Heavy metals Plumbum (Pb) and Cadmium (Cd) are chemical contamination that may contaminate
during pre-harvest, processing as well as the contribution of environmental factors. The results
showed an average content of Pb highest milled beef jerky products from trader C is 2.0177 ppm,
while the highest Pb content of beef jerky slices of trader B 2.6680 ppm. The highest average
cadmium content of beef jerky products milled from 4 traders coming from trader D is 0.8841 ppm,
while the highest Cd content of beef jerky slices of trader B 0.3101 ppm