“…The standard Pb limit in milk is 0.02 mg/l set by Codex Alimentarius Commission and FAO/WHO standard, and EU [ 74 , 75 ]. In this systematic review, the mean Pb levels in pasteurized and sterilized milk samples are analyzed in 41 studies (85.5% of total studies) from 13 countries Pakistan [ 4 , 11 , 42 , 55 , 58 ], Libya [ 21 , 35 ], Iran [ 3 , 5 , 12 , 20 , 23 , 24 , 32 , 36 , 41 , 43 , 48 , 50 , 62 ], Egypt [ 18 , 40 , 45 , 53 , 56 ], Indonesia [ 33 ], Brazil [ 22 , 46 , 54 , 64 ], China [ 37 , 44 , 49 ], Serbia [ 47 ], North Korea [ 52 ], Romania [ 25 , 38 ], Turkey [ 59 ], Spain [ 65 , 66 ], and India [ 60 ] from 1999 to 2021 ( Table 2 ).…”