✨ Food Standards Variation
11 JULY 2011
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 100
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| Contaminant | Food | Maximum level |
|---|---|---|
| Vegetables (except brassicas) | 0.1 | |
| Mercury | ||
| Crustacea | mean level of 0.5* | |
| Fish (as specified in Schedule 4 to Standard 1.4.2) and fish products, excluding gemfish, billfish (including marlin), southern bluefin tuna, barramundi, ling, orange roughy, rays and all species of shark | ||
| mean level of 0.5* | ||
| Gemfish, billfish (including marlin), southern bluefin tuna, barramundi, ling, orange roughy, rays and all species of shark | ||
| mean level of 1* | ||
| Fish for which insufficient samples are available to analyse in accordance with clause 6 | ||
| 1 | ||
| Molluscs | mean level of 0.5* | |
| Tin | All canned foods | 250 |
- A reference to a mean level in the Table to clause 2 in this Standard is to the mean level of mercury in the prescribed number of sample units as described in clause 6 of this Standard.
[18.6] omitting the definition of food in subclause 3(1), substituting -
food means the food or class of foods listed in Column 2 of the Table to this clause.
[18.7] omitting the definition of non-metal contaminant in subclause 3(1), substituting -
non-metal contaminant means a substance listed in Column 1 of the Table to this clause.
[18.8] omitting subclauses 3(2) and 3(3), substituting -
(2) The maximum levels for non-metal contaminants in food are listed in Column 3 of the Table to this clause.
(3) Where a mixed food contains a food or class of foods listed in Column 2 of the Table to this clause, the proportion of the non-metal contaminant permitted to be present in the mixed food (ML1) is calculated in accordance with the formula prescribed in subclause 1(6).
[18.9] omitting the Table to clause 3, substituting -
Table to clause 3
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Contaminant | Food | Maximum level (mg/kg unless specified otherwise) |
| --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Acrylonitrile | All food | 0.02 |
| Aflatoxin | Peanuts | 0.015 |
| Tree nuts (as specified in Schedule 4 to Standard 1.4.2) | 0.015 | |
| Amnesic shellfish poisons (Domoic acid equivalent) | Bivalve molluscs | 20 |
| 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol | Soy sauce and oyster sauce | |
| calculated on a 40% dry matter content | 0.2 | |
| Diarrhetic shellfish poisons (Okadaic acid equivalent) | Bivalve molluscs | 0.2 |
| 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol | Soy sauce and oyster sauce | |
| calculated on a 40% dry matter content | 0.005 |
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