Through its notification dated 5th June, 2015 the FSSAI has introduced new standards for limits of Lead, Arsenic, Tin, Cadmium, Mercury and Chromium for various new food products, additionally to the list of food articles already specified under the existing regulations. All suggestions and objections to the draft regulation may be forwarded to the FSSAI within 60 days after the notification is published in the Official Gazette. Suggestions and objections if forwarded to FSSAI must be accompanied by scientific evidence.
These amendments are being made to the existing regulation 2.1 that relates to “Metal Contaminants” in the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011. Changes introduced are in Clause 2 in sub-regulation 2.1.1. After their final notification in the Official Gazette these regulations will be known as Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015.
Lead
The following table indicates the new standards for limits of Lead in various food products. The table lists the articles of food and the limits according to parts per million by weight. These are in continuation of articles of food and limits that already exist in the FSSAI regulations under Lead.
Articles of Food | Parts per Million by weight |
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Assorted subtropical fruits, edible peel | 0.1 |
Assorted subtropical fruits, inedible peel | 0.1 |
Berries and other small fruits | 0.2 |
Citrus fruits | 0.1 |
Pome fruits | 0.1 |
Stone fruits | 0.1 |
Brassica vegetables excluding Kale | 0.3 |
Bulb vegetables | 0.1 |
Fruits and vegetables, cucurbits | 0.1 |
Fruiting vegetables other than cucurbits (excluding mushrooms) | 0.1 |
Leafy vegetables (including brassica leafy vegetables but excluding spinach) | 0.3 |
Legume vegetables | 0.2 |
Pulses | 0.2 |
Root and tuber vegetables | 0.1 |
Canned fruit cocktail | 1 |
Canned grapefruit | 1 |
Canned mandarin oranges | 1 |
Canned mangoes | 1 |
Canned pineapple | 1 |
Canned raspberries | 1 |
Canned strawberries | 1 |
Canned tropical fruit salad | 1 |
Jam (fruit preserves) and jellies | 1 |
Mango chutney | 1 |
Table olives | 1 |
Canned asparagus | 1 |
Canned carrots | 1 |
Canned green beans and Canned wax beans | 1 |
Canned green peas | 1 |
Canned mature processed peas | 1 |
Canned mushrooms | 1 |
Canned palmito | 1 |
Canned sweetcorn | 1 |
Canned tomatoes | 1 |
Pickled cucumbers (Cucumber pickles) | 1 |
Processed tomato concentrates | 1.5 |
Fruit Juices (including nectars; ready to drink) | 0.05 |
Cereal grains, except buckwheat, canihua and Quinoa | 0.2 |
Canned chestnuts and canned chestnut purée | 1 |
Meat of cattle, sheep and pig (also applies to fat from meat) | 0.1 |
Poultry meat | 0.1 |
Cattle, edible offal of | 0.5 |
Pig, edible offal of | 0.5 |
Poultry, edible offal of | 0.5 |
Edible fats and oils (edible fats and oils not covered by individual standards) | 0.1 |
Fish | 0.3 |
Margarine | 0.1 |
Minarine | 0.1 |
Named animal fats (lard, rendered pork fat, premier jus and edible tallow) | 0.1 |
Olive Oil, refined | 0.1 |
Olive Oil, virgin | 0.1 |
Olive, residue oil (olive pomace oil) | 0.1 |
Poultry fats | 0.1 |
Vegetable Oils, crude (oils of arachis, babasu, coconut, cotton seed, grape seed, maize, mustard seed, palm kernel, palm, rape seed, safflower seed, sesame seed, soya bean, and sunflower seed, and palm olein, stearin and superolein and other oils but excluding cocoa butter) | 0.1 |
Vegetable Oils, edible (oils of arachis, babasu, coconut, cotton seed, grape seed, maize, mustard seed, palm kernel, palm, rape seed, safflower seed, sesame seed, soya bean, and sunflower seed, and palm olein, stearin and superolein and other oils but excluding cocoa butter) | 0.1 |
Milks (A concentration factor applies to partially or wholly dehydrated milks.) | 0.02 |
Secondary milk products (as consumed) | 0.02 |
Natural mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 0.01 |
Infant formula (ready to use) | 0.02 |
Salt, food grade | 2.0 |
Wine | 0.2 |
Crustaceans | 0.5 |
Cephalopods | 1.0 |
Bivalve Molluscs | 1.5 |
Arsenic
The following table indicates the new standards for limits of Arsenic in various foods. The table lists the articles of food and the limits according to parts per million by weight. These are in continuation of articles of food and limits already existing in regulations under Arsenic.
Articles of Food | Parts per Million by weight |
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“Edible fats and oils (edible fats and oils not covered by individual standards) | 0.1 |
Margarine | 0.1 |
Minarine | 0.1 |
Named animal fats (lard, rendered pork fat, premier jus and edible tallow) | 0.1 |
Olive Oil, refined | 0.1 |
Olive Oil, virgin | 0.1 |
Olive, residue oil (olive pomace oil) | 0.1 |
Vegetable Oils, crude (oils of arachis, babasu, coconut, cotton seed, grape seed, maize, mustard seed, palm kernel, palm, rape seed, safflower seed, sesame seed, soya bean, and sunflower seed, and palm olein, stearin and superolein and other oils but excluding cocoa butter) | 0.1 |
Vegetable Oils, edible (oils of arachis, babasu, coconut, cotton seed, grape seed, maize, mustard seed, palm kernel, palm, rape seed, safflower seed, sesame seed, soya bean, and sunflower seed, and palm olein, stearin and superolein and other oils but excluding cocoa butter) Vegetable Oils, edible (oils of arachis, babasu, coconut, cotton seed, grape seed, maize, mustard seed, palm kernel, palm, rape seed, safflower seed, sesame seed, soya bean, and sunflower seed, and palm olein, stearin and superolein and other oils but excluding cocoa butter) | 0.1 |
Natural mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 0.01 |
Salt, food grade | 0.5 |
Fish and Crustaceans | 76 |
Molluscs | 86 |
Tin
The following table indicates the new standards for limits of Tin in various foods. The table lists the articles of food and the limits according to parts per million by weight. These are in continuation of articles of food and limits already existing in regulations under Tin.
Articles of Food | Parts per Million by weight |
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Canned foods other than beverages | 250 |
Canned beverages, including fruit juices and vegetable juices | 150 |
Canned citrus fruits | 250 |
Canned stone fruits | 250 |
Canned vegetables | 250 |
Canned mangoes | 250 |
Canned pineapple | 250 |
Canned raspberries | 250 |
Canned strawberries | 250 |
Canned tropical fruit salad | 250 |
Mango Chutney | 250 |
Table Olives | 250 |
Canned mushrooms | 250 |
Canned tomatoes | 250 |
Pickled cucumber | 250 |
Processed tomato concentrates | 250 |
Canned chestnuts and chestnut purée | 250 |
Cooked cured chopped meat (for products in tinplate containers) | 250 |
Cooked cured chopped meat (for products in other containers) | 50 |
Cooked cured ham (for products in tinplate containers) | 50 |
Cooked cured ham (for products in other containers) | 200 |
Cooked cured pork shoulder (for products in tinplate containers) | 50 |
Cooked cured pork shoulder (for products in other containers) | 200 |
Corned beef (for products in tinplate containers) | 50 |
Corned beef (for products in other containers) | 200 |
Luncheon meat (for products in tinplate containers) | 50 |
Luncheon meat (for products in other containers) | 200 |
Canned fish products | 200 |
Cadmium
The following table indicates the new standards for limits of Cadmium in various foods. The table lists the articles of food and the limits according to parts per million by weight. These are in continuation of articles of food and limits already existing in regulations under Cadmium.
Articles of Food | Parts per Million by weight |
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Brassica vegetables | 0.05 |
Bulb vegetables | 0.05 |
Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits | 0.05 |
Fruiting vegetables other than cucurbits (excluding tomatoes and edible fungi) | 0.05 |
Leafy vegetables | 0.2 |
Legume vegetables | 0.1 |
Potato, peeled | 0.1 |
Pulses, excluding soybean dry | 0.1 |
Root and tuber vegetables, excluding potato and celeriac | 0.1 |
Stalk and stem vegetables | 0.1 |
Cereal grains, except buckwheat, canihua and Quinoa (excluding wheat and rice; and bran and germ | 0.1 |
Rice, polished | 0.4 |
Wheat | 0.2 |
Natural mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 0.003 |
Salt, food grade | 0.5 |
Fish | 0.3 |
Crustaceans | 0.5 |
Cephalopods | 2.0 |
Bivalve Molluscs | 2.0 |
Mercury
The following table indicates the new standards for limits of Mercury in various foods. The table lists the articles of food and the limits according to parts per million by weight. These are in continuation of articles of food and limits already existing in regulations under Mercury.
Articles of Food | Parts per Million by weight |
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Natural mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 0.001 |
Salt, food grade | 0.1 |
Non-predatory fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, molluscs | 0.5 |
Predatory Fish (Tuna, Marlin, Sword Fish, Elasmobranch) | 1.0 |
Chromium
The following table indicates the new standards for limits of Chromium in various foods. The table lists the articles of food and the limits according to parts per million by weight. These are in continuation of articles of food and limits already existing in regulations under Chromium.
Articles of Food | Parts per Million by weight |
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All fishery products | 12 |
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Dr.Dominic Thomas says
Great Help . keep it up
sandeep kumar says
very informative, please provide the limit for mercury, chromium and arsenic in vegetables