to point at the ‘health product’ and call foul because the CBC said there is killer lead in it. It took seconds to find the Canadian lead numbers, the CBC could have done the same to give context.