Sanitation Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in 
Food  - amended the Article 6  
 
 
Article 6    
This standard shall be implemented from 1 January, 2019 . 
The articles of this standard amended on 17 June 2020 shall apply form 1 
January 2021.  
The articles of this standard amended on 4 February 2021  shall apply form 1 
July 2021.  
The articles of this standard amended on 31 May 2022 shall apply f rom 1 
January  2024.  Sanitation Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in 
Food  - amended the Article 5 Appendix  3  
 
Appendix 3. M aximum levels (ML)  of other contaminants and 
toxins  
1 3-Monochloropropane -1,2-diol (3-MCPD） 
Foodstuffs  ML (mg/kg)  
1.1 Soy sauce and soy sauce -based condiments  (1) 0.3 
2  Benzo(a)pyrene , BaP  
Foodstuffs  ML ( µg/kg)  
2.1 Fats and oils (exclude cocoa butter) intended for 
direct human consumption or use as an ingredient 
in food  2.0 
2.2 Vegetables, fruits and plant origin   
2.2.1  Cocoa beans and derived products , based on the 
cocoa butter  content  5.0 
2.2.2  Banana chips  2.0 
2.2.3  Dried herbs  10.0 
2.2.4  Dried spices with the excepte of cardamon and 
smoked Capsicum  spp. 10.0 
2.3 Meat and meat products   
2.3.1  Smoked meat and smoked meat products  2.0 
2.3.2  Grilling /barbecuing  meat and meat products sold 
to the final consumer  5.0 
2.4 Aquatic animal   
2.4.1  Smoked  or grilling /barbecuing (2) sprats and 
canned smoked sprats ( Sprattus sprattus ) (3); 
Smoked  or grilling /barbecuing(2) Baltic herring ≦
14 cm length and canned smoked  or 
grilling /barbecuing(2) Baltic herring ≦14 cm 
length (Clupea harengus membras) (3)  5.0 
2.4.2  Smoked  or grilling /barbecuing(2) bivalve 
molluscs(4) (exclude shell)  6.0 
2.4.3  Muscle meat of smoked or grilling /barbecuing(2) 
fish and smoked or grilling /barbecuing(2) fishery 
products, exclude fishery products listed in points 
2.4.1  and 2.4.2 (3), exclude  Katsuobushi (dried 
bonito) . 
The ML for smoked or grilling /barbecuing(2) 
crustaceans applies to muscle meat from 2.0 appendages and abdomen. In case of smoked or 
grilling /barbecuing(2) crabs and crab -like 
crustaceans ( Brachyura  and Anomura ) it 
applies to muscle meat from appendages.  
2.4.4  Bivalve molluscs (fresh, chilled or frozen , 
exclude shell )(4) 5.0 
2.5 Food for infant and young child (5)   
2.5.1  Infant formula (6) and follow -up infant formula (7)  1.0(8) 
2.5.2  Infant formula for special medical purposes (9) 1.0(8) 
2.5.3  Cereal based foods for infant and young child(10) 
and baby food (11) 1.0(8) 
2.6 Food supplements   
2.6.1  Food supplements containing propolis  and royal 
jellys  10.0(8) 
2.6.2  Food supplements containing spirulina or their 
preparations  10.0(8) 
3 Plant toxins                                               
3.1 Hydrocyanic acid  
Foodstuffs  ML (mg/kg)  
3.1.1  Cassava flour , Ready -to-eat cassava chips  10(12) 
3.1.2  Gari  2(13) 
3.2 Gossypol  
Foodstuffs  ML (mg/kg)  
3.2.1  Edible cotton seed oil  Not detected(14) 
3.3 Glycoalkaloids, total (sum of alpha -solanine and alpha -chaconine)  
Foodstuffs  ML (mg/kg)  
3.3.1  Potato tubers (fresh weight)  200 
3.4 Erucic acid  
Foodstuffs  ML (g/kg)  
3.4.1  Edible fats and oils  50  
3.4.2  Low-erucic acid rapeseed oil (as % of total fatty 
acids).  20  
3.4.3  Foods containing added edible vegetable oils and 
fats, excepte of foodstuffs listed in 3.4.4, based on 
the total oil content of that food  50 
3.4.4  Infant formulae(6) and follow -up infant formula  
(7), based on the total oil content of that food.  10 
4 Marine biotoxins                                           
4.1 Paralytic shellfish poisons (PSP)  
Foodstuffs  ML (mg/kg)  
4.1.1  The edible parts of live bivalve mollus k 
(saxitoxin equivalent ) 0.8 4.2 Diarrhetic shellfish poisons (DSP ） 
Foodstuffs  ML (mg/kg)  
4.2.1  The edible parts of live bivalve mollus k (okadaic 
equivalent ) 0.16 
4.3 Amnesic shellfish poisons (ASP ） 
Foodstuffs  ML (mg/kg)  
4.3.1  The edible parts of live bivalve mollus k (domoic 
acid) 20 
4.4 Azaspiracid (AZP ） 
Foodstuffs  ML (mg/kg)  
4.4.1  The edible parts of live bivalve mollus k 0.16 
4.5 Neurotoxic shellfish poisons (NSP) - Brevetoxin (BTX) *  
Foodstuffs  ML (MU/kg)  
4.5.1  The edible parts of live bivalve mollusk  200(14) 
5 Pheophorbide   
Foodstuffs  ML (mg/100g)  
Existing 
pheophorbide  Total 
pheophorbide  
5.1 Green algae  (16) 60 80 
5.2 Blue algae  (16) 50 100 
6 Volatile basic nitrogen (VBN)               
Foodstuffs  ML (mg/100 g)  
6.1 Unprocessed fishery products , frozen or chilled   
6.1.1  Species belonging to the Pleuronectidae  family , 
excepte of halibut: Hippoglossus  spp.).  30 
6.1.2  Salmo salar , species belonging to the 
Merlucciidae  family, species belonging to the 
Gadidae  family.  35 
6.1.3  Elasmobranchii  (Selachimorpha , Batoidea ) 50 
6.1.4  Other unlisted fish  25 
6.2 Ready -to-eat raw seafood  15 
7 Histamine                                      
Foodstuffs  ML (mg/kg)  
7.1 Fishery products from fish species associated with 
a high amount of histidine(17)  200(18) 
7.2 Fishery products which have undergone enzyme 
maturation treatment in brine,  manufactured from 
fish species associated with a high amount of 
histidine (17), for example, the  fermented fish 
sauces and pastes.  400(18) 
8 Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol                                   Foodstuffs  ML (μg/kg)  
8.1 Food for infant and young child (5)   
8.1.1  Infant formula  (6), follow -up infant formula (7) and 
food for special medical purposes intended for 
infants (9) and young children.   
 -marketed as powder  50 
 -marketed as liquid  6.0 
8.2 Edible oils and fats   
8.2.1 Vegetable  oils and fats, fish oils and oils from 
other marine organisms  placed on the market for 
the final consumer or for use as an ingredient in 
food(19) 1000  
8.2.2 Vegetable  oils and fats, fish oils and oils from 
other marine organisms destined for the 
production of cereal based foods for infant and 
young child(10) and baby food(11) 500 
Note.  
(1) Such as soy sauce paste, oyster soy sauce etc.  
(2) For g rilling /barbecuing  fish and fishery products , the ML shall apply to the 
packaged products  made in the food manufacturing industry . 
(3)Where fish are intended to be eaten whole, the ML shall apply to the whole 
fish. 
(4)In case of Pecten maximus , the ML applies to the adductor muscle and gonad 
only.  
(5)The term “infant” means a person not more than 12  months of age.  The term 
“young child” means a person from the age of more than 12 months up to the 
age of three years (36 months).  
(6) “Infant formula” means a breast -milk substitute specially manufactured to 
satisfy, by itself, the nutritional requiremen ts of infant from birth to six 
months of age up to the introduction of appropriate complementary feeding.  
(7) “Follow -up infant formula” means a food intended for use as formula of the 
weaning diet for the infant from six months to twelve months of age. No t 
suitable alone for infant under six months consumption.  
(8)The ML refers to the product as sold.  
(9)”Infant formula for special medical purposes” means a substitute for human 
milk or infant formula, by itself, the special nutritional requirements of infa nt 
with specific disorder, disease or medical condition during the first months of 
life up to the introduction of appropriate complementary feeding.  
(10)”Cereal based foods for infant and young child ” means processed  cereal 
based food intended to fulfil th e particular requirements of infant in good 
health while they are being weaned, and of young child in good health as a 
supplement to their diet and/or for their progressive adaptation to ordinary 
food, including cereals which are or have to be reconstitute d with milk or other liquids,  and pastas , rusks and biscuits . 
(11)”Baby food” means food intended to fulfil the particular requirements of 
infant in good health while they are being weaned, and of young child in 
good health as a supplement to their diet an d/or for their progressive 
adaptation to ordinary food, exclude  cereal based foods for infant and young 
child, and milk-based drinks and similar products.  
(12)The ML is expressed as total hydrocyanic acid . 
(13)The ML is expressed as free hydrocyanic acid.  
(14) The detection limit of analysis method is 0.05 ppm for free form gossypol 
and 1 ppm of total gossypol . 
(15)Mouse units or equivalent . 
(16)The ML  is applied to green algae and blue algae which moisture content is 
less than 7%. Fresh products, red algae and brown algae are not applied.  
(17)Particularly fish species of the families: Scombridae , Clupeidae , Engraulidae , 
Coryfenidae , Pomatomidae  and Scombreso cidae families.  
(18)Products placed on the market during their shelf -life. 
(19) Exception of virgin oils.