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CAP. 132] Food Adulteration (Metallic Contamination) [1987 Ed. Regulations

prosecutions of criminal offences, prosecutions for an offence under any of the provisions of these regulations may-

(a) where the offence was committed in the Urban Council

area, be brought in the name of the Urban Council; and (b) where the offence was committed in the Regional Council area, be brought in the name of the Regional Council.

FIRST SCHEDULE

(reg. 3.1

MAXIMUM PERMITTED CONCENTRATION OF CERTAIN METALS NATURALLY

PRESENT IN SPECIFIED FOODS

A

Metal

B

Description of food

Arsenic (AS203)

Solids being fish and fish products Solids being shellfish and shellfish products

A

Metal

Antimony (Sb)

C

Maximum permitted concentration in

parts per million

SECOND SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM PERMITTED CONCENTRATION OF CERTAIN METALS

PRESENT IN SPECIFIED FOODS

B

6

10

C

[reg. 3.]

Description of food

Cereals and vegetables

Fish, crab-meat, oysters, prawns and shrimps Meat of animal and poultry

(i) fish and fish products; and

Maximum

permitted concentration in parts per million

Arsenic (AS203)

Solids other than-

(ii) shellfish and shellfish products

All food in liquid form

1.4 0.14

Cadmium (Cd)

Cereals and vegetables

Fish, crab-meat, oysters, prawns and shrimps Meat of animal and poultry

2

and

0.1

0.2

Chromium (Cr)

Cereals and vegetables

1

Fish, crab-meat, oysters, prawns and shrimps Meat of animal and poultry

1

Lead (Pb)

All food in solid form

6

All food in liquid form

1

Mercury

All food in solid form

0.5

(Hg)

All food in liquid form

0.5

Tin

(Sn)

All food in solid form All food in liquid form

230

230