✨ 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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