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This page records the heavy-metal maximum levels set by Hong Kong Cap. 132V - Food Adulteration (Metallic Contamination) Regulations, the instrument of Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene (Centre for Food Safety), 1983. Every value below is transcribed into the Heavy Metal Index register from the primary text and is the value an HMTc standard cites when this jurisdiction binds a certification limit. It is a record of law, not an HMTc threshold.
Hong Kong Cap. 132V, official text
Published by Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene (Centre for Food Safety).
Maximum levels
All values µg/kg (ppb), in the basis the instrument states. 164 maximum levels across 12 analytes and 112 product categories, grouped by analyte and ordered by limit.
| Limit µg/kg | Basis | Product scope | Provision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead (Pb)62 limits | |||
| 10 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bottled or packaged drinking waters, other than natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 10 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Infant formula and follow-up formula | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 10 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 20 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Cereal-based food intended to be consumed principally by persons under the age of 36 months | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 20 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Milk | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 20 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Ready-to-eat complementary food (other than cereal-based food) intended to be consumed principally by persons under the age of 36 months | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 20 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Secondary milk products | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 30 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fruit juices, other than fruit juices exclusively from berries and other small fruits | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 40 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Grape juice | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Canned chestnuts and canned chestnuts puree | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fruit juices exclusively from berries and other small fruits, other than grape juice | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fruiting vegetables, other than Cucurbits | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Tomatoes, preserved by heat treatment and hermetically sealed | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 80 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Edible fats and oils | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 80 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fat spreads and blended spreads | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Brassica vegetables, other than Brassica leafy vegetables | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bulb vegetables | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Canned fruits | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Canned vegetables | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Edible offal of poultry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fruits, other than cranberry, currants and elderberry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Legume vegetables | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Meat of cattle, pig, goat and sheep | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Meat of poultry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Pickled cucumbers (also known as cucumber pickles) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Pulses | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Root and tuber vegetables | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Sugar-based candies and honey | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 150 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Edible offal of pig | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Carbonated beverages | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Cereal grains, other than buckwheat, cañihua and quinoa | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Coffee beverages | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Cranberry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Currants | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Edible offal of cattle | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Elderberry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Lime preserved eggs | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Poultry eggs | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Tea beverages made from Tea, Green, Black | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Wine | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 300 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fish | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 300 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fresh farmed mushrooms (common mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus), shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) and oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus)) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 300 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Honey mushrooms (Armillaria mellea) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 300 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Leafy vegetables (including Brassica leafy vegetables), other than spinach | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 400 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Jams, jellies and marmalades | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 400 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Mango chutney | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 400 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Table olives | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Coffee beans | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Crustaceans | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Edible fungi (other than those edible fungi specified in this item) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Soft brown sugar, raw sugar and non-centrifugal sugar | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | White sugar, refined sugar, corn syrups and maple syrups | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Aquatic animals, other than fish, crustaceans and bivalve molluscs | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bolete mushrooms (Boletus bainiugan, Lanmaoa asiatica, Sutorius brunneissimus, Rugiboletus extremiorientalis), matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma matsutake), truffles (Tuber spp.), green-cracking russulas (Russula virescens), termite mushrooms (Termitomyces spp.), chanterelles (Cantharellus spp.) and tawny milkcaps (Lactarius volemus) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Salt, food grade, other than salt from marshes, food grade | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Wood ears (Auricularia cornea, Auricularia heimuer) and white jelly mushrooms (Tremella fuciformis) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 1500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bivalve molluscs | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 2000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Broadleaf Holly leaves | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 2000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Salt from marshes, food grade | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 5000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Dried chrysanthemum | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| 5000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Tea, Green, Black | Cap 132V Part 2 item 9 (Lead) |
| Inorganic arsenic (iAs)6 limits | |||
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fish | Cap 132V Part 2 item 3 (Arsenic (expressed as inorganic arsenic)) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fish oil | Cap 132V Part 2 item 3 (Arsenic (expressed as inorganic arsenic)) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Polished rice | Cap 132V Part 2 item 3 (Arsenic (expressed as inorganic arsenic)) |
| 350 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Husked rice | Cap 132V Part 2 item 3 (Arsenic (expressed as inorganic arsenic)) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Aquatic animals, other than fish | Cap 132V Part 2 item 3 (Arsenic (expressed as inorganic arsenic)) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Seaweed | Cap 132V Part 2 item 3 (Arsenic (expressed as inorganic arsenic)) |
| Total arsenic (tAs)11 limits | |||
| 10 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bottled or packaged drinking waters, other than natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 2 (Arsenic (expressed as total arsenic)) |
| 10 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 2 (Arsenic (expressed as total arsenic)) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Edible fats and oils, other than fish oil | Cap 132V Part 2 item 2 (Arsenic (expressed as total arsenic)) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fat spreads and blended spreads | Cap 132V Part 2 item 2 (Arsenic (expressed as total arsenic)) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Cereals, other than rice | Cap 132V Part 2 item 2 (Arsenic (expressed as total arsenic)) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Edible offal of animal | Cap 132V Part 2 item 2 (Arsenic (expressed as total arsenic)) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Edible offal of poultry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 2 (Arsenic (expressed as total arsenic)) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Meat of animal | Cap 132V Part 2 item 2 (Arsenic (expressed as total arsenic)) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Meat of poultry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 2 (Arsenic (expressed as total arsenic)) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Salt, food grade | Cap 132V Part 2 item 2 (Arsenic (expressed as total arsenic)) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Vegetables | Cap 132V Part 2 item 2 (Arsenic (expressed as total arsenic)) |
| Cadmium (Cd)39 limits | |||
| 3 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bottled or packaged drinking waters, other than natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 3 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Brassica vegetables, other than Brassica leafy vegetables | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bulb vegetables | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fruiting vegetables, Cucurbits | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fruiting vegetables, other than Cucurbits and tomatoes | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Meat of cattle, pigs, goat and sheep | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Meat of poultry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Cereals, other than buckwheat, cañihua, quinoa, wheat and rice | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fish | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Legume vegetables | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Pulses | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Root and tuber vegetables | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Stalk and stem vegetables | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Vegetables (other than those vegetables specified in this item) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Edible fungi (other than those edible fungi specified in this item) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Husked rice | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Leafy vegetables (including Brassica leafy vegetables) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Polished rice | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Wheat | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 300 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Chocolates containing or declaring < 30% total cocoa solids on a dry matter basis | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Liver of cattle, pigs, goat and sheep | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Liver of poultry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Salt, food grade | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Wood ears (Auricularia cornea, Auricularia heimuer) and white jelly mushrooms (Tremella fuciformis) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 600 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Morels (Morchella importuna), shingled hedgehogs (Sarcodon imbricatus), green-cracking russulas (Russula virescens), chanterelles (Cantharellus spp.) and honey mushrooms (Armillaria mellea) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 700 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Chocolates containing or declaring ≥ 30% to < 50% total cocoa solids on a dry matter basis | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 800 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Chocolates containing or declaring ≥ 50% to < 70% total cocoa solids on a dry matter basis | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 900 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Chocolates containing or declaring ≥ 70% total cocoa solids on a dry matter basis | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bolete mushrooms (Boletus bainiugan, Lanmaoa asiatica, Sutorius brunneissimus, Rugiboletus extremiorientalis), matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma matsutake), termite mushrooms (Termitomyces spp.) and tawny milkcaps (Lactarius volemus) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Kidney of cattle, pigs, goat and sheep | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Kidney of poultry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 2000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bivalve molluscs | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 2000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Cephalopods | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 2000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Cocoa powder (100% total cocoa solids on a dry matter basis) ready for consumption | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 2000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Crustaceans | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 2000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Gastropods | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| 2000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Truffles (Tuber spp.) and himematsutake mushrooms (Agaricus blazei) | Cap 132V Part 2 item 6 (Cadmium) |
| Mercury, total (tHg)13 limits | |||
| 1 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| 10 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Milk | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| 10 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Secondary milk products | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| 10 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Vegetables, other than edible fungi | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| 20 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Rice, husked rice, polished rice, maize, maize flour, wheat, wheat flour | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Edible offal of animal | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Edible offal of poultry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Meat of animal | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Meat of poultry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Poultry eggs | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Edible fungi | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| 100 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Salt, food grade | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Aquatic animals, other than fish | Cap 132V Part 2 item 12 (Mercury (expressed as total mercury)) |
| Methylmercury (MeHg)7 limits | |||
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fish (other than those fish specified in this item), fish balls and fish cakes | Cap 132V Part 2 item 11 (Mercury (expressed as methyl-mercury)) |
| 800 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Orange roughy | Cap 132V Part 2 item 11 (Mercury (expressed as methyl-mercury)) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Pink cusk-eel | Cap 132V Part 2 item 11 (Mercury (expressed as methyl-mercury)) |
| 1200 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Tuna | Cap 132V Part 2 item 11 (Mercury (expressed as methyl-mercury)) |
| 1500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Alfonsino | Cap 132V Part 2 item 11 (Mercury (expressed as methyl-mercury)) |
| 1600 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Shark | Cap 132V Part 2 item 11 (Mercury (expressed as methyl-mercury)) |
| 1700 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Marlin | Cap 132V Part 2 item 11 (Mercury (expressed as methyl-mercury)) |
| Nickel (Ni)2 limits | |||
| 20 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 14 (Nickel) |
| 70 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bottled or packaged drinking waters, other than natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 14 (Nickel) |
| Tin (Sn)3 limits | |||
| 150000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Canned beverages | Cap 132V Part 2 item 16 (Tin) |
| 230000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | All food (solid and liquid) — pre-2019 Second Schedule | HISTORICAL/SUPERSEDED: pre-2019 HK Second Schedule Tin limit 230 mg/kg applied to all food (sol… |
| 250000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Canned food, other than canned beverages | Cap 132V Part 2 item 16 (Tin) |
| Total chromium (Cr)10 limits | |||
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bottled or packaged drinking waters, other than natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 7 (Chromium) |
| 50 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 7 (Chromium) |
| 500 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Vegetables, other than pulses | Cap 132V Part 2 item 7 (Chromium) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Cereals | Cap 132V Part 2 item 7 (Chromium) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Crabs, prawns and shrimps | Cap 132V Part 2 item 7 (Chromium) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fish | Cap 132V Part 2 item 7 (Chromium) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Meat of animal | Cap 132V Part 2 item 7 (Chromium) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Meat of poultry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 7 (Chromium) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Oysters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 7 (Chromium) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Pulses | Cap 132V Part 2 item 7 (Chromium) |
| Antimony (Sb)9 limits | |||
| 5 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 1 (Antimony) |
| 20 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bottled or packaged drinking waters, other than natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 1 (Antimony) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Cereals | Cap 132V Part 2 item 1 (Antimony) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Crabs, prawns and shrimps | Cap 132V Part 2 item 1 (Antimony) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Fish | Cap 132V Part 2 item 1 (Antimony) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Meat of animal | Cap 132V Part 2 item 1 (Antimony) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Meat of poultry | Cap 132V Part 2 item 1 (Antimony) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Oysters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 1 (Antimony) |
| 1000 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Vegetables | Cap 132V Part 2 item 1 (Antimony) |
| iHg1 limit | |||
| 6 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bottled or packaged drinking waters, other than natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 13 (Mercury (expressed as inorganic mercury)) |
| U1 limit | |||
| 30 | food as listed in Cap 132V Part 2 Schedule; source unit mg/kg | Bottled or packaged drinking waters, other than natural mineral waters | Cap 132V Part 2 item 17 (Uranium) |
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