✨ Food Safety Regulations
20 DECEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 4563
(ii) if the overall mean of the lot is less than or equal to 1.0 mg/kg in the case of gemfish, billfish (including marlin), southern bluefin tuna, barramundi, ling, orange roughy, rays and all species of shark, or is less than or equal to 0.5 mg/kg in the case of crustacea, molluscs, and other fish which can be sampled in accordance with this clause and there are no individual sample units within the lot having a mercury concentration exceeding 1.5 mg/kg, the lot must be reported as complying with the standard.
(b) Samples with 5 sample units —
(i) if the overall concentration of mercury in the sample is less than or equal to 1.0 mg/kg in the case of gemfish, billfish (including marlin), southern bluefin tuna, barramundi, ling, orange roughy, rays and all species of shark, or is less than or equal to 0.5 mg/kg in the case of crustacea, molluscs and other fish which can be sampled in accordance with this clause and minced fish products, the lot must be reported as complying with the standard.
(c) Notwithstanding subclause 1(4), the mercury content of dried or partially dried fish must be calculated on an 80% moisture basis.
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 170
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NZ Gazette 2000, No 170
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