Zinc - Change History

Fact Sheet for Consumers

October 4, 2022

View change — This fact sheet was comprehensively reviewed and extensively revised.

December 8, 2021

Updated the section on the common cold.

March 22, 2021

Linked to the new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and updated the associated text.

December 10, 2019

Changed text to clarify that the upper limits are "daily" amounts.

July 12, 2019

Updated the link to USDA’s FoodData Central.