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APPENDIX X
PROPOSED DRAFT MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR LEAD

(At Step 3)

Code no.FoodML (MG/KG)StepRemarks
FC 1
FS 12
FT 26
VA 35
VC 45
FP 9
FB 18
FI 30
VO 50
VR 75
Fruit

Vegetables
except brassica (VB), leafy vegetables (VL), and mushrooms
0.13 
VB 40Brassica
except kale (480)
Leafy vegetables (except spinach)
0.33 
VL 53
C 81
VD 70
VP 60
Cereal products, except bran 
Pulses
Legume vegetables
0.1  
MM 97
PM 100
Meat of cattle, sheep and pig
Poultry meat
0.13  
MF 97
PM 111
OC 172
OR 172
Fats and oils:
Fat from meat
Fat from poultry
Vegetable oils
0.1386, milk fat
MO 97Edible offal of cattle, pig and poultry0.53  
ML 107Milk10.02*3Also secondary (82) milk products (as consumed)
WC 143
IM 151
Crustaceans
Bivalve Molluscs
2.03  
JF 175Fruit juices0.13Also nectars
FF 269Wine0.253 
LM (unspecified)Infant formulae0.02*3 

* Provided appropriate methods of analysis are developed

1 For dairy products an appropriate concentration factor applies, e.g. for cheese a factor of 10 as approximately 10 kg milk is used for 1 kg cheese.


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