|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
alimentary products |
afla B1 |
5 |
RO1 RO2 |
MAFF |
official |
RO3 RO4 |
official |
RO5 RO6 |
|
|
afla B1B2G1G2 |
absent |
|
|
||||||
|
ochratoxin A |
20 |
|
|
||||||
|
alimentary products for babies 3 years old |
ochratoxin A |
5 |
|
|
|||||
|
fruit juice |
patulin |
50 |
non-official |
RO7 |
|
||||
|
Dairy |
|||||||||
|
milk and milk products |
afla M1 |
0.5 |
RO1 RO2 |
MAFF |
official |
RO3 RO4 |
official |
RO8 |
|
|
Feed |
|||||||||
|
feeds |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
absent |
RO1 RO2 |
MAFF |
official |
RO3 RO4 |
official |
RO9 |
|
|
zearalenone |
20 |
|
|
||||||
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
bread grain including wheat, rye, triticale, oats, barley, millet, buckwheat, rice, maize, sorghum |
afla B1 |
5 |
RU1 |
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
grain legumes, including pea, bean, lentil, soya |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
cereals, oat flour, flakes |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
wheat flour including for pasta, rye flour, triticale flour, corn, barley, millet, rice, buckwheat, pulse flour, sorghum, soya flour |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
pasta, bread, bakery products |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
sugary confectionary products |
alfa B1 |
5 |
RU1 |
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
cocoa beans & cocoa products |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
bio-active additives (for food products) |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
flour confectionary products |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
nuts |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
tea (black, green, tablet) |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
coffee (bean, ground, instant) |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
oil seeds (sunflower, soya, cotton, corn, flax, mustard, rape, peanut) |
afla B1 |
5 |
RU1 |
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
vegetable oils (all kinds) |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
derivatives of vegetable oils (margarine, culinary fat, confectionary fat, mayonnaise, phosphatide concentrates) |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
isolates, concentrates & hydrolysates of vegetable proteins; flour and coarse meal of pulses, oil seeds and non-traditional food products |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
wheat germ flakes & coarse meal made of them |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
food bran made of pulses & cereals |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
cow butter |
afla B1 |
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
wheat |
DON |
700 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
barley |
DON |
1000 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
| |
T-2 toxin |
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
wheat, barley, maize, corn |
zearalenone |
1000 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
bottled, canned or potted vegetables, fruit, berries; juices, beverages or concentrates of vegetables, berries (canned); jams, confitures, syrups, fruit & berries mashed with sugar, fruit or berry concentrates with sugar |
patulin |
50 |
RU1 |
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dairy |
|||||||||
|
milk & dairy products |
afla M1 |
0.5 |
RU1 |
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
casein, caseinates, concentrates of milk proteins, hydrolysates of milk proteins |
afla M1 |
0.5 |
RU1 |
MH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
bio-active additives (for food products) |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
situation 1991 [FAO 1997]
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
foods |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Feed |
|||||||||
|
all feedstuffs |
afla B1 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
supplementary feeds for porcine/poultry/dairy cattle; single composite feedstuffs; bovine/caprine/ovine feedstuffs |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commodity | (Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) | Limit (µg/kg) | Legal basis | Responsible authority | Sampling method | Analytical method | Remarks | ||
status | ref. | status | ref. | ||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
infant and children food |
all afla |
0.05 |
|
SASO |
|
|
|
|
SA1 |
|
Dairy |
|||||||||
|
liquid milk and milk products [except dried milk] |
all afla |
0.2 |
|
SASO |
|
|
|
|
SA1 |
situation 1987 [FAO 1997]
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Feed |
|||||||||
|
peanut products (straight feedstuffs) |
afla B1 |
50 |
SE1 |
MC |
official |
|
official |
SE2 |
|
|
peanut products (feedstuff ingredients) |
300 |
MC & MPH |
|
|
|||||
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
wheat, corn, rice, barley, bean, peas, roasted coffee, roasted peanut, tea |
afla B1 |
5 |
YU1 |
MPH |
official |
YU2 |
official |
YU3 |
in force since 1992 |
|
meat and meat products |
0.5 |
||||||||
|
spices |
30 |
||||||||
|
milk and milk products |
0.5 |
||||||||
|
all foodstuffs |
ochratoxin A |
10 |
in force since 1990 |
||||||
|
apple juice |
patulin |
50 |
in force since 1992 |
||||||
|
corn |
zearalenone |
1000 |
|||||||
|
Dairy |
|||||||||
|
milk and milk products |
afla M1 |
0.5 |
YU1 |
MPH |
official |
YU2 |
official |
YU3 |
in force since 1992 |
|
Feed |
|||||||||
|
feed for chicken, pigs (until 50kg), calf, young turkey, duckling, cow |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
10 |
YU4 |
MA |
official |
YU5 |
official |
YU3 |
in force since 1990 |
|
feed for ox, sheep, goat |
50 |
||||||||
|
feed for swine and poultry |
20 |
||||||||
|
feed for pigs (until 50kg) |
ochratoxin A |
100 |
|
||||||
|
feed for swine |
200 |
|
|||||||
|
feed for poultry |
1000 |
|
|||||||
|
feed for egg laying hen |
250 |
|
|||||||
|
feed for chicken, pigs (until 50kg) and calf |
sum of trichothecenes |
300 |
|
||||||
|
feed for swine, ox and poultry |
600 |
|
|||||||
|
feed for pigs (until 50kg) |
zearalenone |
500 |
|
||||||
|
feed for other type of swine |
1000 |
|
|||||||
|
feed for cow, sheep and goat |
3000 |
|
|||||||
|
feed for ox |
5000 |
|
|||||||
|
feed for egg laying hen |
100000 |
|
|||||||
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
corn, nuts, and cereal products |
afla B1 |
not given |
SG1 |
AVA |
non-official |
|
official |
SG2 |
|
|
corn, nuts, and cereal products |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
5 |
|
|
|||||
|
cereal, raw coffee beans |
ochratoxin A |
2.5 |
|
SG3 |
|
||||
|
roasted coffee beans |
2.5 |
|
SG4 |
|
|||||
|
apple & apple juice |
patulin |
50 |
|
non-official |
SG5 |
|
|||
|
cereal & grain products |
DON |
not given |
|
SG6 |
|
||||
|
corn & corn products |
fumonisin B1 |
not given |
|
SG7 |
|
||||
|
cereal & grain products |
zearalenone |
not given |
|
non-official but SOP |
SG8 |
|
|||
|
Dairy |
|||||||||
|
milk & cheese products |
afla M1 |
0.5 |
SG1 |
AVA |
non-official |
|
non-official |
SG9 |
|
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
milk, meat, poultry, flour and its products, rice, vegetables, potatoes |
afla B1 |
5 |
SK1 |
MH/MA |
official |
|
official |
|
|
|
milk, meat, poultry, flour and its products, rice, vegetables, potatoes |
ochratoxin A |
5 |
SK1 |
MH/MA |
official |
|
official |
|
|
|
patulin |
50 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
sterigmatocystin |
5 |
|
|
|
|
not analysed |
|||
|
infant formulae |
afla B1 |
1 |
official |
|
official |
|
|
||
|
afla B1B2G1G2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
ochratoxin A |
1 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
patulin |
20 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
food for children |
afla B1 |
1 |
|
|
|
||||
|
afla B1B2G1G2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
food for children |
ochratoxin A |
1 |
SK1 |
MH/MA |
official |
|
official |
|
|
|
patulin |
30 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
other foodstuffs |
afla B1 |
20 |
|
|
|
||||
|
afla B1B2G1G2 |
80 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
ochratoxin A |
10 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
patulin |
100 |
|
|
|
|||||
|
sterigmatocystin |
20 |
|
|
|
|
not analysed |
|||
|
ground nuts, cocoa, nuts |
afla B1 |
10 |
official |
|
official |
|
|
||
|
wheat, rice for production of children food |
T-2 toxin |
0.5 |
|
non-official |
SK2 |
|
|||
|
maize for production of children food |
1 |
|
|
||||||
|
wheat, rice, maize |
20 |
|
|
||||||
|
Dairy |
|||||||||
|
milk and milk products |
afla M1 |
0.5 |
SK1 |
MH/MA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
infant formulae and milk-based food for children |
afla M1 |
0.1 |
SK1 |
MH/MA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
following European Union [harmonized regulations] |
afla B1 |
see EU |
SI-1 |
MHHI |
official |
|
non-official |
SI-2 |
in force since 1983 |
|
afla B1B2G1G2 |
|
||||||||
|
ochratoxin A |
|
||||||||
|
patulin |
|
||||||||
|
DON |
|
||||||||
|
Dairy |
|||||||||
|
following European Union [harmonized regulations] |
afla M1 |
see EU |
SI-1 |
VARS MAFF MHHI |
official |
|
non-official |
SI-3 |
in force since 1983 |
|
Feed |
|||||||||
|
following European Union [harmonized regulations] |
afla B1 |
see EU |
SI-4 |
VARS MAFF |
official |
SI-5 |
official |
SI-6 |
in force since 1976 |
|
feedstuffs for pigs |
ochratoxin A |
200 |
non-official |
SI-7 |
|||||
|
zearalenone |
1000 |
SI-8 |
|||||||
|
T-2 toxin |
1000 |
SI-9 |
in force since 1988 |
||||||
|
DAS and derivatives |
1000 |
|
|||||||
|
complete feedstuffs for pigs |
DON |
400 |
SI-10 |
in force since 1985 |
|||||
|
feedstuffs for poultry |
ochratoxin A |
1000 |
SI-7 |
in force since 1976 |
|||||
|
T-2 toxin |
1000 |
SI-9 |
in force since 1988 |
||||||
|
DAS and derivatives |
1000 |
|
|||||||
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
all foodstuffs |
afla B1 |
5 |
ZA1 |
DH |
official |
|
non-official |
|
in force since 1990 |
|
afla B1B2G1G2 |
10 |
|
|
in force since 1990; a draft is currently in process to increase the limit for aflatoxins in peanuts intended for further processing to 15 µg/kg, to bring it in line with the CODEX level |
|||||
|
patulin |
50 |
|
|
|
|
in force since 1995 |
|||
|
Dairy |
|||||||||
|
milk |
afla M1 |
0.05 |
ZA1 |
DH |
|
|
|
|
in force since 1995 |
Commodity | (Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) | Limit (µg/kg) | Legal basis | Responsible authority | Sampling method | Analytical method | Remarks | ||
status | ref. | status | ref. | ||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
see European Union [harmonized regulations] |
|||||||||
|
Dairy |
|||||||||
|
see European Union [harmonized regulations] |
|||||||||
|
Feed |
|||||||||
|
see European Union [harmonized regulations] |
|||||||||
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
all foods |
all afla |
30 |
LK1 |
MH & MA |
non-official |
|
non-official |
|
random sampling |
|
food for children up to 3 years |
1 |
|
|
||||||
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
oil seeds |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
see CODEX |
|
SSMO |
official |
|
official |
|
|
|
wheat |
ochratoxin A |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
situation 1991 [FAO 1997 ref.1]
Commodity | (Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) | Limit (µg/kg) | Legal basis | Responsible authority | Sampling method | Analytical method | Remarks | ||
status | ref. | status | ref. | ||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
maize |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
groundnut(products), legumes |
afla B1 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Feed |
|||||||||
|
feedstuffs |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
see European Union [harmonized regulations] |
|||||||||
|
additional regulations of Sweden: |
|||||||||
|
all foods, not specifically regulated at EU level |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
5 |
SE1 SE2 |
NFA |
official |
SE3 |
official |
SE3 |
updated in 2002 |
|
Dairy |
|||||||||
|
see European Union [harmonized regulations] |
|||||||||
|
Feed |
|||||||||
|
see European Union [harmonized regulations] |
|||||||||
|
additional regulations of Sweden: |
|||||||||
|
cereal grains and forages as feedstuff ingredients for dairy cattle |
afla B1 |
1 |
SE4 |
SBA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
feedstuff ingredients for dairy cattle |
afla B1 |
10 |
SE4 |
SBA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
feedstuff ingredients |
afla B1 |
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
complete feedstuff (including forage) for dairy cattle |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
mixed feedstuffs (excluding forages) for dairy cattle |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
complete feedstuff for pigs |
ochratoxin A |
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
complete feedstuff for poultry |
200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
nutmeg |
afla B1 |
10 |
CH1 |
OFCACS |
official & non-official |
CH2 CH3 |
official & non-official |
CH3 CH4 |
|
|
afla B1B2G1G2 |
20 |
|
|||||||
|
spices |
afla B1 |
5 |
excluding nutmeg |
||||||
|
afla B1B2G1G2 |
10 |
||||||||
|
ochratoxin A |
20 |
referred to dry matter |
|||||||
|
dried fruit |
ochratoxin A |
20 |
referred to dry matter |
||||||
|
infant formulae and follow-on formulae |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
0.01 |
based on ready-to-eat preparation |
||||||
|
afla M1 |
0.02 |
||||||||
|
ochratoxin A |
0.5 |
referred to dry matter |
|||||||
|
processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
0.01 |
based on ready-to-eat preparation |
||||||
|
processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children |
afla M1 |
0.02 |
as above |
||||||
|
ochratoxin A |
0.5 |
referred to dry matter |
|||||||
|
all foodstuffs |
afla B1 |
2 |
except those with special regulations |
||||||
|
afla B1B2G1G2 |
4 |
||||||||
|
ochratoxin A |
5 |
||||||||
|
fruit juices |
patulin |
50 |
|
||||||
|
cereal grains |
DON |
1000 |
tolerance value (less strict than limit) |
||||||
|
maize |
fumonisins B1B2 |
1000 |
tolerance value (less strict than limit) |
||||||
|
Dairy |
|||||||||
|
milk and milk products |
afla M1 |
0.05 |
CH1 |
OFCACS |
official & non-official |
CH2 CH3 |
official & non-official |
CH3 CH4 |
|
|
cheese |
0.25 |
|
|||||||
|
Feed |
|||||||||
|
babassu seed, cotton seed, peanut, coconut, maize kernel, palm kernel and their products as raw materials |
afla B1 |
200 |
CH5 |
EVD |
|
|
|
|
in force 1 July 1999 |
|
babassu seed, cotton seed, peanut, coconut, maize kernel, palm kernel and their products as single feed materials |
20 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
other single feeds/raw materials |
50 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
complete and complementary feeds for bovine animals, sheep and goats, except milk cows, calves and lambs |
50 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
complementary feeds for pigs and poultry except young animals |
30 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
complete feeds for pigs and poultry except young animals |
20 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
complementary feed for lactating bovine animals, lactating sheep and lactating goats |
5 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
other complete and complementary feeds |
10 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
|
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
|
Food |
|||||||||
|
peanuts and pistachios |
afla B1 |
5 |
|
MS MH |
official |
|
official |
|
|
|
baby food |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
0.05 |
|
|
|
|
|||
|
pulses, mixed nuts, oil seeds and products thereof |
20 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Dairy |
|||||||||
|
liquid milk |
afla M1 |
0.2 |
|
MS MH |
official |
|
official |
|
|
|
dried milk [not used in baby food] |
0.05 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Feed |
|||||||||
|
domestic feed |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
20 |
|
MS MA |
official |
|
official |
|
|
|
livestock cattle feed |
10 |
|
|
|
|
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