Food Contaminant Standards




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 50 — 8 MAY 2015

For each metal contaminant listed below, the maximum level (in mg/kg) for a particular food is listed in relation to that food:

Maximum levels of metal contaminants

Contaminant Food Maximum level
Arsenic (total) Cereal grains and milled cereal products (as specified in Schedule 22) 1
Salt 0.5
Arsenic (inorganic) Crustacea 2
Fish 2
Molluscs 1
Seaweed 1
Cadmium Chocolate and cocoa products 0.5
Kidney of cattle, sheep and pig 2.5
Leafy vegetables (as specified in Schedule 22) 0.1
Liver of cattle, sheep and pig 1.25
Meat of cattle, sheep and pig (excluding offal) 0.05
Molluscs (excluding dredge/bluff oysters and queen scallops) 2
Peanuts 0.5
Rice 0.1
Root and tuber vegetables (as specified in Schedule 22) 0.1
Salt 0.5
Wheat 0.1
Lead Brassicas 0.3
Cereals, pulses and legumes 0.2
Edible offal of cattle, sheep, pig and poultry 0.5
Fish 0.5
Fruit 0.1
Infant formula products 0.02
Meat of cattle, sheep, pig and poultry (excluding offal) 0.1
Molluscs 2
Salt 2
Vegetables (except brassicas) 0.1
Mercury Fish, crustacea and molluscs See S19—7
Salt 0.1
Tin All canned foods 250

S19—5 Maximum levels of non-metal contaminants

For each non-metal contaminant listed below, the maximum level (in mg/kg unless specified otherwise) for a particular food is listed in relation to that food:

Maximum levels of non-metal contaminants

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🏥 Maximum Levels of Contaminants and Natural Toxicants - Food Standards (Proposal P1025 - Code Revision) Variation (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
25 March 2015
Food standards, Contaminants, Natural toxicants, Metal contaminants, Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Mercury, Tin, Non-metal contaminants