Copper - Change History

Fact Sheet for Health Professionals

October 18, 2022

View change — Corrected the Recommended Dietary Allowances for copper in Table 1.

March 29, 2021

Updated the Daily Value text, linked to the new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and updated the associated text.

June 3, 2020

Updated the link to the Dietary Supplement Label Database in reference 16.

February 27, 2020

Updated Sources of Copper to reflect the new Daily Value and the new Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts Labels.

July 19, 2019

Corrected the RDA value for pregnancy and lactation, and changed the Tolerable Upper Intake Levels from mg to mcg.

July 9, 2019

Updated the link to USDA’s FoodData Central.

May 22, 2019

Corrected the Tolerable Upper Intake Level for ages 19+ years.