✨ Food Standards - Contaminants and Natural Toxicants
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 50 — 8 MAY 2015
Natural toxicant | Food | Maximum level
--- | --- | ---
Pulegone | Confectionery | 350
| Beverages | 250
Quassine | Alcoholic beverages | 50
Quinine | Mixed alcoholic drinks not elsewhere classified | 300
| Tonic drinks, bitter drinks and quinine drinks | 100
| Wine based drinks and reduced alcohol wines | 300
Safrole | Food containing mace and nutmeg | 15
| Meat products | 10
| Alcoholic beverages | 5
Santonin | Alcoholic beverages | 1
Sparteine | Alcoholic beverages | 5
Thujones (alpha and beta) | Sage stuffing | 250
| Bitters | 35
| Sage flavoured foods | 25
| Alcoholic beverages | 10
(2) For each natural toxicant listed below, the maximum level (in mg/kg) for a particular food is listed in relation to that food:
Maximum levels of natural toxicants
| Natural toxicant | Food | Maximum level |
|---|---|---|
| Erucic acid | Edible oils | 20 000 |
| Histamine | Fish and fish products | 200 |
| Hydrocyanic acid, total | Confectionery | 25 |
| Stone fruit juices | 5 | |
| Marzipan | 50 | |
| Ready-to-eat cassava chips | 10 | |
| Alcoholic beverages | 1 mg per 1% alcohol content |
S19—7 Mean and maximum levels of mercury in fish, crustacea and molluscs
(1) For subsection 1.4.1—3(2), the following table applies:
| For: | if: | the mean level of mercury in sample units must be no greater than: | the maximum level of mercury in any sample unit must be no greater than: |
|---|---|---|---|
| gemfish, billfish (including marlin), southern bluefin tuna, barramundi, ling, orange roughy, rays and all species of shark; | (a) both of the following are satisfied: |
(i) 10 or more sample units are available;
(ii) the concentration of mercury in any sample unit is greater than 1.0 mg/kg: | 1.0 mg/kg | 1.5 mg/kg
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