Recently, India FSSAI added limits of the following contaminants in foods to the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations 2016:
Maximum level of melamine in milk and milk products
Name of the contaminant | Food | Maximum level (mg/kg) |
Melamine | Powdered infant formula | 1.0 |
Liquid infant formula | 0.15 | |
Other foods | 2.5 |
Name of the contaminants | Article of food | Limit |
Polychlorinated biphenyls (Sum of PCB28, PCB52, PCB101, PCB138, PCB153 and PCB180) | Inland and Migratory Fish | 2.0 ppm |
Polychlorinated biphenyls (Sum of PCB28, PCB52, PCB101, PCB138, PCB153 and PCB180) | Marine Fish, Crustaceans and molluscs | 0.5 ppm |
Benzo(a)pyrene | Smoked Fishery Products | 5.0 ppb |
Limits of biotoxins in fish and fishery products
Name of the contaminants | Article of food | Limit ((µg/kg) |
Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) | Bivalve Molluscs | 80 µg/100g (Saxitoxin Equivalent) |
Amnesic Shellfish Poison (ASP) | Bivalve Molluscs | 20 µg/g (Domoic acid equivalent) |
Diarrhetic shellfish poison (DSP) | Bivalve Molluscs | 160 µg of Okadaic acid equivalent/Kg |
Azaspiracid poison (AZP) | Bivalve Molluscs | 160 µg of azaspiracid equivalent/Kg |
Brevetoxin (BTX) | Bivalve Molluscs | 200 mouse units or equivalent/Kg |
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