Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
Food |
|||||||||
cereals, peanuts, cocoa mass |
afla B1 |
5 |
CU1 |
MPH/INHA |
official |
|
official |
CU2 |
|
all foods |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
5 |
|
|
|||||
coffee, cereals |
ochratoxin A |
5 |
|
|
|||||
fruits |
patulin |
50 |
|
non-official |
CU3 CU4 CU5 |
|
|||
maize, rice |
fumonisin B1 |
1000 |
|
CU6 |
|
||||
imported cereals |
DON |
300 |
|
CU7 |
|
||||
Feed |
|||||||||
all feeds and feed ingredients |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
5 |
|
MA |
official |
|
official |
CU2 |
|
all feeds |
DON |
300 |
|
|
non-official |
CU7 |
|
aflatoxin regulations harmonized with EU legislation as per 1 January 2003
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
Food |
|||||||||
following EU regulations |
afla B1 |
see EU |
CY1 |
MH |
official |
CY2 |
official |
CY3 |
|
afla B1B2G1G2 |
|
||||||||
Dairy |
|||||||||
following EU regulations |
afla M1 |
see EU |
CY1 |
MH |
official |
CY4 |
non-official |
CY5 |
|
Feed |
|||||||||
following EU regulations |
afla B1 |
see EU |
|
MANRE |
official |
CY4 |
official |
CY8 |
|
feed materials |
zearalenone |
2000 |
CY6 |
CY7 |
CY9 |
|
|||
complete feedingstuffs for piglets |
1000 |
|
|||||||
complete feedingstuffs for swine other than piglets |
1500 |
|
|||||||
feed materials except cereal grains |
DON |
7000 |
|
||||||
cereal grains |
1200 |
|
|||||||
complete feedingstuffs for pigs |
1000 |
|
|||||||
complete feedingstuffs for poultry and fattening calves |
5000 |
|
|||||||
complete feedingstuffs for other animals |
3000 |
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
Food |
|||||||||
child and baby nourishment |
afla B1 |
0.5 |
CZ1 |
MA & MH |
official |
CZ2 |
official & non-official |
CZ3 CZ4 |
|
peanuts for direct consumption |
2 |
|
|||||||
peanuts as raw material |
8 |
|
|||||||
cocoa |
10 |
|
|||||||
nuts and dried fruits as raw material |
5 |
|
|||||||
nuts and dried fruits for direct consumption |
2 |
|
|||||||
spices |
20 |
|
|||||||
cereals and their products |
2 |
|
|||||||
foodstuffs type A |
5 |
foodstuffs types A and B not specified |
|||||||
foodstuffs type B |
20 |
||||||||
nuts including peanuts and dried fruits for direct consumption |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
4 |
|
||||||
peanuts as raw material |
15 |
|
|||||||
nuts and dried fruits as raw material |
10 |
|
|||||||
cereals |
4 |
|
|||||||
child nourishment (>12 months) |
2 |
|
|||||||
baby nourishment (<12 months) |
1 |
|
|||||||
foodstuffs type A |
8 |
foodstuffs types A and B not specified |
|||||||
foodstuffs type B |
40 |
||||||||
child and baby nourishment |
ochratoxin A |
1 |
CZ5 |
|
|||||
flours and cereal products |
3 |
CZ6 CZ7 |
|
||||||
foodstuffs type A |
5 |
foodstuffs types A and B not specified |
|||||||
foodstuffs type B |
10 |
||||||||
child nourishment |
patulin |
30 |
CZ3 CZ4 |
|
|||||
baby nourishment |
20 |
|
|||||||
foodstuffs type A |
50 |
foodstuffs types A and B not specified |
|||||||
foodstuffs type B |
100 |
||||||||
corn, rice, maize |
DON |
2000 |
non-official |
CZ8 |
|
||||
flour |
1000 |
|
|||||||
foodstuffs type A |
sterigmatocystin |
5 |
CZ4 |
foodstuffs types A and B not specified |
|||||
foodstuffs type B |
20 |
||||||||
Dairy |
|||||||||
raw milk, milk, babyfood based on milk |
afla M1 |
0.05 |
CZ1 |
MA & MH |
official |
CZ2 |
non-official |
CZ9 |
|
Feed |
|||||||||
complete feeds: following EU regulations |
afla B1 |
see EU |
CZ10 |
MA |
|
|
|
|
|
complementary feeds: following EU regulations |
|
|
|
|
|
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 Denmark: |
|||||||||
pig kidney |
ochratoxin A |
10 |
DK1 |
DVFA |
|
|
|
|
viscera condemned; visibly damaged kidneys are analysed chemically |
25 |
|
|
|
|
whole carcass condemned; visibly damaged kidneys are analysed chemically |
||||
Dairy |
|||||||||
see European Union [harmonized regulations] |
|||||||||
Feed |
|||||||||
see European Union [harmonized regulations] |
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 |
|||||||||
maize (products), groundnut, soya, tomato(products) |
afla B1G1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
imported maize |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
situation 1991: no regulations [FAO 1997]
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
Food |
|||||||||
peanuts & cereals |
afla B1 |
5 |
EG1 |
MPH |
official |
|
|
|
|
afla B1B2G1G2 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
||||
corn |
afla B1 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|||
afla B1B2G1G2 |
20 |
|
|
|
|
||||
Feed |
|||||||||
animal and chicken feed |
afla B1 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
afla B1B2G1G2 |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commodity |
(Sum of) Mycotoxin(s) |
Limit (µg/kg) |
Legal basis |
Responsible authority |
Sampling method |
Analytical method |
Remarks |
||
status |
ref. |
status |
ref. |
||||||
Food |
|||||||||
meat and meat preparations, offals, eggs and egg products, cocoa and cocoa products, chocolate and chocolate products, dried fruits required additional treatment before use, fruit juices, drinks, concentrates and nectars, edible part of nuts required additional treatment before use, tea and coffee, fats, oil seeds, unrefined vegetable oils, food supplements based on unrefined vegetable oils |
afla B1 |
5 |
EE1 |
VFB |
official |
EE2 |
official |
EE2 |
|
edible part of groundnuts required additional treatment before use |
8 |
|
|||||||
cereals, cereal flours, cereal groats and flakes, confectionery products, pasta products, ordinary baker's wares, fine baker's wares, legume vegetables, dried fruits and vegetables, tinned fruits and vegetables including berries, edible part of nuts; isolates, concentrates and hydrolysates of vegetable protein |
2 |
|
|||||||
cereals, cereal flours, cereal groats and flakes, pasta products, ordinary baker's wares, fine baker's wares, confectionery products, legume vegetables, dried fruits, edible part of nuts; isolates, concentrates and hydrolysates of vegetable protein |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
4 |
|
||||||
dried fruits, edible part of nuts required additional treatment before use |
|
10 |
|
||||||
edible part of groundnuts required additional treatment before use |
|
15 |
|
||||||
pig liver |
ochratoxin A |
10 |
|
|
|
||||
cereals, cereal flours, cereal groats and flakes, pasta products, ordinary baker's wares, fine baker's wares; isolates, concentrates and hydrolysates of cereals protein |
|
5 |
|
|
|
||||
fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables including berries and mushrooms, tinned apples, tomatoes and seabuck thorns, apple and seabuck thorn jam, juices, drinks, concentrates and nectars; salted, pickled, leavened or otherwise processed fruits, vegetables and mushrooms |
patulin |
50 |
|
|
|
||||
wheat: flour, flakes; isolates, concentrates and hydrolysates of wheat protein |
DON |
700 |
|
|
|
||||
barley: flour, flakes; isolates, concentrates and hydrolysates of barley protein |
|
1000 |
|
|
|
||||
wheat, barley, maize, cereal flours (wheat, barley, maize), cereal groats and flakes (wheat, barley, maize), pasta products, ordinary baker's wares, fine baker's wares, confectionery products, legume vegetables, fats, oils; isolates, concentrates and hydrolysates of cereals protein |
zearalenone |
1000 |
|
|
|
||||
cereals, cereal flours, cereal groats and flakes, pasta products, ordinary baker's wares, fine baker's wares |
T-2 toxin |
100 |
|
|
|
||||
Dairy |
|||||||||
milk and milk products |
afla M1 |
0.05 |
EE1 |
VFB |
official |
EE2 |
official |
EE2 |
|
crude fat, tallow, butter, hydrolysates of milk protein, casein and caseinates, whey concentrates, food supplements based on milk and milk products |
0.5 |
|
|||||||
Feed |
|||||||||
following EU regulations |
afla B1 |
see EU |
EE3 |
PPI & VFB |
official |
EE4 |
official |
|
|
feedingstuffs of vegetable origin |
afla B1B2G1G2 |
100 |
|
|
|||||
complete feedingstuffs for cattle, pigs and other farm animals |
100 |
|
|
||||||
complete feedingstuffs for young cattle, young pigs and other young farm animals |
50 |
|
|
||||||
complete feedingstuffs for milk producing animals |
20 |
|
|
||||||
complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, pigs and other farm animals |
50 |
|
|
||||||
complementary feedingstuffs for young cattle, young pigs and other young farm animals |
10 |
|
|
||||||
feedingstuffs of vegetable origin |
DON |
1000 |
|
|
|||||
complete feedingstuffs for cattle, pigs and other farm animals |
1000 |
|
|
||||||
complete feedingstuffs for young cattle, young pigs and other young farm animals |
500 |
|
|
||||||
complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, pigs and other farm animals |
2500 |
|
|
||||||
complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, pigs and other farm animals |
500 |
|
|
||||||
feedingstuffs of vegetable origin |
ochratoxin A |
100 |
|
|
|||||
complete feedingstuffs for cattle, pigs and other farm animals |
100 |
|
|
||||||
complete feedingstuffs for young cattle, young pigs and other young farm animals |
50 |
|
|
||||||
complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, pigs and other farm animals |
200 |
|
|
||||||
complementary feedingstuffs for young cattle, young pigs and other young farm animals |
50 |
|
|
||||||
feedingstuffs of vegetable origin |
zearalenone |
100 |
|
|
|||||
complete feedingstuffs for cattle, pigs and other farm animals |
100 |
|
|
||||||
complete feedingstuffs for young cattle, young pigs and other young farm animals |
50 |
|
|
||||||
complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, pigs and other farm animals |
200 |
|
|
||||||
complementary feedingstuffs for young cattle, young pigs and other young farm animals |
50 |
|
|
no regulations