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Name of the metal contaminants |
Article of food |
Parts per Million by weight |
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1. Lead |
(i) Beverages; |
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Concentrated soft drinks (but not including concentrates used in the manufacture of soft drinks) |
0.5 |
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Fruit and vegetable juice (including tomato juice, but not including lime juice and lemon juice) |
1.0 |
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Concentrates used in the manufacture of soft drinks, lime juice and lemon juice |
2.0 |
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(ia) Baking powder |
10 |
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(ib) Edible oils and fats |
0.5 |
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(ic) Infant Milk substitute and Infant foods |
0.2 |
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(id) Turmeric whole and powder |
10.0 |
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(ii) Other foods |
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Anhydrous dextrose and dextrose monohydrate, edible oils & fats, refined white sugar (sulphated ash content not exceeding 0.03 per cent) |
0.5 |
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Ice-cream, iced lollies and similar frozen confections |
1.0 |
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Canned fish, canned meats, edible gelatin, meat extracts and hydrolysed protein, dried or dehydrated vegetables (other than onions) |
5.0 |
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All types of sugar, sugar syrup, invert sugar and direct consumption coloured sugars with sulphated ash content exceeding 1.0 per cent |
5.0 |
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Raw sugars except those sold for direct consumption or used for manufacturing purpose other than the manufacture of refined sugar. |
5.0 |
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Edible molasses, caramel liquid and solid glucose and starch conversion products with a sulphated ash content exceeding 1.0 per cent |
5.0 |
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Cocoa powder |
5.0 on the dry fat free substance |
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Yeast and yeast products |
5.0 on the dry Matter |
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Tea, dehydrated onions, dried herbs and spices flavourings, alginic acid, alignates, agar, carrageen and similar products derived from seaweed |
10.0 on the dry matter |
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Liquid pectin, chemicals not otherwise specified, used as ingredients or in the preparation or processing of food |
10.0 |
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Food colouring other than caramel |
10.0 on the dry colouring matter |
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Solid pectin |
50.0 |
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Hard boiled sugar confectionery |
2.0 |
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Iron fortified common salt |
2.0 |
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Corned beef, luncheon meat, Cooked Ham, Chopped meat, Canned chicken, Canned mutton and Goat meat and other related meat products |
2.5 |
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Brewed vinegar and Synthetic vinegar |
Nil |
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(iii) Foods not specified |
2.5 |
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2. Copper |
(i) Beverages: Soft drinks excluding concentrates and Carbonated water |
7.0 |
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Carbonated water |
1.5 |
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Toddy |
5.0 |
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Concentrates for soft drinks |
20.0 |
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(ii) Other Foods |
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Chicory-dried or roasted, coffee beans, flavourings/pectin liquid |
30.0 |
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Colouring matter |
30.0 on dry colouring matter |
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Edible gelatin |
30.0 |
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Tomato ketchup |
50.0 on the dried total solids |
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Yeast and yeast products |
60.0 on the dry matter |
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Cocoa powder |
70.0on the fat free substance |
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Tomato puree, paste, powder, juice and cocktails |
100.0 on the dried tomato solid |
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Tea |
150.0 |
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Pectin-solid |
300.0 |
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Hard boiled sugar confectionery |
5.0 |
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Iron Fortified Common Salt |
2.0 |
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Turmeric whole and powder |
5.0 |
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Juice of orange, grape, apple, tomato, pineapple and lemon |
5.0 |
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Pulp and pulp products of any fruit |
5.0 |
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Infant milk substitute and Infant foods |
15.0(But not less than 2.8) |
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Brewed Vinegar and Synthetic vinegar |
Nil |
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Caramel |
20 |
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(iii) Foods not specified |
30.0 |
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3. Arsenic |
(i) Milk |
0.1 |
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(ii) Beverages : |
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Soft drink intended for consumption after dilution except carbonated water |
0.5 |
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Carbonated water |
0.25 |
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Infant Milk substitute and Infant foods |
0.05 |
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Turmeric whole and powder |
0.1 |
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Juice of orange, grape, apple, tomato, pineapple and lemon |
0.2 |
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Pulp and pulp products of any fruit |
0.2 |
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Preservatives, anti-oxidants, emulsifying and stabilising agents and synthetic food colours |
3.0 on dry matter |
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Ice-cream, iced lollies and similar frozen confections |
0.5 |
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Dehydrated onions, edible gelatin, liquid pectin |
2.0 |
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Chicory-dried or roasted |
4.0 |
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Dried herbs, finings and clearing agents, solid pectin all grades, spices |
5.0 |
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Food colouring other than synthetic colouring. |
5.0 on dry colouring matter |
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Hard boiled sugar confectionery |
1.0 |
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Iron Fortified Common Salt |
1.0 |
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Brewed Vinegar and Synthetic Vinegar |
0.1 |
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(iii) Foods not specified |
1.1 |
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4. Tin |
(i) Processed and canned products |
250.0 |
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(i-a) Hard boiled sugar confectionery |
5.0 |
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(i-aa) Jam, Jellies and Marmalade |
250 |
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Juice of orange, apple, tomato, pineapple and lemon |
250 |
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Pulp and pulp products of any fruit |
250 |
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(i-b) Infant Milk substitute and Infant foods |
5.0 |
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(i-c) Turmeric whole and powder |
Nil |
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(i-d) Corned beef, Luncheon meat, Cooked Ham, Chopped meat, Canned chicken, Canned mutton and Goat meat |
250 |
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(ii) Foods not specified |
250 |
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5. Zinc |
(i) Ready-to-drink beverages |
5.0 |
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Juice of orange, grape, tomato, pipeapple and lemon |
5.0 |
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Pulp and pulp products of any fruit |
5.0 |
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(i-a) Infant milk substitute and Infant foods |
50.0 (but) not less than 25.0) |
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(ii) Edible gelatin |
100.0 |
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(ii-a) Turmeric whole and powder |
25.0 |
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(iii) Fruit and Vegetable products |
50.0 |
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(iii-a) Hard boiled sugar confectionery |
5.0 |
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(iv) Foods not specified |
50.0 |
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6. Cadmium |
(i) Infant Milk substitute and Infant foods |
0.1 |
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(ii) Turmeric whole and powder |
0.1 |
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(iii) Other foods |
1.5 |
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7. Mercury |
Fish |
0.5 |
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Other foods |
1.0 |
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8.Methyl Mercury |
All foods |
0.25 |
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9. Chromium |
Refined Sugar |
20 ppb |
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10. Nickel |
All hydrogenated, patially hydrogenated, interesterified vegetable oils and fats such as vanaspati, table margarine, bakery and industrialmargarine, bakery shortening, fat spread and partially hydrogenated soyabean oil |
1.5 |
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