SEVENTEENTH SCHEDULE
Regulations 27A(3) and 64(1A)
Pathogen reduction treatments in meat and
their maximum permitted levels
First
column
Second
column
Third
column
Fourth
column
Pathogen reduction treatment
Maximum amount (ppm) for a carcase (the entire carcase of an animal, whether before or after evisceration)
Maximum amount (ppm) for a muscle cut (any meat cut from a carcase)
Maximum amount (ppm) for an offal (a non-skeletal muscle organ)
1.1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin
900 (as available bromine)
900 (as available bromine)
900 (as available bromine)
2.Acetic acid
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
3.Acidified sodium chlorite
1,200 (for
sodium
chlorite) and
30 (for
chlorine
dioxide)
1,200 (for
sodium
chlorite) and
30 (for
chlorine
dioxide)
1,200 (for
sodium
chlorite) and
30 (for
chlorine
dioxide)
4.Ammonium hydroxide
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
5.Calcium hypochlorite
50 (as
available
chlorine)
20 (as
available
chlorine)
50 (as
available
chlorine)
6.Cetylpyridinium chloride solution, with or without propylene glycol
8,000
8,000
8,000
7.Chlorine dioxide
3
3
3
8.Citric acid
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
9.Ethyl alcohol
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
10.Hydrochloric acid
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
11.Hypobromous acid
900 (as available bromine)
900 (as available bromine)
900 (as available bromine)
12.Lactic acid
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
13.Lactoferrin
20,000
20,000
20,000
14.Ozone
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
15.Peroxyacetic acid and hydrogen peroxide, with or without 1-hydroxyethylidine-1, 1-diphosphonic acid, acetic acid or sulfuric acid or octanoic acid
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
16.Potassium hydroxide
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
17.Sodium hydroxide
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
18.Sodium hypochlorite
50 (as
available
chlorine)
20 (as
available
chlorine)
50 (as
available
chlorine)
19.Sodium sulphate
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
20.Sulphuric acid
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
21.Trisodium phosphate
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
Good manufacturing practice
[S 816/2014 wef 15/12/2014]
[S 606/2022 wef 31/07/2022]
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