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antimicrobial pre-treatment is not feasible and for which the competent authority accepts TAMC of the raw material exceeding 1000 CFU per g or CFU per mL.

     17 Application, savings and transitional provisions
               Sections 13, 14, 15 and 16 apply to medicinal cannabis products released for supply in Australia on or after 1 July 2023.

               Schedule 1 Specified tests
(subsection 12(1))
     1 Interpretation
         (1) For each item specified in column 1 of this table, the parameter specified in column 2 must comply with the limits specified in column 4 under the test method from the European Pharmacopoeia specified in column 3.
         (2) With the exception of item 2 of this table, each limit specified in column 4 applies on a dried basis.
     2 Table of specified tests

  Specified tests
Column 1             Column 2        Column 3       Column 4
  Item               Parameter       Test method    Limits
  1                Aflatoxins      Ph Eur 2.8.18  Not more than 2 µg/kg of aflatoxin B1 and not more than 4 µg/kg for the sum of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2
  2                Foreign matter  Ph Eur 2.8.2   Not more than 2.0%
  3                Heavy metals    Ph Eur 2.4.27  Not more than 3.0 mg/kg of arsenic
                                                  Not more than 0.5 mg/kg of cadmium
                                                  Not more than 5.0 mg/kg of lead
                                                  Not more than 0.5 mg/kg of mercury
  4                Ochratoxin A    Ph Eur 2.8.22  Not more than 20 µg/kg
  5                Pesticides      Ph Eur 2.8.13  Not more than the limits specified in Ph Eur 2.8.13
  6                Total ash       Ph Eur 2.4.16  Not more than 20.0%

Note: In accordance with the European Pharmacopoeia, the unit mg/kg is the m/m measurement equivalent to ppm.

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