✨ Maximum Residue Limits for Food Products
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Milks
Milks are the mammary secretions of various species of lactating herbivorous ruminant animals.
Commodities: Buffalo milk; Camel milk; Cattle milk; Goat milk; Sheep milk.
The entire commodity may be consumed.
Portion of the commodity to which the MRL applies (and which is analysed): whole commodity. When an MRL for cattle milk or milks is qualified by '(in the fat)' the compound is regarded as fat-soluble, and the MRL applies to the fat portion of the milk. In the case of a derived or a manufactured milk product with a fat content of 2% or more, the MRL also applies to the fat portion. For a milk product with fat content less than 2%, the MRL applied should be 1/50 that specified for 'milk (in the fat)', and should apply to the whole product.
POULTRY
Poultry meat
Poultry meats are the muscular tissues, including adhering fat and skin, from poultry carcasses as prepared for wholesale or retail distribution. The entire product may be consumed. Poultry meat includes farmed and game poultry.
Commodities: Chicken meat; Duck meat; Emu meat; Goose meat; Guinea-fowl meat; Ostrich meat; Partridge meat; Pheasant meat; Pigeon meat; Quail meat; Turkey meat.
Portion of the commodity to which the MRL applies (and which is analysed): whole commodity (without bones). When the commodity description is qualified by '(in the fat)' a proportion of adhering fat is analysed and the MRLs apply to the fat.
Poultry, edible Offal
Poultry edible offal is the edible tissues and organs, other than poultry meat and poultry fat, as prepared for wholesale or retail distribution and include liver, gizzard, heart, skin. The entire product may be consumed.
Commodities: Chicken, edible offal of; Duck, edible offal of; Emu, edible offal of; Goose, edible offal of; Ostrich, edible offal of; Turkey, edible offal of.
Portion of the commodity to which the MRL applies (and which is analysed): whole commodity.
Note that poultry meat includes any attached skin, but poultry skin on its own (not attached) is considered as 'poultry edible offal'.
Poultry fats
Poultry fats are derived from the fatty tissues of poultry (not processed). The entire product may be consumed.
Commodities: Chicken fat; Duck fat; Goose fat; Turkey fat.
Portion of the commodity to which the MRL applies (and which is analysed): whole commodity.
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 170
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2000, No 170
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