Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972)

Metal

Foodstuff

ML

(mg/kg or mg/l)

Arsenic,

Total

(As-tot)

Edible fats and oils

0.10

Fat spreads and blended spreads

0.10

Natural mineral water

0.01

Salt, food grade

0.50

Rice, husked*

0.35

Rice, polished shed *

0.20

Arsenic

Inorganic

(As-in)

Rice, polished

(*Follow up analysis if the As -tot exceed the ML)

0.20

Rice, husked

(*Follow up analysis if the As -tot exceed the ML)

0.35

Cadmium (Cd)

Brassica vegetables

0.05

Bulb vegetables

0.05

Fruiting vegetables (Excluding tomatoes & edible fungi)

0.05

Leafy vegetables

0.2

Legume vegetables

0.1

Pulses (Excluding soya bean (dry))

0.1

Root and tuber vegetables ( Excluding celeriac)

0.1

Stalk and stem vegetables

0.1

Cereal grains (Excluding buckwheat, canihua, quinoa, wheat & rice)

0.1

Wheat (wheat, durum wheat, spelt and emmer)

0.2

Rice, polished

0.4

Marine bivalve molluscs - Clams, cockles and mussels (Excluding oysters and scallops. Without viscera & shell)

2.0

Cephalopods -Cuttlefishes, octopuses and squids (Without viscera & shell)

2.0

Natural mineral water

0.003

Salt, food grade

0.5

Lead (Pb)

Berries and other small fruits (Excluding cranberry, currant and elderberry)

0.1

Cranberry, currant and elderberry

0.2

Fruits, except berries and other small fruits (After removal of stem, cap, stone, crown and/or seeds but calculated on whole fruit)

0.1

Brassica vegetables

0.1

Bulb vegetables

0.1

Fruiting vegetables(Excluding fungi and mushrooms )

0.05

Leafy vegetables

0.3

Legume vegetables

0.1

Pulses

0.1

Root and tuber vegetables

0.1

Canned fruits

0.1

Jams, jellies and marmalades

0.4

Mango chutney

1.0

Canned vegetables (Excluding canned brassica

vegetables)

0.1

Preserved tomatoes

0.05

Table olives

0.4

Pickled cucumbers

0.1

Processed tomato concentrates

1.5

Fruit juices, nectars and ready-to-drink fruit drinks/juices (Excluding juices and nectars from berries and small fruits and passion fruit juices)

0.03

Cereal grains( Excluding buckwheat, canihua, & quinoa)

0.2

Canned chestnuts and canned chestnuts purée

0.05

Meat and fat of cattle, pigs and sheep (without bones)

0.1

Meat and fat of poultry(without bones)

0.1

Cattle, Edible offal of

0.5

Pig, Edible offal of

0.5

Poultry, Edible offal of

0.5

Fish (whole commodity or portions, without the viscera).

0.3

Edible fats and oil

0.1

Fat spreads and blended spreads

0.1

Natural mineral waters

0.01

Milk

0.02

Secondary milk products (Products made from milk)

0.02

Infant formula, formula for special medical purposes intended for infants and follow-up formula

0.01

Salt, food grade

2.0

Wine

0.2

Mercury (Hg)

Natural mineral waters

0.001

Salt, food grade

0.1

Methylmercury

Fish (whole commodity or portions, without the viscera; Except predatory fish).

0.5

Predatory fish- Such as shark, swordfish, tuna, pike & others. (Whole commodity or portions, without the viscera).

1.0

Tin (Sn)

Canned foods, excluding beverages (Excluding nontinplate canned cooked cured chopped meat, cooked ham, cooked cured pork shoulder, corned beef and luncheon meat)

250

Canned beverages

150

Cooked cured chopped meat (Applies to products in

containers other than tinplate containers)

50

Cooked cured ham (Applies to products in

containers other than tinplate containers)

50

Cooked cured pork shoulder (Applies to products in

containers other than tinplate containers)

50

Corned beef (Applies to products in containers other

than tinplate containers)

50

Luncheon meat (Applies to products in containers

other than tinplate containers)

50