Impact of source, packaging and presence of food safety management system on heavy metals levels in spices and herbs

• Layale Moussa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Nursing & Health Sciences, Department of Nursing & Health Sciences, Notre Dame University-Louaize, Zouk Mikael, Lebanon

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• Hussein F. Hassan,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Ioannis N. Savvaidis,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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• Layal Karam

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lkaram@qu.edu.qa

  Affiliation Human Nutrition Department, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6970-0174

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