TENTH SCHEDULE
Regulation 31(1)
Maximum amounts of arsenic and lead permitted in food
No article of food specified in the first column of the following table shall contain more than the amounts of the substances specified, in parts per million, in the second and third columns respectively:
Type of Food
 
Arsenic
(As)
 
Lead
(Pb)
(a)Beverages —
 
 
 
 
(1)Ale, beer, cider, perry, porter, stout
 
0.2
 
0.2
(2)Brandy, gin, rum, whisky and other alcoholic liquor and Chinese wine exceeding 40.0% v/v alcohol at 20°C
 
0.2
 
0.2
(3)Wine, Chinese wine, liqueur, alcoholic cordial or cocktail
 
0.2
 
0.2
(4)Alcoholic liquor not otherwise specified
 
0.2
 
0.2
(5)Concentrated soft drinks intended for consumption after dilution
 
0.5
 
1
(6)Concentrates used in the manufacture of soft drinks
 
0.5
 
2
(7)Fruit and vegetable juice, not including lime and lemon juice
 
0.2
 
0.3
(8)Lime and lemon juice
 
0.2
 
1
(9)Beverages not specified above
 
0.1
 
0.2
(b)Other Food —
 
 
 
 
(1)Baking powder, Cream of Tartar
 
2
 
2
(2)Canned fish and meat, meat extract and hydrolysed protein
 
1
 
2
(3)Caramel
 
5
 
5
(4)Chemicals used as ingredients or in the processing or preparation of food —
 
 
 
 
(a)For which the B.P. or B.P.C. specifies a limit
 
Current B.P. or
B.P.C. Limit
(b)Other chemicals
 
2
 
10
(5)Chicory, dried or roasted
 
1
 
2
(6)Cocoa powder (calculated on dry, fat-free substance)
 
1
 
2
(7)Coffee beans
 
1
 
2
(8)Colouring matter —
 
 
 
 
(a)Part I — Synthetic Organic Colours
 
3
 
10
(b)Part II — Other Colours (on dry matter) except caramel
 
5
 
20
(9)Curry powder
 
1
 
2
(10)Dried herbs and spices (including mustard)
 
1.5
 
2
(11)Dried or dehydrated vegetables
 
1
 
2
(12)Edible gelatin
 
2
 
2
(13)Edible oils and fats
 
0.1
 
0.1
(13A)Fat spreads and blended spreads
 
0.1
 
0.04
(14)Eggs, preserved or salted
 
1
 
2
(15)Fish, crustaceans and molluscs
 
1
 
2
(16)Flavourings
 
1
 
1.5
(17)Fresh fruits and vegetables
 
1
 
1
(18)Fruits, fruit products and vegetables in tins
 
1
 
1
(19)Ice-cream, ice lollies and similar frozen confections
 
0.5
 
0.5
(20)Infant formula
 
0.1
 
0.01 (applicable to infant formula as consumed)
(20A)Baby food
 
0.1
 
0.2
(21)Milk and milk products in tins
 
0.1
 
0.3
(22)Pickles
 
1
 
2
(23)Sugar —
 
 
 
 
(a)Refined white sugar (sulphated ash not more than 0.03%) and anhydrous dextrose and dextrose monohydrate
 
1
 
0.5
(b)Others (including sugar syrups)
 
1
 
2
(24)Tea
 
1
 
2
(25)Tomato ketchup and other sauces
 
1
 
2
(26)Tomato puree, paste or powder containing 25% or more total solids
 
2
 
2
(27)Other food not specified above
 
1
 
2
[S 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019]
[S 152/2017 wef 01/04/2017]
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