Foodstuffs (16)

Maximum levels (mg NO3/kg)

1.1

Fresh spinach (Spinacia oleracea) (17)

3 500

1.2

Preserved, deep-frozen or frozen spinach

2 000

1.3

Fresh Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) (protected and open-grown lettuce) excluding lettuce listed in point 1.4

Harvested 1 October to 31 March:

lettuce grown under cover

5 000

lettuce grown in the open air

4 000

Harvested 1 April to 30 September:

lettuce grown under cover

4 000

lettuce grown in the open air

3 000

1.4

‘Iceberg’ type lettuce

Lettuce grown under cover

2 500

Lettuce grown in the open air

2 000

1.5

Rucola (Eruca sativa, Diplotaxis sp., Brassica tenuifolia, Sisymbrium tenuifolium)

Harvested 1 October to 31 March:

7 000

Harvested 1 April to 30 September:

6 000

1.6

Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (18) (19)

200

▼B

Foodstuffs (16)

Maximum levels (μg/kg)

▼M5

2.1.

Aflatoxins

B1

Sum of B1, B2, G1 and G2

M1

2.1.1.

Groundnuts (peanuts) and other oilseeds (50), to be subjected to sorting, or other physical treatment, before human consumption or use as an ingredient in foodstuffs,

with the exception of:

8,0 (20)

15,0 (20)

—

2.1.2.

Almonds, pistachios and apricot kernels to be subjected to sorting, or other physical treatment, before human consumption or use as an ingredient in foodstuffs

12,0 (20)

15,0 (20)

—

2.1.3.

Hazelnuts and Brazil nuts, to be subjected to sorting, or other physical treatment, before human consumption or use as an ingredient in foodstuffs

8,0 (20)

15,0 (20)

2.1.4.

Tree nuts, other than the tree nuts listed in 2.1.2 and 2.1.3, to be subjected to sorting, or other physical treatment, before human consumption or use as an ingredient in foodstuffs

5,0 (20)

10,0 (20)

—

2.1.5.

Groundnuts (peanuts) and other oilseeds (50) and processed products thereof, intended for direct human consumption or use as an ingredient in foodstuffs,

with the exception of:

2,0 (20)

4,0 (20)

—

2.1.6.

Almonds, pistachios and apricot kernels, intended for direct human consumption or use as an ingredient in foodstuffs (51)

8,0 (20)

10,0 (20)

—

2.1.7.

Hazelnuts and Brazil nuts, intended for direct human consumption or use as an ingredient in foodstuffs (51)

5,0 (20)

10,0 (20)

2.1.8.

Tree nuts, other than the tree nuts listed in 2.1.6 and 2.1.7, and processed products thereof, intended for direct human consumption or use as an ingredient in foodstuffs

2,0 (20)

4,0 (20)

—

▼M12

2.1.9.

Dried fruit, other than dried figs, to be subjected to sorting, or other physical treatment, before human consumption or use as an ingredient in foodstuffs

5,0

10,0

—

2.1.10.

Dried fruit, other than dried figs, and processed products thereof, intended for direct human consumption or use as an ingredient in foodstuffs

2,0

4,0

—

▼M5

2.1.11.

All cereals and all products derived from cereals, including processed cereal products, with the exception of foodstuffs listed in 2.1.12, 2.1.15 and 2.1.17

2,0

4,0

—

2.1.12.

Maize and rice to be subjected to sorting or other physical treatment before human consumption or use as an ingredient in foodstuffs

5,0

10,0

—

2.1.13.

Raw milk (21), heat-treated milk and milk for the manufacture of milk-based products

—

—

0,050

2.1.14.

Following species of spices:

Mixtures of spices containing one or more of the abovementioned spices

5,0

10,0

—

2.1.15.

Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (18) (22)

0,10

—

—

2.1.16.

Infant formulae and follow-on formulae, including infant milk and follow-on milk (19) ►M20   (18)  ◄

—

—

0,025

2.1.17.

Dietary foods for special medical purposes ►M20   (18)  ◄  (23) intended specifically for infants

0,10

—

0,025

▼M12

2.1.18.

Dried figs

6,0

10,0

—

▼M42

2.2

Ochratoxin A

2.2.1

Unprocessed cereals (31)

5,0

2.2.2

All products, derived/processed from unprocessed cereals, with the exception of foodstuffs listed in 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.12 and 2.2.13

Cereals placed on the market for the final consumer

3,0

2.2.3

Bakery wares, cereal snacks and breakfast cereals

2,0

4,0

3,0

2.2.4

Non-alcoholic malt beverages

3,0

2.2.5

Wheat gluten not placed on the market for the final consumer

8,0

2.2.6

Dried fruit

8,0

2,0

2.2.7

Date syrup

15

2.2.8

Roasted coffee

3,0

5,0

2.2.9

Wine (including sparkling wine, excluding liqueur wine and wine with an alcoholic strength of not less than 15 % vol.) and fruit wine (24)

2,0  (25)

2.2.10

Aromatised wine, aromatised wine-based drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktails (26)

2,0  (25)

2.2.11

Grape juice, concentrated grape juice as reconstituted, grape nectar, grape must and concentrated grape must as reconstituted, placed on the market for the final consumer (27)

2,0  (25)

2.2.12

Processed cereal-based foods for infants and young children and baby foods (18) (22)

0,50

2.2.13

Dietary foods for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children (18) (23)

0,50

2.2.14

Spices, including dried spices, except Capsicum spp.

Capsicum spp. (dried fruits thereof, whole or ground, including chillies, chilli powder, cayenne or paprika)

Mixtures of spices

15

20

15

2.2.15

Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra, Glycyrrhiza inflate and other species)

20

80

50

10,0

2.2.16

Dried herbs

10,0

2.2.17

Ginger roots for use in herbal infusions

Marshmallow roots, dandelion roots and orange blossoms for use in herbal infusions or in coffee substitutes

15

20

2.2.18

Sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, (water) melon seeds hempseeds, soybeans

5,0

2.2.19

Pistachios to be subjected to sorting, or other physical treatment, before placing on the market for final consumer or use as ingredient in food

Pistachios placed on the market for final consumer or use as ingredient in foodstuffs

10,0

5,0

2.2.20

Cocoa powder

3,0

▼B

2.3

Patulin

2.3.1

Fruit juices, concentrated fruit juices as reconstituted and fruit nectars (27)

50

2.3.2

Spirit drinks (28), cider and other fermented drinks derived from apples or containing apple juice

50

2.3.3

Solid apple products, including apple compote, apple puree intended for direct consumption with the exception of foodstuffs listed in 2.3.4 and 2.3.5

25

2.3.4

Apple juice and solid apple products, including apple compote and apple puree, for infants and young children (29) and labelled and sold as such (19)

10,0

2.3.5

Baby foods other than processed cereal-based foods for infants and young children (18) (19)

10,0

▼M1

2.4

Deoxynivalenol (30)

2.4.1

Unprocessed cereals (31) (32) other than durum wheat, oats and maize

1 250

2.4.2

Unprocessed durum wheat and oats (31) (32)

1 750

2.4.3

Unprocessed maize (31), with the exception of unprocessed maize intended to be processed by wet milling (47)

1 750  (33)

2.4.4

Cereals intended for direct human consumption, cereal flour, bran and germ as end product marketed for direct human consumption, with the exception of foodstuffs listed in 2.4.7, 2.4.8 and 2.4.9

750

2.4.5

Pasta (dry) (34)

750

2.4.6

Bread (including small bakery wares), pastries, biscuits, cereal snacks and breakfast cereals

500

2.4.7

Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (18) (22)

200

2.4.8

Milling fractions of maize with particle size > 500 micron falling within CN code 1103 13 or 1103 20 40 and other maize milling products with particle size > 500 micron not used for direct human consumption falling within CN code 1904 10 10

750  (33)

2.4.9

Milling fractions of maize with particle size ≤ 500 micron falling within CN code 1102 20 and other maize milling products with particle size ≤ 500 micron not used for direct human consumption falling within CN code 1904 10 10

1 250  (33)

2.5

Zearalenone (30)

2.5.1

Unprocessed cereals (31) (32) other than maize

100

2.5.2

Unprocessed maize (31) with the exception of unprocessed maize intended to be processed by wet milling (47)

350  (33)

2.5.3

Cereals intended for direct human consumption, cereal flour, bran and germ as end product marketed for direct human consumption, with the exception of foodstuffs listed in 2.5.6, 2.5.7, 2.5.8, 2.5.9 and 2.5.10

75

2.5.4

Refined maize oil

400  (33)

2.5.5

Bread (including small bakery wares), pastries, biscuits, cereal snacks and breakfast cereals, excluding maize-snacks and maize-based breakfast cereals

50

2.5.6

Maize intended for direct human consumption, maize-based snacks and maize-based breakfast cereals

100  (33)

2.5.7

Processed cereal-based foods (excluding processed maize-based foods) and baby foods for infants and young children (18) (22)

20

2.5.8

Processed maize-based foods for infants and young children (18) (22)

20  (33)

2.5.9

Milling fractions of maize with particle size > 500 micron falling within CN code 1103 13 or 1103 20 40 and other maize milling products with particle size > 500 micron not used for direct human consumption falling within CN code 1904 10 10

200  (33)

2.5.10

Milling fractions of maize with particle size ≤ 500 micron falling within CN code 1102 20 and other maize milling products with particle size ≤ 500 micron not used for direct human consumption falling within CN code 1904 10 10

300  (33)

2.6

Fumonisins

Sum of B1 and B2

2.6.1

Unprocessed maize (31), with the exception of unprocessed maize intended to be processed by wet milling (47)

4 000  (35)

2.6.2

Maize intended for direct human consumption, maize-based foods for direct human consumption, with the exception of foodstuffs listed in 2.6.3 and 2.6.4

1 000  (35)

2.6.3

Maize-based breakfast cereals and maize-based snacks

800  (35)

2.6.4

Processed maize-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (18) (22)

200  (35)

2.6.5

Milling fractions of maize with particle size > 500 micron falling within CN code 1103 13 or 1103 20 40 and other maize milling products with particle size > 500 micron not used for direct human consumption falling within CN code 1904 10 10

1 400  (35)

2.6.6

Milling fractions of maize with particle size ≤ 500 micron falling within CN code 1102 20 and other maize milling products with particle size ≤ 500 micron not used for direct human consumption falling within CN code 1904 10 10

2 000  (35)

▼B

2.7

T-2 and HT-2 toxin (30)

Sum of T-2 and HT-2 toxin

2.7.1

Unprocessed cereals (31) and cereal products

▼M30

2.8

Citrinin

2.8.1

Food supplements based on rice fermented with red yeast Monascus purpureus

100

▼M37

2.9

Ergot sclerotia and ergot alkaloids

2.9.1.

Ergot sclerotia

2.9.1.1.

Unprocessed cereals (31) with the exception of

0,2 g/kg

2.9.1.2.

Unprocessed rye (31)

0,5 g/kg until 30.6.2024

0,2 g/kg as from 1.7.2024

2.9.2.

Ergot alkaloids (71)

2.9.2.1.

Milling products of barley, wheat, spelt and oats

(with an ash content lower than 900mg/100g)

100 μg/kg

50 μg/kg as from 1.7.2024

2.9.2.2.

Milling products of barley, wheat, spelt and oats

(with an ash content equal or higher than 900mg/100g)

Barley, wheat, spelt and oats grains placed on the market for the final consumer

150 μg/kg

2.9.2.3.

Rye milling products

Rye placed on the market for the final consumer

500 μg/kg until 30.6.2024

250 μg/kg as from 1.7.2024

2.9.2.4.

Wheat gluten

400 μg/kg

2.9.2.5.

Processed cereal based food for infants and young children (18) (40)

20 μg/kg

▼B

Foodstuffs (16)

Maximum levels

(mg/kg wet weight)

▼M35

3.1

Lead

3.1.1

Raw milk (21), heat-treated milk and milk for the manufacture of milk-based products

0,020

3.1.2

Infant formulae, follow-on formulae and young child formulae (*8)

marketed as powder (18) (40)

0,020

marketed as liquid (18) (40)

0,010

3.1.3

Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (18) (40) other than those listed under point 3.1.5.

0,020

3.1.4

Foods for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children

marketed as powder (18) (40)

0,020

marketed as liquid (18) (40)

0,010

3.1.5

Drinks for infants and young children labelled and sold as such, other than those mentioned under points 3.1.2 and 3.1.4

marketed as liquids or to be reconstituted following instructions of the manufacturer including fruit juices (19)

0,020

to be prepared by infusion or decoction (40)

0,50

3.1.6

Meat (excluding offal) of bovine animals, sheep, pig and poultry (21)

0,10

3.1.7

Offal (21)

of bovine animals and sheep

0,20

of pig

0,15

of poultry

0,10

3.1.8

Muscle meat of fish (36) (37)

0,30

3.1.9

Cephalopods (62)

0,30

3.1.10

Crustaceans (38) (54)

0,50

3.1.11

Bivalve molluscs (38)

1,50

3.1.12

Cereals and pulses

0,20

3.1.13

Root and tuber vegetables (excluding salsifies, fresh ginger and fresh turmeric), bulb vegetables, flowering brassica, head brassica, kohlrabies, legume vegetables and stem vegetables (39) (63)

0,10

3.1.14

Leafy brassica, salsify, the following fungi Agaricus bisporus (common mushroom), Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster mushroom), Lentinula edodes (Shiitake mushroom) and leafy vegetables (excluding fresh herbs) (39)

0,30

3.1.15

Wild fungi, fresh turmeric and fresh ginger

0,80

3.1.16

Fruiting vegetables

sweetcorn (39)

0,10

other than sweetcorn (39)

0,05

3.1.17

Fruit, excluding cranberries, currants, elderberries and strawberry tree fruit (27)

0,10

3.1.18

Cranberries, currants, elderberries and strawberry tree fruit (39)

0,20

3.1.19

Fats and oils, including milk fat

0,10

3.1.20

Fruit juices, concentrated fruit juices as reconstituted and fruit nectars

exclusively from berries and other small fruits (27)

0,05

from fruits other than berries and other small fruits (27)

0,03

3.1.21

Wine (including sparkling wine, excluding liqueur wine), cider, perry and fruit wine (24)

products produced from the 2001 fruit harvest to the 2015 fruit harvest

0,20

products produced from the 2016 fruit harvest to the 2021 fruit harvest

0,15

products produced from the 2022 fruit harvest onwards

0,10

3.1.22

Aromatised wine, aromatised wine-based drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktails (26)

products produced from the 2001 fruit harvest to the 2015 fruit harvest

0,20

products produced from the 2016 fruit harvest to the 2021 fruit harvest

0,15

products produced from the 2022 fruit harvest onwards

0,10

3.1.23

Liqueur wine made from grapes (67)

products produced from the 2022 fruit harvest onwards

0,15

3.1.24

Food supplements (49)

3,0

3.1.25

Honey

0,10

3.1.26

Dried spices (40)

Fruit spices

0,60

Root and rhizome spices

1,50

Bark spices

2,0

Bud spices and flower pistil spices

1,0

Seed spices

0,90

3.1.27

Salt, except the following unrefined salts: ‘fleur de sel’ and ‘grey salt’ which are manually harvested from salt marshes with a clay bottom

1,0

The following unrefined salts: ‘fleur de sel’ and ‘grey salt’ which are manually harvested from salt marshes with a clay bottom

2,0

▼M36

3.2

Cadmium

3.2.1

Fruits (39) and tree nuts (39)

3.2.1.1

Citrus fruits, pome fruits, stone fruits, table olives, kiwi fruits, bananas, mangoes, papayas and pineapples

0,020

3.2.1.2

Berries and small fruits, except raspberries

0,030

3.2.1.3

Raspberries

0,040

3.2.1.4

Fruits, except those listed under 3.2.1.1, 3.2.1.2 and 3.2.1.3

0,050

3.2.1.5

Tree nuts (68)

3.2.1.5.1

Tree nuts, except those listed under 3.2.1.5.2

0,20

3.2.1.5.2

Pine nuts

0,30

3.2.2

Root and tuber vegetables (39)

3.2.2.1

Root and tuber vegetables, except those listed under 3.2.2.2, 3.2.2.3, 3.2.2.4, 3.2.2.5 and 3.2.2.6. For potatoes, the maximum level applies to peeled potatoes.

0,10

3.2.2.2

Radishes

0,020

3.2.2.3

Tropical roots and tubers, parsley roots, turnips

0,050

3.2.2.4

Beetroots

0,060

3.2.2.5

Celeriac

0,15

3.2.2.6

Horseradish, parsnips, salsify

0,20

3.2.3

Bulb vegetables (39)

3.2.3.1

Bulb vegetables, except garlic

0,030

3.2.3.2

Garlic

0,050

3.2.4

Fruiting vegetables (39)

3.2.4.1

Fruiting vegetables, except aubergines

0,020

3.2.4.2

Aubergines

0,030

3.2.5

Brassica vegetables (39)

3.2.5.1

Brassica, other than leafy brassica

0,040

3.2.5.2

Leafy brassica

0,10

3.2.6

Leaf vegetables and herbs (39)

3.2.6.1

Leaf vegetables, except those listed under point 3.2.6.2

0,10

3.2.6.2

Spinaches and similar leaves, mustard seedlings and fresh herbs

0,20

3.2.7

Legume vegetables (39)

0,020

3.2.8

Stem vegetables (39)

3.2.8.1

Stem vegetables, other than those listed under point 3.2.8.2 and 3.2.8.3

0,030

3.2.8.2

Leeks

0,040

3.2.8.3

Celeries

0,10

3.2.9

Fungi (39)

3.2.9.1

Cultivated fungi, other than those listed under point 3.2.9.2

0,050

3.2.9.2

Lentinula edodes (Shiitake mushroom) and Pleurotus, ostreatus (Oyster mushroom)

0,15

3.2.9.3

Wild fungi

0,50

3.2.10

Pulses and proteins from pulses

3.2.10.1

Pulses, except proteins from pulses

0,040

3.2.10.2

Proteins from pulses

0,10

3.2.11

Oilseeds (68)

3.2.11.1

Oilseeds, except those listed under 3.2.11.2, 3.2.11.3, 3.2.11.4, 3.2.11.5 and 3.2.11.6

0,10

3.2.11.2

Rape seeds

0,15

3.2.11.3

Peanuts and soy beans

0,20

3.2.11.4

Mustard seeds

0,30

3.2.11.5

Linseed and sunflower seed

0,50

3.2.11.6

Poppy seed

1,20

3.2.12

Cereals (69)

3.2.12.1

Cereals other than those listed under 3.2.12.2, 3.2.12.3, 3.2.12.4 and 3.2.12.5

0,10

3.2.12.2

Rye and barley

0,050

3.2.12.3

Rice, quinoa, wheat bran and wheat gluten

0,15

3.2.12.4

Triticum durum (durum wheat)

0,18

3.2.12.5

Wheat germ

0,20

3.2.13

Specific cocoa and chocolate products as listed below (59)

3.2.13.1

0,10

3.2.13.2

0,30

3.2.13.3

0,80

3.2.13.4

0,60

3.2.14

Products of animal origin – terrestrial animals (21)

3.2.14.1

Meat (excluding offal) of bovine animals, sheep, pig and poultry

0,050

3.2.14.2

Horsemeat, excluding offal

0,20

3.2.14.3

Liver of bovine animals, sheep, pig, poultry and horse

0,50

3.2.14.4

Kidney of bovine animals, sheep, pig, poultry and horse

1,0

3.2.15

Products of animal origin- fish, fish products and any other marine and freshwater food products

3.2.15.1

Muscle meat of fish (36) (37), excluding species listed under points 3.2.15.2, 3.2.15.3 and 3.2.15.4

0,050

3.2.15.2

Muscle meat of the following fish (36) (37):

mackerel (Scomber species), tuna (Thunnus species, Katsuwonus pelamis, Euthynnus species), bichique (Sicyopterus lagocephalus)

0,10

3.2.15.3

Muscle meat of the following fish (36) (37):

bullet tuna (Auxis species)

0,15

3.2.15.4

Muscle meat of the following fish (36) (37):

anchovy (Engraulis species), swordfish (Xiphias gladius), sardine (Sardina pilchardus)

0,25

3.2.15.5

Crustaceans (38): muscle meat from appendages and abdomen (54). In case of crabs and crab-like crustaceans (Brachyura and Anomura) muscle meat from appendages.

0,50

3.2.15.6

Bivalve molluscs (38)

1,0

3.2.15.7

Cephalopods (without viscera) (38)

1,0

3.2.16

Infant formulae, follow-on formulae and foods for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children (18) (40) and young child formulae (40) (*8)

3.2.16.1

0,010

3.2.16.2

0,005

3.2.16.3

0,020

3.2.16.4

0,010

3.2.17

Young child formulae (40) (*8)

3.2.17.1

0,020

3.2.17.2

0,010

3.2.18

Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (18) (40)

0,040

3.2.19

Drinks for infants and young children labelled and sold as such, other than those mentioned in 3.2.16 and 3.2.17

3.2.19.1

Marketed as liquids or to be reconstituted following instructions of the manufacturer including fruit juices (19)

0,020

3.2.20

Food supplements (49)

3.2.20.1

Food supplements, except food supplements listed in point 3.2.20.2

1,0

3.2.20.2

Food supplements consisting exclusively or mainly of dried seaweed, products derived from seaweed, or of dried bivalve molluscs

3,0

3.2.21

Salt

0,50

▼M40

3.3

Mercury

3.3.1

Fishery products (38) and muscle meat of fish (36) (37), excluding species listed in 3.3.2 and 3.3.3. The maximum level for crustaceans applies to muscle meat from appendages and abdomen (54). In case of crabs and crab-like crustaceans (Brachyura and Anomura), it applies to muscle meat from appendages.

0,50

3.3.2

Muscle meat of the following fish (36) (37):

Axillary seabream (Pagellus acarne)

Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo)

Blackspot seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

Bonito (Sarda sarda)

Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus)

Escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum)

Halibut (Hippoglossus species)

Kingklip (Genypterus capensis)

Marlin (Makaira species)

Megrim (Lepidorhombus species)

Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus)

Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus)

Pink cusk-eel (Genypterus blacodes)

Pike (Esox species)

Plain bonito (Orcynopsis unicolor)

Poor cod (Tricopterus species)

Red mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus)

Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)

Sail fish (Istiophorus species)

Silver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus)

Snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)

Sturgeon (Acipenser species)

Surmullet (Mullus surmuletus)

Tuna (Thunnus species, Euthynnus species, Katsuwonus pelamis)

Shark (all species)

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

1,0

3.3.3

Cephalopods

Marine gastropods

Muscle meat of the following fish (36) (37):

Anchovy (Engraulis species)

Alaska pollock (Theragra chalcogrammus)

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

Basa (Pangasius bocourti)

Carp (species belonging to the Cyprinidae family)

Common dab (Limanda limanda)

Mackerel (Scomber species)

European flounder (Platichthys flesus)

European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)

European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)

Mekong giant catfish (Pangasianodon gigas)

Pollock (Pollachius pollachius)

Saithe (Pollachius virens)

Salmon & Trout (Salmo species and Oncorhynchus species, except Salmo trutta)

Sardine or Pilchard (Dussumieria species, Sardina species, Sardinella species and Sardinops species)

Sole (Solea solea)

Striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypothalamus)

Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)

0,30

3.3.4

Food supplements (49)

0,10

3.3.5

Salt

0,10

▼B

3.4

Tin (inorganic)

3.4.1

Canned foods other than beverages

200

3.4.2

Canned beverages, including fruit juices and vegetable juices

100

3.4.3

Canned baby foods and processed cereal-based foods for infants and young children, excluding dried and powdered products (18) (40)

50

3.4.4

Canned infant formulae and follow-on formulae (including infant milk and follow-on milk), excluding dried and powdered products ►M20   (18)  ◄  (40)

50

3.4.5

Canned dietary foods for special medical purposes ►M20   (18)  ◄  (40) intended specifically for infants, excluding dried and powdered products

50

▼M46

3.5

Arsenic (inorganic arsenic for 3.5.1 to 3.5.4 and total arsenic for 3.5.5) (60)

3.5.1

Cereals and cereal based products (61)

3.5.1.1

Non-parboiled milled rice (polished or white rice)

0,15

3.5.1.2

Parboiled and husked rice

0,25

3.5.1.3

Rice flour

0,25

3.5.1.4

Rice waffles, rice wafers, rice crackers, rice cakes, rice flakes and popped breakfast rice

0,30

3.5.1.5

Rice destined for the production of food for infants and young children (18)

0,10

3.5.1.6

Non-alcoholic rice-based drinks

0,030

3.5.2

Infant formulae (18) (40) , follow-on formulae (18) (40) , foods for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children (18) (40) and young child formulae (40) (*8).

3.5.2.1

-marketed as powder

0,020

3.5.2.2

-marketed as liquid

0,010

3.5.3

Baby foods (18) (40)

0,020

3.5.4

Fruit juices, concentrated fruit juices as reconstituted and fruit nectars (27)

0,020

3.5.5

Salt

0,50

Foodstuffs (16)

Maximum level (μg/kg)

4.1

3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD)

4.1.1

Hydrolysed vegetable protein (41)

20

4.1.2

Soy sauce (41)

20

4.2

Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol

4.2.1

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, with the exception of the foods referred to in 4.2.2 and of virgin olive oils ()

1 000 ()

4.2.2

Vegetable oils and fats, fish oils and oils from other marine organisms destined for the production of baby food and processed cereal-based food for infants and young children (18)

500 () ()

4.2.3

Infant formula, follow-on formula and foods for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children (18) (40) and young-child formula (40) () (powder)

50 ()

4.2.4

Infant formula, follow-on formula and foods for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children (18) (40) and young-child formula (40) () (liquid)

6,0 ()

4.3

Sum of 3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD) and 3-MCPD fatty acid esters, expressed as 3-MCPD ()

4.3.1

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 falling within the following categories, with the exception of the foods referred to in 4.3.2 and of virgin olive oils ():

1 250

2 500

— ()

4.3.2

Vegetable oils and fats, fish oils and oils from other marine organisms destined for the production of baby food and processed cereal-based food for infants and young children (18)

750 ()

4.3.3

Infant formula, follow-on formula and foods for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children (18) (40) and young-child formula (40) () (powder)

125 ()

4.3.4

Infant formula, follow-on formula and foods for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children (18) (40) and young-child formula (40) () (liquid)

15 ()

Foodstuffs

Maximum levels

Sum of dioxins (WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ) (43)

Sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBS (WHO-PCDD/F-PCB-TEQ) (43)

Sum of PCB28, PCB52, PCB101, PCB138, PCB153 and PCB180 (ICES – 6) (43)

▼M44

5.1

Meat and meat products (excluding edible offal) of the following animals (21):

2,5 pg/g fat (44)

1,75 pg/g fat (44)

1,0 pg/g fat (44)

5,0 pg/g fat (44)

1,0 pg/g fat (44)

5,0 pg/g fat (44)

2,0 pg/g fat (44)

3,0 pg/g fat (44)

4,0 pg/g fat (44)

3,0 pg/g fat (44)

1,25 pg/g fat (44)

10,0 pg/g fat (44)

1,5 pg/g fat (44)

10,0 pg/g fat (44)

4,0 pg/g fat (44)

7,5 pg/g fat (44)

40 ng/g fat (44)

40 ng/g fat (44)

40 ng/g fat (44)

5.2

Liver of bovine and caprine animals, poultry, pigs and horse and derived products thereof

0,30 pg/g wet weight

0,50 pg/g wet weight

3,0 ng/g wet weight

Liver of ovine animals and derived products thereof

1,25 pg/g wet weight

2,00 pg/g wet weight

3,0 ng/g wet weight

Liver of wild game birds

2,5 pg/g wet weight

5,0 pg/g wet weight

▼M19

5.3

Muscle meat of fish and fishery products and products thereof (37)  (45), with the exemption of:

The maximum level for crustaceans applies to muscle meat from appendages and abdomen ►M44  — ◄ .

3,5 pg/g wet weight

6,5 pg/g wet weight

75 ng/g wet weight

▼M9

5.4

Muscle meat of wild caught fresh water fish, with the exception of diadromous fish species caught in fresh water, and products thereof (37)

3,5 pg/g wet weight

6,5 pg/g wet weight

125 ng/g wet weight

▼M19

5.4a

Muscle meat of wild caught spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and products thereof (45)

3,5 pg/g wet weight

6,5 pg/g wet weight

200 ng/g wet weight

▼M9

5.5

Muscle meat of wild caught eel (Anguilla anguilla) and products thereof

3,5 pg/g wet weight

10,0 pg/g wet weight

300 ng/g wet weight

5.6

Fish liver and derived products thereof with the exception of marine oils referred to in point 5.7

—

20,0 pg/g wet weight (48)

200 ng/g wet weight (48)

5.7

Marine oils (fish body oil, fish liver oil and oils of other marine organisms intended for human consumption)

1,75 pg/g fat

6,0 pg/g fat

200 ng/g fat

▼M44

5.8

Raw milk (21) and dairy products (21), including butter fat

2,0 pg/g fat (44)

4,0 pg/g fat (44)

40 ng/g fat (44)

5.9

Poultry eggs and egg products except goose eggs (21)

2,5 pg/g fat (44)

5,0 pg/g fat (44)

40 ng/g fat (44)

▼M9

5.10

Fat of the following animals:

—  bovine animals and sheep

2,5 pg/g fat

4,0 pg/g fat

40 ng/g fat

—  poultry

1,75 pg/g fat

3,0 pg/g fat

40 ng/g fat

—  pigs

1,0 pg/g fat

1,25 pg/g fat

40 ng/g fat

5.11

Mixed animal fats

1,5 pg/g fat

2,50 pg/g fat

40 ng/g fat

5.12

Vegetable oils and fats

0,75 pg/g fat

1,25 pg/g fat

40 ng/g fat

5.13

Foods for infants and young children (19)

0,1 pg/g wet weight

0,2 pg/g wet weight

1,0 ng/g wet weight

Foodstuffs

Maximum levels (μg/kg)

6.1

Benzo(a)pyrene, benz(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene and chrysene

Benzo(a)pyrene

Sum of benzo(a)pyrene, benz(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene and chrysene (55)

6.1.1

Oils and fats (excluding cocoa butter and coconut oil) intended for direct human consumption or use as an ingredient in food

2,0

10,0

▼M24

6.1.2

Cocoa beans and derived products with the exception of the products referred to in point 6.1.11

5,0 μg/kg fat as from 1.4.2013

35,0 μg/kg fat as from 1.4.2013 until 31.3.2015

30,0 μg/kg fat as from 1.4.2015

▼M22

6.1.3

Coconut oil intended for direct human consumption or use as an ingredient in food

2,0

20,0

6.1.4

Smoked meat and smoked meat products

5,0 until 31.8.2014

2,0 as from 1.9.2014

30,0 as from 1.9.2012 until 31.8.2014

12,0 as from 1.9.2014

6.1.5

Muscle meat of smoked fish and smoked fishery products (37) (46), excluding fishery products listed in points 6.1.6 and 6.1.7. The maximum level for smoked crustaceans applies to muscle meat from appendages and abdomen (54). In case of smoked crabs and crab-like crustaceans (Brachyura and Anomura) it applies to muscle meat from appendages.

5,0 until 31.8.2014

2,0 as from 1.9.2014

30,0 as from 1.9.2012 until 31.8.2014

12,0 as from 1.9.2014

6.1.6

Smoked sprats and canned smoked sprats (37) (57) (Sprattus sprattus); Smoked Baltic herring ≤ 14 cm length and canned smoked Baltic herring ≤ 14 cm length (37) (57) (Clupea harengus membras); Katsuobushi (dried bonito, Katsuwonus pelamis); bivalve molluscs (fresh, chilled or frozen) (38); heat treated meat and heat treated meat products (56) sold to the final consumer

5,0

30,0

6.1.7

Bivalve molluscs (46) (smoked)

6,0

35,0

6.1.8

Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (18) (40)

1,0

1,0

6.1.9

Infant formulae and follow-on formulae, including infant milk and follow-on milk ►M20   (18)  ◄  (40)

1,0

1,0

6.1.10

Dietary foods for special medical purposes ►M20   (18)  ◄  (40) intended specifically for infants

1,0

1,0

▼M24

6.1.11

Cocoa fibre and products derived from cocoa fibre, intended for use as an ingredient in food

3,0

15,0

6.1.12

Banana chips

2,0

20,0

6.1.13

Food supplements containing botanicals and their preparations (49) (*6) (*7)

Food supplements containing propolis, royal jelly, spirulina or their preparations (49)

10,0

50,0

6.1.14

Dried herbs

10,0

50,0

6.1.15

Dried spices with the exception of cardamon and smoked Capsicum spp.

10,0

50,0

▼M32

6.1.16

Powders of food of plant origin for the preparation of beverages with the exception of the products referred to in 6.1.2 and 6.1.11 (*9)

10,0

50,0

Foodstuffs

Maximum levels

(mg/kg)

7.1.

Melamine

7.1.1.

Food with the exception of infant formulae and follow-on formulae (58)

2,5

7.1.2.

Powdered infant formulae and follow-on formulae

1

Foodstuffs (66)

Maximum level (g/kg)

8.1

Erucic acid, including erucic acid bound in fat

8.1.1

Vegetable oils and fats placed on the market for the final consumer or for use as an ingredient in food, with the exception of camelina oil, mustard oil and borage oil

20,0

8.1.2.

Camelina oil, mustard oil (66) and borage oil

50,0

8.1.3.

Mustard (condiment)

35,0

Foodstuffs (16)

Maximum level (μg/kg)

8.2

Tropane alkaloids (70)

Atropine

Scopolamine

8.2.1.

Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children, containing millet, sorghum, buckwheat, maize or their derived products (18) (40)

1,0

1,0

Sum of atropine and scopolamine

8.2.2.

Unprocessed millet and sorghum (31)

5,0 as from 1 September 2022

8.2.3.

Unprocessed maize (31) with the exception of

15 as from 1 September 2022

8.2.4.

Unprocessed buckwheat (31)

10 as from 1 September 2022

8.2.5.

Maize for popping

Millet, sorghum and maize placed on the market for the final consumer

Milling products of millet, sorghum and maize

5,0 as from 1 September 2022

8.2.6.

Buckwheat placed on the market for the final consumer

Milling products of buckwheat

10 as from 1 September 2022

8.2.7.

Herbal infusions (dried product) with the exception of the herbal infusions referred to in 8.2.8.

25 as from 1 September 2022

8.2.8.

Herbal infusions (dried product) of anise seeds

50 as from 1 September 2022

8.2.9.

Herbal infusions (liquid)

0,20 as from 1 September 2022

Foodstuffs (16)

Maximum level (mg/kg)

8.3

Hydrocyanic acid, including hydrocyanic acid bound in cyanogenic glycosides

8.3.1

Unprocessed whole (68), ground, milled, cracked, chopped linseed with the exception of foodstuffs listed in 8.3.2 (64)

250

8.3.2

Unprocessed whole, ground, milled, cracked, chopped linseed placed on the market for the final consumer (64) (65) (79)

150

8.3.3

Unprocessed whole, ground, milled, cracked, chopped almonds placed on the market for the final consumer (64) (65) (79)

35

8.3.4

Unprocessed whole, ground, milled, cracked, chopped apricot kernels placed on the market for the final consumer (64) (65)

20

8.3.5

Cassava root (fresh, peeled)

50

8.3.6

Cassava flour and tapioca flour

10

Foodstuffs (16)

Maximum level (72)

(μg/kg)

8.4.

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

8.4.1.

Herbal infusions (dried product) (73) (74) with the exception of the herbal infusions referred to in 8.4.2. and 8.4.4.

200

8.4.2.

Herbal infusions of rooibos, anise (Pimpinella anisum), lemon balm, chamomile, thyme, peppermint, lemon verbena (dried product) and mixtures exclusively composed of these dried herbs (73) (74) with the exception of the herbal infusions referred to in 8.4.4.

400

8.4.3.

Tea (Camellia sinensis) and flavoured tea (75)(Camellia sinensis) (dried product) (74) with the exception of the tea and flavoured tea referred to in 8.4.4.

150

8.4.4.

Tea (Camellia sinensis), flavoured tea (75)(Camellia sinensis) and herbal infusions for infants and young children (dried product)

75

8.4.5.

Tea (Camellia sinensis), flavoured tea (75)(Camellia sinensis) and herbal infusions for infants and young children (liquid)

1,0

8.4.6.

Food supplements containing herbal ingredients including extracts (73) with the exception of the food supplements referred to in 8.4.7.

400

8.4.7.

Pollen based food supplements (49)

Pollen and pollen products

500

8.4.8.

Borage leaves (fresh, frozen) placed on the market for the final consumer (73)

750

8.4.9.

Dried herbs with the exception of the dried herbs referred to in 8.4.10. (73)

400

8.4.10.

Borage, lovage, marjoram and oregano (dried) and mixtures exclusively composed of these dried herbs (73)

1 000

8.4.11.

Cumin seeds (seed spice)

400

Foodstuffs (16)

Maximum level (mg/kg)

8.5.

Opium alkaloids (76)

8.5.1.

Whole, ground or milled poppy seeds placed on the market for the final consumer

20

8.5.2.

Bakery products (77) containing poppy seeds and/or derived products thereof (78)

1,50

Foodstuffs

Maximum level (mg/kg)

8.6.

Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) equivalents (80)

8.6.1.

Hemp seeds

3,0

8.6.2.

Ground hemp seeds, (partially) defatted hemp seed and other hemp seed derived/processed products (81) with the exception of the products referred to in 8.6.3.

3,0

8.6.3.

Hemp seed oil

7,5

Foodstuffs (16)

Maximum level

(mg/kg)

9.

Perchlorate

9.1.

Fruits and vegetables

with the exception of:

0,05

0,10

0,50

9.2

Tea (Camellia sinensis), dried

Herbal and fruit infusions, dried

0,75

9.3

Infant formula, follow-on formula, foods for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children and young child formula (18) (19) (*8)

0,01

Babyfood (18) (19)

0,02

Processed cereal based food (18) (19) (49)

0,01

Foodstuffs (16)

Maximum Levels μg/kg wet weight

PFOS (82)

PFOA (82)

PFNA (82)

PFHxS (82)

Sum of PFOS, PFOA, PFNA and PFHxS (82), (83)

10.1

Eggs

1,0

0,30

0,70

0,30

1,7

10.2

Fishery products (38) and bivalve molluscs (38)

10.2.1

Fish meat (36), (37)

10.2.1.1

Muscle meat of fish, except those listed under 10.2.1.2 and 10.2.1.3.

Muscle meat of fish listed in 10.2.1.2 and 10.2.1.3, in case they are intended for the production of food for infants and young children.

2,0

0,20

0,50

0,20

2,0

10.2.1.2

Muscle meat of the following fish, in case they are not intended for the production of food for infants and young children:

Baltic herring (Clupea harengus membras)

Bonito (Sarda and Orcynopsis species)

Burbot (Lota lota)

European sprat (Sprattus sprattus)

Flounder (Platichthys flesus and Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)

Grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)

Horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)

Pike (Esox species)

Plaice (Pleuronectes and Lepidopsetta species)

Sardine and pilchard (Sardina species)

Seabass (Dicentrarchus species)

Sea catfish (Silurus and Pangasius species)

Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)

Tench (Tinca tinca)

Vendace (Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius)

Silverly lightfish (Phosichthys argenteus)

Wild salmon and wild trout (wild Salmo and Oncorhynchus species)

Wolf fish (Anarhichas species)

7,0

1,0

2,5

0,20

8,0

10.2.1.3

Muscle meat of the following fish, in case they are not intended for the production of food for infants and young children:

Anchovy (Engraulis species)

Babel (Barbus barbus)

Bream (Abramis species)

Char (Salvelinus species)

Eel (Anguilla species)

Pike-perch (Sander species)

Perch (Perca fluviatilis)

Roach (Rutilus rutilus)

Smelt (Osmerus species)

Whitefish (Coregonus species)

35

8,0

8,0

1,5

45

10.2.2

Crustaceans  (38), (57) and bivalve molluscs  (38).

For crustaceans the maximum level shall apply to muscle meat from appendages and abdomen (54). In case of crabs and crab-like crustaceans (Brachyura and Anomura) muscle meat from appendages.

3,0

0,70

1,0

1,5

5,0

10.3

Meat and edible offal (21)

10.3.1

Meat of bovine animals, pig and poultry

0,30

0,80

0,20

0,20

1,3

10.3.2

Meat of sheep

1,0

0,20

0,20

0,20

1,6

10.3.3

Offal of bovine animals, sheep, pig and poultry

6,0

0,70

0,40

0,50

8,0

10.3.4

Meat of game animals, with the exception of bear meat

5,0

3,5

1,5

0,60

9,0

10.3.5

Offal of game animals, with the exception of bear offal

50

25

45

3,0

50