The FSSAI has proposed draft Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins, and Residues) Amendment Regulation related to limit of Metal Contaminant, Aflatoxin, and Mycotoxin. The food regulator has also invited objections and suggestions from stakeholders which are to reach the FSSAI by 28 December 2018. These maximum permissible limits of these metal contaminants have been proposed for a wide range of food products such as concentrated soft drinks, edible oils, and fats, hard-boiled sugar confectionery, etc.
In the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins, and Residues) Regulations, 2011 in the regulation “METAL CONTAMINANTS” (2.1), for sub-regulation 2.1.1 clause has been replaced with the following.
2.1.1
- Chemicals described in monographs of the Indian Pharmacopoeia when used in foods, shall not contain metal contaminants beyond the limits specified in the appropriate monographs of the Indian Pharmacopoeia for the time being in force.
Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 2.1.1 (1), no article of food specified in Column 2 of the table below shall contain any metal specified in excess of the quantity specified in Column 3 of the said table:
| Name of the Metal Contaminant
(1) |
Article of Food
(2) |
Parts per
Million (mg/kg or mg/L) (3) |
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| 1. Lead | Concentrated soft drinks (but not including concentrates used in the manufacture of soft drinks) | 0.5 | |||
| Fruit and vegetable juice (including tomato juice, but not including lime juice and lemon juice) | 1.0 | ||||
| Concentrates used in the manufacture of soft drinks, lime juice, and lemon juice | 2.0 | ||||
| Fruit Juices (including nectars; ready to drink) | 0.05 | ||||
| Wine | 0.2 | ||||
| Carbonated water, expressed in mg/L | 10 | ||||
| Packaged drinking water (other than mineral water), expressed in mg/L | 0.01 | ||||
| Natural mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 0.01 | ||||
| Edible oils and fats | 0.5 | ||||
| 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, Virgin olive oil, Extra virgin olive oil, Ordinary virgin olive oil, Refined olive oil, Refined olive pomace oil, and Olive pomace oil | 0.1 | ||||
| Vegetable Oils, crude (oils of arachis, babasu, coconut, cottonseed, grape seed, maize, mustard seed, palm kernel, palm, rapeseed, safflower seed, sesame seed, soya bean, and sunflower seed, and palm olein, stearin and super olein and other oils but excluding cocoa butter) | 0.1 | ||||
| Vegetable Oils, edible (oils of arachis, babasu, coconut, cottonseed, grape seed, maize, mustard seed, palm kernel, palm, rapeseed, safflower seed, sesame seed, soya bean, and sunflower seed, and palm olein, stearin and super olein and other oils but excluding cocoa butter) | 0.1 | ||||
| Milk (Concentration factor shall be applied to partially or wholly dehydrated milk) | 0.02 | ||||
| Secondary milk products (as consumed) | 0.02 | ||||
| Infant formula (ready to use) | 0.02 | ||||
| Infant milk substitutes and Infant foods | 0.2 | ||||
| All types of sugars, sugar syrup, invert sugar and direct consumption of coloured sugars with sulphated ash content exceeding 1.0 percent | 5.0 | ||||
| Raw sugars except those sold for direct consumption or used for manufacturing purpose other than the manufacture of refined sugar | 5.0 | ||||
| Edible molasses, caramel liquid, solid glucose, and starch conversion products with a sulphated ash content exceeding 1.0 percent | 5.0 | ||||
| Anhydrous dextrose and dextrose monohydrate, refined white sugar (sulphated ash content not exceeding 0.03 percent) | 0.5 | ||||
| Hard-boiled sugar confectionery | 2.0 | ||||
| Ice-cream, iced lollies, and similar frozen confections | 1.0 | ||||
| Cocoa powder | 5.0 on dry fat-free
substance basis |
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| Yeast and yeast products | 5.0 on dry matter basis | ||||
| Baking powder | 10 | ||||
| Turmeric whole and powder | 10 | ||||
| Dehydrated onions, dried herbs and spices, curry powder and mix masalas, flavorings, alginic acid, alginates, agar, carrageen and similar products derived from seaweed | 10 on dry matter basis | ||||
| Tea | 5.0 on dry matter basis | ||||
| Liquid pectin, chemicals not otherwise specified, used as ingredients or in the preparation or processing of food | 10 | ||||
| Solid pectin | 50 | ||||
| Brewed vinegar and Synthetic vinegar | 0.01 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Fruiting 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 | ||||
| Root and tuber vegetables | 0.1 | ||||
| Other vegetables | 2.5 | ||||
| Canned fruit cocktail | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned grapefruit | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned mandarin oranges | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned mangoes | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned pineapple | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned raspberries | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned strawberries | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned tropical fruit salad | 1.0 | ||||
| Jam (fruit preserves) and jellies | 1.0 | ||||
| Mango chutney | 1.0 | ||||
| Table Olives | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned asparagus | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned carrots | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned green beans and canned wax beans | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned green peas | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned mature processed peas | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned mushrooms | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned palmito | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned sweetcorn | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned tomatoes | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned chestnuts and canned chestnut purée | 1.0 | ||||
| Canned fish, canned meats, edible gelatin, meat extracts and hydrolysed protein, dried or dehydrated vegetables (other than onions) | 5.0 | ||||
| Pickled cucumbers (Cucumber pickles) | 1.0 | ||||
| Processed tomato concentrates | 1.5 | ||||
| Cereal grains, except buckwheat, canihua, and Quinoa | 0.2 | ||||
| Pulses | 0.2 | ||||
| Poultry meat | 0.1 | ||||
| Cattle, edible offal of | 0.5 | ||||
| Pig, edible offal of | 0.5 | ||||
| Poultry fats | 0.1 | ||||
| Meat of cattle, sheep, and pig (also applies to fat from meat) | 0.1 | ||||
| Corned beef, Luncheon meat, Cooked ham, Chopped meat, Canned chicken, Canned mutton and Goat meat and other related meat products. | 2.5 | ||||
| Fish | 0.3 | ||||
| Crustaceans | 0.5 | ||||
| Cephalopods | 1.0 | ||||
| Bivalve Molluscs | 1.5 | ||||
| Salt, food grade | 2.0 | ||||
| Iron-fortified common salt | 2.0 | ||||
| Potassium Iodate | 10 | ||||
| Food colours other than caramel | 10 on dry colouring
matter basis |
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| Tartrazine | 10 | ||||
| Sunset Yellow | 10 | ||||
| Erythrosine | 10 | ||||
| Indigo carmine | 10 | ||||
| Beta-Carotene | 10 | ||||
| Chlorophyll | 10 | ||||
| Caramel | 5.0 | ||||
| Annatto | 10 | ||||
| Riboflavin | 20 | ||||
| Ponceau 4R | 10 | ||||
| Carmoisine | 10 | ||||
| Synthetic food color-preparation and mixtures | 10 | ||||
| Brilliant Blue FCF | 10 | ||||
| Fast green FCF | 10 | ||||
| Aluminium lake of Sunset Yellow FCF | 10 | ||||
| Sunset yellow dye used in the preparation of lake colour | 10 | ||||
| Alumina used in the preparation of lake colour | 10 | ||||
| Beta-apo-8’-carotenal | 2.0 | ||||
| Ethyl ester of Beta-apo-8′-carotenoic acid | 2.0 | ||||
| Titanium dioxide | 2.0 | ||||
| Steviol Glycoside | 1.0 | ||||
| Saccharin Sodium | 10 | ||||
| Aspartame (Aspartyl phenylalanine methyl ester) | 10 | ||||
| Sucralose | 10 | ||||
| Lactic acid | 2.0 | ||||
| Ascorbic acid | 2.0 | ||||
| Calcium Propionate | 5.0 | ||||
| Sodium metabisulphite | 2.0 | ||||
| Potassium metabisulphite | 2.0 | ||||
| Sodium benzoate | 2.0 | ||||
| Benzoic acid | 2.0 | ||||
| Potassium nitrate | 2.0 | ||||
| Sorbic acid | 2.0 | ||||
| Potassium nitrite | 2.0 | ||||
| Sodium propionate | 5.0 | ||||
| Sulphur dioxide | 5.0 | ||||
| Ammonium hydrogen carbonate | 2.0 | ||||
| Trisodium citrate | 2.0 | ||||
| Fumaric acid | 2.0 | ||||
| L (+) -Tartaric acid | 2.0 | ||||
| Dicalcium phosphate | 4.0 | ||||
| Phosphoric acid | 4.0 | ||||
| Citric acid | 0.5 | ||||
| Malic acid | 2.0 | ||||
| Sodium hydroxide | 2.0 | ||||
| Sodium alginate | 5.0 | ||||
| Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose | 2.0 | ||||
| Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, enzyme hydrolysed | 3.0 | ||||
| Agar | 5.0 | ||||
| Gum Arabic or Acacia gum | 3.0 | ||||
| Tragacanth gum | 2.0 | ||||
| Gum ghatti | 5.0 | ||||
| Calcium alginate | 5.0 | ||||
| Alginic acid | 5.0 | ||||
| Gaur gum | 2.0 | ||||
| Gum Karaya | 2.0 | ||||
| Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids | 2.0 | ||||
| Polyglycerol esters of interesterified ricinoleic acid | 2.0 | ||||
| Glycerol esters of Wood Rosin | 1.0 | ||||
| Pectin | 2.0 | ||||
| Carrageenan | 5.0 | ||||
| Butylated hydroxyanisole | 2.0 | ||||
| Dodecyl gallate | 2.0 | ||||
| Propyl gallate | 2.0 | ||||
| Octyl gallate | 2.0 | ||||
| Ascorbyl palmitate | 2.0 | ||||
| Sodium ascorbate | 2.0 | ||||
| Monosodium L-glutamate | 1.0 | ||||
| Mineral Oil (Low viscosity) | 1.0 | ||||
| Mineral Oil (High viscosity) | 2.0 | ||||
| Propylene glycol | 2.0 | ||||
| Sorbitol | 1.0 | ||||
| Foods not specified | 2.5 | ||||
| Soft drinks excluding concentrates and Carbonated
Water, expressed in mg/L |
7.0 | ||||
| Juice of orange, grape, apple, tomato, pineapple, and lemon | 5.0 | ||||
| Toddy | 5.0 | ||||
| Carbonated water, expressed in mg/L | 1.5 | ||||
| Packaged drinking water (other than mineral water) , expressed in mg/L | 0.05 | ||||
| Mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 1.0 | ||||
| Concentrates for soft drinks | 20 | ||||
| Olive oil, Virgin olive oil, Extra virgin olive oil, Ordinary virgin olive oil, Refined olive oil, Refined olive pomace oil, and Olive pomace oil | 0.1 | ||||
| Infant milk substitute and Infant foods | 15 (But not less than 2.8) | ||||
| Hard-boiled sugar confectionery | 5.0 | ||||
| Cocoa powder | 70 on fat-free substance
basis |
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| Yeast and yeast products | 60 on dry matter basis | ||||
| Turmeric whole and powder | 5.0 | ||||
| Tea | 150 | ||||
| Pectin-solid | 300 | ||||
| Chicory-dried or roasted, coffee beans, flavorings/pectin liquid | 30 | ||||
| Colouring matter | 30 on dry colouring matter basis | ||||
| Edible gelatine | 30 | ||||
| Brewed Vinegar and Synthetic vinegar | 0.01 | ||||
| Tomato ketchup | 50 on dried total solids
basis |
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| Tomato puree, paste, powder, and cocktails | 100 on dried tomato solid basis | ||||
| Pulp and pulp products of any fruit | 5.0 | ||||
| Fresh vegetables | 30 | ||||
| Iron-fortified common salt | 2.0 | ||||
| Caramel | 20 | ||||
| Annatto | 30 | ||||
| Chlorophyll | 30 | ||||
| Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate | 5.0 | ||||
| Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids | 25 | ||||
| Polyglycerol esters of Interesterifiedricinoleic acid | 25 | ||||
| Foods not specified | 30 | ||||
| 3. Arsenic | Soft drink intended for consumption after dilution except for carbonated water | 0.5 | |||
| Juice of orange, grape, apple, tomato, pineapple, and lemon | 0.2 | ||||
| Carbonated water, expressed in mg/L | 0.25 | ||||
| Packaged Drinking water (other than mineral water), expressed in mg/L | 0.01 | ||||
| Natural mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 0.01 | ||||
| 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, Virgin olive oil, Extra virgin olive oil, Ordinary virgin olive oil, Refined olive oil, Refined olive pomace oil and Olive pomace oil | 0.1 | ||||
| Vegetable oils, crude (oils of arachis, babasu, coconut, cottonseed, grape seed, maize, mustard seed, palm kernel, palm, rapeseed, safflower seed, sesame seed, soya bean, and sunflower seed, and palm olein, stearin and super olein). | 0.1 | ||||
| Vegetable oils, edible (oils of arachis, babasu, coconut, cottonseed, grape seed, maize, mustard seed, palm kernel, palm, rapeseed, safflower seed, sesame seed, soya bean, and sunflower seed, and palm olein, stearin and super olein). | 0.1 | ||||
| Milk | 0.1 | ||||
| Infant Milk substitute and Infant foods | 0.05 | ||||
| Ice-cream, iced lollies and similar frozen confections | 0.5 | ||||
| Hard boiled sugar confectionery | 1.0 | ||||
| Chicory-dried or roasted | 4.0 | ||||
| Dehydrated onions, edible gelatin, liquid pectin | 2.0 | ||||
| Dried herbs, finings and clearing agents, solid pectin all grades, spices | 5.0 | ||||
| Turmeric whole and powder | 0.1 | ||||
| Pulp and pulp products of any fruit | 0.2 | ||||
| Fresh vegetables | 1.1 | ||||
| Brewed vinegar and Synthetic vinegar | 0.1 | ||||
| Fish and Crustaceans | 76 | ||||
| Molluscs | 86 | ||||
| Iron fortified common salt | 1.0 | ||||
| Potassium iodate | 3.0 | ||||
| Preservatives, anti-oxidants, emulsifying and stabilising agents and synthetic food colours | 3.0 on dry matter basis | ||||
| Food colouring other than synthetic colouring | 5.0 on dry colouring
matter basis |
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| Tartrazine | 3.0 | ||||
| Sunset Yellow | 3.0 | ||||
| Erythrosine | 3.0 | ||||
| Indigo carmine | 3.0 | ||||
| Beta-Carotene | 3.0 | ||||
| Chlorophyll | 3.0 | ||||
| Caramel | 3.0 | ||||
| Annatto | 3.0 | ||||
| Riboflavin | 3.0 | ||||
| Ponceau 4R | 3.0 | ||||
| Carmoisine | 3.0 | ||||
| Synthetic food colour-preparation and mixtures | 3.0 | ||||
| Brilliant blue FCF | 3.0 | ||||
| Fast green FCF | 3.0 | ||||
| Aluminium lake of Sunset Yellow FCF | 1.0 | ||||
| Sunset yellow dye used in preparation of lake colour | 3.0 | ||||
| Alumina used in preparation of lake colour | 1.0 | ||||
| Beta-apo-8’-carotenal | 3.0 | ||||
| Ethylester of Beta-apo-8′-carotenoic acid | 3.0 | ||||
| Titanium dioxide | 1.0 | ||||
| Foods not specified | 1.1 | ||||
| Saccharin Sodium | 2.0 | ||||
| Aspertame (Aspartyl phenyl alanine methyl ester) | 3.0 | ||||
| Sucralose | 3.0 | ||||
| Steviol Glycoside | 1.0 | ||||
| Sodium benzoate | 3.0 | ||||
| Benzoic acid | 3.0 | ||||
| Potassium nitrate | 3.0 | ||||
| Sorbic acid | 3.0 | ||||
| Potassium nitrite | 3.0 | ||||
| Sodium propionate | 3.0 | ||||
| Sulphur dioxide | 3.0 | ||||
| Ammonium hydrogen carbonate | 0.6 | ||||
| Trisodium citrate | 3.0 | ||||
| Fumaric acid | 3.0 | ||||
| L (+)- Tartaric acid | 3.0 | ||||
| Dicalcium phosphate | 3.0 | ||||
| Phosphoric Acid | 2.0 | ||||
| Citric acid | 3.0 | ||||
| Malic acid | 3.0 | ||||
| Sodium alginate | 3.0 | ||||
| Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose | 3.0 | ||||
| Agar | 3.0 | ||||
| Gum Arabic or Acacia gum | 2.0 | ||||
| Tragacanth gum | 3.0 | ||||
| Gum ghatti | 3.0 | ||||
| Calcium alginate | 3.0 | ||||
| Alginic acid | 3.0 | ||||
| Gaur gum | 3.0 | ||||
| Gum Karaya | 3.0 | ||||
| Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids | 3.0 | ||||
| Polyglycerol esters of interesterifiedricinoleic acid | 3.0 | ||||
| Glycerol esters of Wood rosin | 3.0 | ||||
| Pectin | 5.0 | ||||
| Carrageenan | 3.0 | ||||
| Butylatedhydroxyanisole | 3.0 | ||||
| Dodecyl gallate | 3.0 | ||||
| Propyl gallate | 3.0 | ||||
| Octylgallate | 3.0 | ||||
| Ascorbyl palmitate | 3.0 | ||||
| Sodium ascorbate | 3.0 | ||||
| Monosodium L-glutamate | 2.0 | ||||
| Mineral Oil (Low viscosity) | 1.0 | ||||
| Mineral Oil (High viscosity) | 1.0 | ||||
| Propylene glycol | 3.0 | ||||
| Sorbitol | 3.0 | ||||
| Infant Milk substitute and Infant foods | 5.0 | ||||
| Hard-boiled sugar confectionery | 5.0 | ||||
| Processed and canned food products | 250 | ||||
| Jam, Jellies, and Marmalade | 250 | ||||
| Juice of orange, apple, tomato, pineapple, and lemon | 250 | ||||
| Pulp and pulp products of any fruit | 250 | ||||
| Canned foods other than beverages | 250 | ||||
| Canned beverages | 150 | ||||
| Canned (citrus fruits, stone fruits, vegetables, fruit cocktail, mangoes, pineapple, raspberries, strawberries, tropical fruit salad) | 250 | ||||
| Mango Chutney | 250 | ||||
| Table Olives | 250 | ||||
| Turmeric whole and powder | 0.01 | ||||
| Canned mushrooms | 250 | ||||
| Canned tomatoes | 250 | ||||
| Pickled cucumber | 250 | ||||
| Processed tomato concentrates | 250 | ||||
| Canned chestnuts and chestnut puree | 250 | ||||
| Corned beef, Luncheon meat, Cooked ham, Chopped meat, Canned chicken, Canned mutton and Goat Meat | 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 | 200 | ||||
| Cooked cured ham (for products in other containers) | 50 | ||||
| Cooked cured pork shoulder (for products in tinplate containers) | 200 | ||||
| Cooked cured pork shoulder (for products in other containers) | 50 | ||||
| Corned beef (for products in tinplate containers) | 200 | ||||
| Corned beef (for products in other containers) | 50 | ||||
| Luncheon meat (for products in tinplate containers) | 200 | ||||
| Luncheon meat (for products in other containers) | 50 | ||||
| Canned fish products | 200 | ||||
| Foods not specified | 250 | ||||
| Packaged drinking water (other than mineral water), expressed in mg/L | 0.003 | ||||
| Mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 0.003 | ||||
| Infant Milk substitute and Infant foods | 0.1 | ||||
| Turmeric whole and powder | 0.1 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Root and tuber vegetables, excluding potato and celeriac | 0.1 | ||||
| Stalk and stem vegetables | 0.1 | ||||
| Other vegetables | 1.5 | ||||
| Pulses, excluding soybean dry | 0.1 | ||||
| Cereal grains, except buckwheat, can ihua and Quinoa (excluding wheat and rice, and bran and germ | 0.1 | ||||
| Rice, polished | 0.4 | ||||
| Wheat | 0.2 | ||||
| Salt, food grade | 0.5 | ||||
| Fish | 0.3 | ||||
| Crustaceans | 0.5 | ||||
| Cephalopods | 2.0 | ||||
| Bivalve Molluscs | 2.0 | ||||
| Carrageenan | 1.5 | ||||
| Foods not specified | 1.5 | ||||
| 6. Mercury | Packaged drinking water (other than mineral water), expressed in mg/L | 0.001 | |||
| Mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 0.001 | ||||
| Fish | 0.5 | ||||
| Non-predatory fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, molluscs | 0.5 | ||||
| Predatory Fish (Tuna, Marlin, Sword Fish, Elasmobranch | 1.0 | ||||
| Fresh vegetables | 1.0 | ||||
| Salt grade food | 0.1 | ||||
| Caramel | 0.1 | ||||
| Aluminum lake of Sunset yellow FCF | 1,0 | ||||
| Alumina used in the preparation of lake colour | 1,0 | ||||
| Fast green FCF | 0.01 | ||||
| Titanium oxide | 1.0 | ||||
| Sodium hydroxide | 1.5 | ||||
| Carrageenan | 1.0 | ||||
| Foods not specified | 1.0 | ||||
| 7.Methyl Mercury
(Calculated as the element) |
All Foods | 0.25 | |||
| 8. Chromium | Packaged drinking water (other than mineral water), expressed in mg/L | 0.05 | |||
| Mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 0.05 | ||||
| Refined sugar | 0.02 | ||||
| Gelatine | 10 | ||||
| Fresh vegetables | 1.0 | ||||
| All fishery products | 12 | ||||
| Brilliant blue FCF | 50 | ||||
| Fast green FCF | 50 | ||||
| 9. Nickel | Packaged drinking water (other than mineral water) , expressed in mg/L | 0.02 | |||
| Mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 0.02 | ||||
| All hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated, interesterified vegetable oils and fats such as vanaspati, table margarine, bakery, and industrial margarine, bakery shortening, fat spread and partially hydrogenated margarine, bakery
shortening, fat spread, and partially hydrogenated soyabean oil. |
1.5 | ||||
| Fresh vegetables | 1.0 | ||||
| Sorbitol | 2.0 | ||||
| 10. Selenium | Packaged drinking water (other than mineral water), expressed in mg/L | 0.05 | |||
| Mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 0.01 | ||||
| Sodium metabisulphite | 5.0 | ||||
| Potassium metabisulphite | 5.0 | ||||
| Sulphur dioxide | 20 | ||||
| 11. Antimony | Fresh vegetables | 1.0 | |||
| Packaged drinking water (other than mineral water), expressed in mg/L | 0.005 | ||||
| Mineral water, expressed in mg/L | 0.005 | ||||
| Titanium dioxide | 2.0 | ||||
| (b) in regulation 2.2 relating to “Crop Contaminants and Naturally Occurring Toxic Substances,” the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“ 1. No article of food specified in column (3) of the Table below shall contain any crop contaminant specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) thereof in excess of quantities specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table: TABLE |
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| S. NO
(1) |
Name of Contaminant
(2) |
Article of Food
(3) |
Limits μg/kg
(4) |
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| 1 | Total Aflatoxins | Cereal and Cereal products | 15 | ||
| Pulses | 15 | ||||
| Nuts:
Nuts for further processing Ready to eat |
15 15 |
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| Dried figs | 10 | ||||
| Oilseeds or oil:
Oilseeds for further processing Ready to eat |
15 15 |
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| Spices | 30 | ||||
| Arecanut or Betelnut | 15 | ||||
| Food product containing any of the above-mentioned food
articles |
20 | ||||
| 2. | Aflatoxin B1 | Cereal and Cereal products | 10 | ||
| Pulses | 10 | ||||
| Nuts:
Nuts for further processing Ready to eat |
10 10 |
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| Dried figs | 10 | ||||
| Oilseeds or oil:
Oilseeds for further processing Ready to eat |
10 10 |
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| Spices | 15 | ||||
| Arecanut or Betelnut | 10 | ||||
| Food product containing any of the above-mentioned food
articles |
10 | ||||
| 3. | Aflatoxin M1 | Milk (Liquid) | 0.5 | ||
| Skimmed milk powder | 6 | ||||
| Whole milk powder | 4 | ||||
| 4. | Ochratoxin A | Wheat, rye, barley | 20 | ||
| 5. | Patulin | Apple juice | 50 | ||
| Apple juice used as an ingredient in other beverages | 50 | ||||
| 6. | Deoxynivalenol | Wheat | 1000 | ||
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