Philippines PNS/BAFS 194:2017 - contaminants and toxins in food and feed

The instrument

This page records the heavy-metal maximum levels set by Philippines PNS/BAFS 194:2017 - contaminants and toxins in food and feed, the instrument of Philippines Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards, 2017. 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.

Transcribed into the Heavy Metal Index regulatory register from the primary text published by Philippines Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards; a direct primary-source URL is not tracked for this instrument.

Maximum levels

All values µg/kg (ppb), in the basis the instrument states. 37 maximum levels across 4 analytes and 30 product categories, grouped by analyte and ordered by limit.

Limit µg/kg	Basis	Product scope	Provision
Lead (Pb)20 limits
20	whole commodity	milk	Table 9 lead row
50	whole commodity after stem removal	fruiting vegetables	Table 9 lead row
100	whole commodity after removal of caps and stems	berries and other small fruits	Table 9 lead row
100	specified edible portions	Brassica vegetables	Table 9 lead row
100	specified edible portions	bulb vegetables	Table 9 lead row
100	specified whole fruit portions	fruits	Table 9 lead row
100	whole commodity as consumed	legume vegetables	Table 9 lead row
100	whole commodity without bones	meat and fat of poultry	Table 9 lead row
100	whole commodity without bones	meat of cattle, pigs, and sheep	Table 9 lead row
100	specified edible portion	root and tuber vegetables	Table 9 lead row
200	whole commodity	cereal grains	Table 9 lead row
200	whole commodity after removal of caps and stems	cranberry	Table 9 lead row
200	fruit with stem	currants	Table 9 lead row
200	whole commodity after removal of caps and stems	elderberry	Table 9 lead row
200	whole commodity	pulses	Table 9 lead row
300	whole commodity after digestive tract removal in general	fish	Table 9 lead row
300	whole commodity as usually marketed	leafy vegetables	Table 9 lead row
500	whole commodity	cattle edible offal	Table 9 lead row
500	whole commodity	pig edible offal	Table 9 lead row
500	whole commodity	poultry edible offal	Table 9 lead row
Inorganic arsenic (iAs)2 limits
200	whole commodity	polished rice	Table 7 inorganic arsenic row
350	whole commodity	husked rice	Table 7 inorganic arsenic row
Cadmium (Cd)13 limits
50	specified edible portions	Brassica vegetables excluding Brassica leafy vegetables	Table 8 cadmium row
50	specified edible portions	bulb vegetables	Table 8 cadmium row
50	whole commodity after stem removal	fruiting vegetables excluding tomatoes and edible fungi	Table 8 cadmium row
100	whole commodity	cereal grains	Table 8 cadmium row
100	whole commodity as consumed	legume vegetables	Table 8 cadmium row
100	whole commodity	pulses	Table 8 cadmium row
100	specified edible portion	root and tuber vegetables	Table 8 cadmium row
100	whole commodity as marketed	stalk and stem vegetables	Table 8 cadmium row
200	whole commodity as usually marketed	leafy vegetables including Brassica leafy vegetables	Table 8 cadmium row
200	whole commodity	wheat	Table 8 cadmium row
400	whole commodity	polished rice	Table 8 cadmium row
2000	whole commodity after removal of shell	cephalopods	Table 8 cadmium row
2000	whole commodity after removal of shell	marine bivalve molluscs	Table 8 cadmium row
Methylmercury (MeHg)2 limits
500	whole commodity after digestive tract removal in general	fish	Table 10 methylmercury row
1000	whole commodity after digestive tract removal in general	predatory fish	Table 10 methylmercury row

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