1 Scope
This standard specifies the maximum level indexes of lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, tin, nickel, chromium, nitrite, nitrate, benzo(a)pyrene, N-dimethyl nitrosamine, polychlorinated biphenyl, and 3-chlorine-1, 2- propanediol in foods.
2 Terms and Definitions
2.1
contaminant
chemical hazardous substances (in foods) produced in the processes of production (including crop-cultivating, animal-feeding and veterinary-medicating), processing, packaging, storage, transport, sales and eating or brought in by environmental pollution and non-intentionally added
The contaminants specified in this standard refer to those except pesticide residue, veterinary drug residues, biological toxins and radioactive substance.
2.2
edible part
part of food raw material obtained for eating after the non-edible part is removed mechanically (grinding of grain, paring of fruit, shelling of nuts, boning of meat, boning of fish and shelling of shellfish)
Notes:
1 as for removal of non-edible part, non-mechanical means shall not be adopted (e.g. refining process of rough vegetable oil)
