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THE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No.
02/2011/TT-BYT
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Hanoi,
January 13, 2011
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CIRCULAR
PROMULGATING THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL REGULATION ON THE SAFETY
LIMITS OF CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION IN FOOD
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
Pursuant to the Law on Technical
regulations and standards on June 29, 2006 and the Government's Decree No.
127/2007/ND-CP on August 01, 2007 on detailing the implementation of a number
of articles of the Law on Technical regulations and standards;
Pursuant to the Ordinance on
food safety and hygiene on August 07, 2003 and the Government's Decree No.
163/2004/ND-CP on September 07, 2004 on detailing the implementation of a
number of articles of the Ordinance on food safety and hygiene;
Pursuant to the Government's
Decree No. 188/2007/ND-CP on December 27, 2007 on defining the functions,
tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Health;
At the proposal of the Director
of Food safety and hygiene Department, the Director of the Science and
Education Department, the Director of the Legal Affair Department
PRESCRIBES:
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1. QCVN 8-1:2011/BYT the National
technical regulation on the safety limits of mycotoxin contamination in food;
2. QCVN 8-2:2011/BYT the National
technical regulation on the safety limits of heavy metal contamination in food;
Article 2. This
Circular takes effect on August 01, 2011.
Article 3. The
Director of the Food Safety and Hygiene Department, Heads of units belonging to
the Ministry of Health, Heads of units affiliated to the Ministry of Health,
the Directors of the Services of Health of central-affiliated cities and
provinces and relevant organizations and individuals are responsible to
implementation this Circular.
FOR
THE MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER
Trinh Quan Huan
QCVN 8-1:2011/BYT
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ON THE LIMITS OF MYCOTOXINS CONTAMINATION IN FOOD
Foreword
QCVN 8-1:2011/BYT is drafted by the Drafting Committee for
National Technical Regulation on the limits of chemical and biological
contamination, submitted by Vietnam Food Administration and promulgated together
with the Circular No. 02/2011/TT-BYT dated January 13, 2011 of the Minister of
Health.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL REGULATION
ON THE LIMITS OF MYCOTOXINS CONTAMINATION IN FOOD
I.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1.
Scope
This
document provides for the limits of mycotoxins contamination in food and
relevant management requirements.
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This
document applies to:
a)
Importers, producers and sellers of food products at risk of mycotixins
contamination.
b)
Relevant organizations and individuals.
3.
Definitions and abbreviations
For the
purposes of this document, the terms below shall be construed as follows:
3.1. “limits of mycotixins contamination in food” mean the
maximum limit (ML) of mycotixins, which is permitted to be present in foods
(unit: µg/kg).
3.2. “food
at risk of mycotixins contamination” means the food or food group provided in
Section II (Technical requirements) of this document.
3.3.
“total aflatoxin” means the total content of aflatoxin B, B2, G1 and G2.
3.4.
“total fumonisin” means the total content of fumonisin B1 and B2.
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3.6.
“preliminary processing” means the use of classification measures or other
physical measures.
3.7.
“AOAC” stands for Association of Official Analytical Chemists.
I.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
1. Limits
of aflatoxin contamination in food
No.
Name of food
ML (µg/kg)
Aflatoxin B1
Total aflatoxin
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1.1
Peanuts and other kinds of oil seeds used as food or food
ingredients (excluding peanuts and other kinds of oil seeds used for
production of vegetable oil)
Required
to undergo preliminary processing before use
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15
Unspecified
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4
Unspecified
1.2
Almonds,
pistachio and apricot kernels used as food or food ingredients
Required
to undergo preliminary processing before use
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15
Unspecified
Directly
used without preliminary processing
8
10
Unspecified
1.3
Hazelnuts
used as food or food ingredients
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Required
to undergo preliminary processing before use
8
15
Unspecified
Directly
used without preliminary processing
5
10
Unspecified
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Other
kinds of almonds (excluding the products specified in sections 1.2 and 1.3)
used as food or food ingredients
Required
to undergo preliminary processing before use
5
10
Unspecified
Directly
used without preliminary processing (including products processed from these
kinds of almonds)
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4
Unspecified
1.5
Dried
fruits used as food or food ingredients
Required
to undergo preliminary processing before use
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Unspecified
Instant
use without preliminary use
2
4
Unspecified
1.6
Cereals
and processed cereal-based foods including processed cereal products
(excluding the products specified in sections 1.7; 1.10; 1.12)
2
4
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1.7
Corn
and rice that must undergo preliminary processing before being used as food
or food ingredients
5
10
Unspecified
1.8
Milk
and milk products (including raw milk)
Unspecified
Unspecified
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1.9
Spices:
Chili:
all kinds of chilies, chili sauce, chili powder, paprika, hot chilies.
Pepper,
including both black and white pepper
5
10
Unspecified
Nutmeg.
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Mixture
of the abovementioned spices
1.10
Processed
cereal-based food and other foods for young children aged under 36 months
(dried) (excluding the products specified in sections 1.11, 1.12)
0,1
Unspecified
Unspecified
1.11
Formulae
and follow-on formulae for young children aged under 36 months
Unspecified
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Unspecified
1.12
Dietary
foods for special medical purposes intended specifically for infants
0.1
Unspecified
0.025
Notes:
Sections 1.1 to 1.4 are intended for shelled edible seeds.
2.
Limits of ochratoxin A contamination in
food
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Name of food
ML
(µg/kg)
2.1
Unprocessed
cereal
5
2.2
Cereal
used as food and derived products (processed and unprocessed), (excluding the
products specified in 2.9 and 2.10)
3
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Currants,
raisins and sultanas
10
2.4
Roasted
coffee and coffee powder (excluding soluble coffee)
5
2.5
Soluble
coffee (instant coffee)
10
2.6
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2.7
Aromatised
wine, aromatised wine-based drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktail
2
2.8
Grape juice, reconstituted condensed grape juice, grape
nectar, grape must and reconstituted grape must used as food
2
2.9
Processed cereal-based food and other foods for young
children aged under 36 months (dried)
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2.10
Dietary foods for special medical purposes intended
specifically for infants
0.5
2.11
Spices:
Chili:
all kinds of chilies, chili sauce, chili powder, paprika, hot chilies.
30
Pepper,
including both black and white pepper
Nutmeg.
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Mixture
of the abovementioned spices
2.12
Liquorice
extract (obtained whereby 1 kg of extract is obtained from 3 to 4 kg
liquorice root) used for production of drinks and confectionary
80
3.
Limits of patulin contamination in food
No.
Name of food
ML
(µg/kg)
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Fruit
juice, reconstituted condensed fruit juice, fruit nectar
50
3.2
Spirit
drinks, cider and other fermented apple drinks or fermented apple juice
drinks
50
3.3
Apple-based
products (apple flesh) including apple jam, ground apples used as food
(excluding the products specified in sections 3.4 and 3.5)
25
3.4
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10
3.5
Other
foods (excluding processed cereal-based food) for young children aged under
36 months
10
4.
Limits of deoxynivaleno contamination in food*
No.
Name of food
ML
(µg/kg)
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Unprocessed
cereal (excluding oat, wheat and corn)
1,250
4.2
Unprocessed
oat and wheat
1,750
4.3
Unprocessed
corn (excluding unprocessed corn used for wet grinding)
1,750
4.4
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750
4.5
Noodles
(dried - water content of around 12%)
750
4.6
Bread,
pastries, cookies, snacks and breakfasts from cereal
500
4.7
Processed
cereal-based food and other foods for young children aged under 36 months
(dried)
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*Note:
the limits of deoxynivalenol contamination in cereal and processed cereal-based
products shall not be applied to rice and processed rice-based products.
5.
Limits of zearalenone contamination in food*
No.
Name of food
ML
(µg/kg)
5.1
Unprocessed
cereal, excluding corn
100
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Unprocessed
corn (excluding unprocessed corn used for wet grinding)
350
5.3
Cereal,
cereal powder, bram and germ used as food (excluding the products specified
in sections 5.6, 5.7 and 5.8)
75
5.4
Refined
corn oil
400
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50
5.6
Corn used as food, snacks and breakfasts from corn
100
5.7
Processed
cereal-based food and other foods for young children aged under 36 months
(dried)
20
*Note:
the limits of zearalenone contamination in cereal and processed cereal-based
products shall not be applied to rice and processed rice-based products.
6.
Limits of fumonisin contamination in food
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Name of food
ML
(µg/kg)
6.1
Unprocessed
corn (excluding unprocessed corn used for wet grinding)
4.000
6.2
Corn
used as food, corn-based products (excluding the products specified in
sections 6.3 and 6.4)
1.000
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Snacks
and breakfasts from corn
800
6.4
Processed
corn-based food and other foods for young children aged under 36 months
200
III.
SAMPLING METHODS AND TEST METHODS
1. Sampling methods are
specified in the Circular No. 16/2009/TT-BKHCN dated June 02, 2009 of the
Ministry of Science and Technology on guidelines for state inspection of
quality of goods sold on the market and other relevant regulations of law.
2.
Test methods
Technical requirements specified in this document shall be
tested using the following methods (it is not mandatory to use these methods,
other ones with equivalent accuracy may be used):
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□ Use the
methods provided in AOAC 975.36, AOAC 2005.08, AOAC 994.08, AOAC 990.32, AOAC
2000.16, AOAC 2000.08
2.2.
Determining ochratoxin A:
□ Use the
methods provided in AOAC 991.44, AOAC 2000.09, AOAC 2001.01
2.3.
Determining patulin:
□ Use the
method provided in AOAC 2000.02
2.4.
Determining deoxinivalenol:
□ Use the
method provided in AOAC 986.17
2.5.
Determining fumonisin:
□ Use the
methods provided in AOAC 995.15, AOAC 2001. 04
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□ Use the
methods provided in AOAC 994.01, AOAC 985.18
IV.
MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
The food
products provided in Section II - Technical requirements must undergo safety
inspection in order to ensure that the limits of mycotixins contained in these
food products do not exceed the allowable ones specified in this document. The
food products at risk of mycotixins contamination shall be inspected in
accordance with regulations of law.
V.
RESPONSIBILITY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
Organizations and individuals must not import, produce or
sell the food products containing mycotixins whose limits exceed the allowable
ones specified in this document.
VI.
IMPLEMENTATION
1. Vietnam Food Administration shall take charge and cooperate
with relevant authorities in providing guidance and organizing the
implementation of this document.
2. According to management requirements, Vietnam Food
Administration shall request the Ministry of Health to make amendments to this
document.
3. In the cases any of
the standards and regulations referred to in this document is amended or
replaced, the newest ones shall prevail./.
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QCVN 8-2:2011/BYT
NATIONAL TECHNICAL REGULATION
NATIONAL TECHNICAL REGULATION ON THE LIMITS OF HEAVY METALS
CONTAMINATION IN FOOD
Foreword
QCVN 8-2:2011/BYT is drafted by the Drafting Committee for
National Technical Regulation on the
limits of chemical and biological contamination, submitted by Vietnam Food
Administration and promulgated together with the Circular No. 02/2011/TT-BYT
dated January 13, 2011 of the Minister of Health.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL REGULATION
ON THE LIMITS OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN FOOD
I.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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This
document provides for the limits of heavy metal contamination in food and
relevant management requirements.
2.
Regulated entities
This
document applies to:
2.1.
Importers, producers and sellers of food products at risk of heavy metal
contamination.
2.2.
Relevant organizations and individuals.
3.
Definitions
For the
purposes of this document, the terms below shall be construed as follows:
3.1. “limits of heavy metal contamination in food” mean the
maximum limit (ML) of a heavy metal, which is permitted to be present in foods
(unit: mg/kg or mg/l).
3.2.
“food at risk of heavy metal contamination” means the food or food group
provided in Section II (Technical requirements) of this document.
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3.4.
“AOAC” stands for Association of Official Analytical Chemists.
Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake
No.
Heavy metal
PTWI
(mg/kg body weight)
Notes
1
Arsenic
(As)
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By
inorganic arsenic
2
Cadmium
(Cd)
0.007
3
Lead
(Pb)
0.025
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Mercury
(Hg)
0.005
5
Mercury
Methyl (MeHg)
0.0016
6
Tin
(Sn)
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I.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
1.
Limits of arsenic (As) contamination in food
No.
Name of food
ML
(mg/kg or mg/l)
1
Powder
milk products
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2
Fluid
milk products
0.5
3
Cheese
products
0.5
4
Dairy
fat products
0.5
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Fermented
milk products
0.5
6
Animal
fats and oils
0.1
7
Margarine
and vegetable oil
0.1
8
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1.0
9
Tea and
tea products
1.0
10
Coffee
1.0
11
Cocoa
and cocoa products (including chocolate)
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12
Spices
(excluding curry powder)
5.0
13
Curry
powder
1.0
14
Common
salt
0.5
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Sugar
1.0
16
Honey
1.0
17
Natural
mineral water
0.01
18
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0.01
19
Sauce
1.0
20
Vinegar
0.2
2.
Limits of cadmium (Cd) contamination in food
No.
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ML
(mg/kg or mg/l)
1
Powder
milk products
1.0
2
Fluid
milk products
1.0
3
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1.0
4
Dairy
fat products
1.0
5
Fermented
milk products
1.0
6
Buffalo
meat, beef, pork, sheep meat, poultry meat
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7
Horse
meat
0.2
8
Buffalo
liver, beef liver, pig liver, lamb liver, poultry liver, horse liver
0.5
9
Buffalo
kidney, beef kidney, pig kidney, sheep kidney, poultry kidney, horse kidney
1.0
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Cruciferae
(Brassicaceae)
0.05
11
Onion
0.05
12
Fruit
vegetables (excluding tomatoes and mushrooms)
0.05
13
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0.2
14
Legumes
0.1
15
Bulb
and root and tuber vegetables (excluding unpeeled potatoes and celery)
0.1
16
Stalk
vegetables
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17
Mushrooms
0.2
18
Cereal
(excluding wheat, rice, mash and germs)
0.1
19
White
rice
0.4
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Wheat
0.2
21
Tea and
tea products
1.0
22
Coffee
1.0
23
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1.0
24
Spices
(including curry powder)
1.0
25
Common
salt
0.5
26
Sugar
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27
Honey
1.0
28
Dietary
supplements
Derived
from dried seaweed or seaweed products
3.0
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1.0
29
Natural
mineral water
0.003
30
Bottled
water
0.003
31
Sauce
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Vinegar
1.0
33
Anchovy,
tuna, two striped bream, eel, mullet, Japanese mackerel, Luvar fish,
sardines, herring
0.1
34
Swordfish
fillets
0.3
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Crustaceans
(except for brown crab meat, head and chest of lobsters and big crustaceans)
0.5
36
Bivalve
mollusks
2.0
37
Cephalopod
mollusks (without internal organs)
2.0
38
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0.05
3.
Limits of Lead (Cd) contamination in food
No.
Name of food
ML
(mg/kg or mg/l)
1
Powder
milk products (in 1000 ml of ready to use milk)
0.02
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Fluid milk products (sterilized fresh whole milk,
pasteurized fresh whole milk, sterilized fresh milk, pasteurized fresh milk,
sterilized milk)
0.02
3
Cheese
products
0.02
4
Condensed
milk, blend of condensed skimmed milk (condensed milk) and vegetable fat (in
1000 ml of ready to use milk)
0.02
5
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0.02
6
Fermented
milk products
0.02
7
Buffalo
meat, beef, pork, sheep meat, poultry meat
0.1
8
By-products
from buffalo, cow, pig, poultry
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9
Animal
fats and oils
0.1
10
Margarine
and vegetable oil
0.1
11
Cruciferae
(brassicaceae) (excluding kale)
0.3
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Onion
0.1
13
Fruit
vegetables (excluding mushrooms)
0.1
14
Leaf
vegetables (excluding spinach)
0.3
15
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0.2
16
Bulb
and root and tuber vegetables (excluding peeled potatoes)
0.1
17
Mushrooms
0.3
18
Cereal
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19
Tropical
fruits
0.1
20
Berries
0.2
21
Citrus
0.1
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Apples
0.1
23
Stone
fruits
0.1
24
Jam
(fruit jam) and jelly
1.0
25
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2.0
26
Canned
vegetables and fruits
1.0
27
Tea and
tea products
2.0
28
Coffee
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29
Cocoa
and cocoa products (including chocolate)
2.0
30
Spices
(including curry powder)
2.0
31
Salt
2.0
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Refined
sugar
0.5
33
Honey
2.0
34
Formulae
for young children aged under 36 months (ready to use products)
0.02
35
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3.0
36
Vegetable
and fruit juice (including nectar, instant use)
0.05
37
Mineral
water
0.01
38
Bottled
water
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39
Wine
0.2
40
Sauce
2.0
41
Vinegar
0.5
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Fish
fillets
0.3
43
Crustaceans
(except for brown crab meat, head and chest of lobsters and big crustaceans)
0.5
44
Bivalve
mollusks
1.5
45
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1.0
4.
Limits of mercury (Hg) contamination in food
No.
Name of food
ML
(mg/kg or mg/l)
1
Powder
milk products
0.05
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Fluid milk products
0.05
3
Cheese
products
0.05
4
Dairy
fat products
0.05
5
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0.05
6
Tea and
tea products
0.05
7
Coffee
0.05
8
Cocoa
and cocoa products (including chocolate)
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9
Spices
(including curry powder)
0.05
10
Salt
0.1
11
Sugar
0.05
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Honey
0.05
13
Dietary
supplements
0.1
14
Mineral
water
0.001
15
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0.006
16
Sauce
0.05
17
Vinegar
0.05
18
Frogfish,
catfish, tuna, eel, cardinal fish, cod, flounder (horse-tongue), marlin, sail
flounder, red mullet, giant mudskipper, small cod, dogfish, skate, red-fin
fish, sailfish, hairtail, scabbard fish, sea bream, shark, snake mackerel,
sturgeon, swordfish
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19
Crustaceans
(except for brown crab meat, head and chest of lobsters and big crustaceans)
0.5
20
Aquatic
products
0.5
5.
Limits of mercury methyl (MeHg) contamination in food
No.
Name of food
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1
Fish
(excluding carnivorous fish)
0.5
2
Carnivorous fish (shark, swordfish, tuna, pike, etc.)
1.0
6.
Limits of tin (Sn) contamination in food
No.
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ML
(mg/kg or mg/l)
1
Powder
milk products (contained in tin-coated package)
250
2
Fluid
milk products (contained in tin-coated package)
250
3
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250
4
Dairy
fat products (contained in tin-coated package)
250
5
Fermented
milk products (contained in tin-coated package)
250
6
Cooked
and canned meat (minced meat, pig buttock, pig shoulder), salted beef,
treated and canned meat
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Products
in tin-coated packages
200
Products
in tin-uncoated packages
50
7
Canned
vegetables and fruits
250
8
Canned
beverages
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9
Other
canned products
250
III.
SAMPLING METHODS AND TEST METHODS
1.
Sampling methods
Sampling methods are specified in the Circular No.
16/2009/TT-BKHCN dated June 02, 2009 of the Ministry of Science and Technology
on guidelines for state inspection of quality of goods sold on the market and
other relevant regulations of law.
2.
Test methods
Technical requirements specified in this document shall be
tested using the following methods (other test methods with equivalent accuracy
may be used):
2.1.
Methods of determining arsenic content
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□ TCVN
7770: 2007 (ISO 17239: 2004): Fruits, vegetables and derived products -
Determination of arsenic content - Method using hydride generation atomic absorption
spectrometry.
□ TCVN
6626: 2000 (ISO 11969: 1996): Water quality - Determination arsenic - Atomic
absorption spectrometric method (hydride technique).
□ AOAC
973.78 Arsenic (total) Residues in Animal Tissues - Spectrophotometric Method.
□ AOAC
986.15: Arsenic, cadmium, lead, selenium and zinc in human and pet foods.
2.2.
Methods of determining lead content
□ TCVN
7602: 2007 (AOAC 972.25): Foodstuffs – Determination of lead content by atomic
absorption spectrophotometric method.
□ TCVN
7766: 2007 (ISO 6633: 1984): Fruits, vegetables and derived products -
Determination of lead content - Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric
method.
□ TCVN
8126: 2009: Foods - Determination of lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and
iron-atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion.
2.3.
Methods of determining cadmium content
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□ TCVN
7768-1: 2007 (ISO 6561-1: 2005): Fruits, vegetables and derived products –
Determination of cadmium content. Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic
absorption spectrometry.
□ TCVN
7768-2: 2007 (ISO 6561-2: 2005): Fruits, vegetables and derived products –
Determination of cadmium content. Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption
spectrometry.
2.4.
Methods of determining tin content
□ TCVN
7788: 2007: Canned foods - Determination of tin content by atomic absorption
spectrophotometric method.
□ TCVN
7769: 2007 (ISO 17240: 2004): Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of
tin content - Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry.
2.5.
Methods of determining mercury content
□ TCVN
7604: 2007 (AOAC 971.21): Foods – Determination of mercury content by flameless
atomic absorption spectrophotometric method.□ TCVN 7877: 2008 (ISO 5666: 1999):
Water quality - Determination of mercury.
2.6.
Methods of determining mercury methyl content
□ AOAC
983.20: Mercury (methyl) in fish and shellfish: Gas chromatographic method.
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□ AOAC
990.04: Mercury (methyl) in seafood: Liquid chromatographic - atomic absorption
spectrophotometric method.
IV.
MANAGEMENT
The food
products provided in Section II - Technical requirements must undergo safety
inspection in order to ensure that the limits of heavy metals contained in
these food products do not exceed the allowable ones specified in this
document. The food products at risk of heavy metal contamination shall be
inspected in accordance with regulations of law.
V.
RESPONSIBILITY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
Organizations and individuals must not import, produce or
sell the food products containing heavy metals whose limits exceed the
allowable ones specified in this document.
VI.
IMPLEMENTATION
1. Vietnam Food Administration shall take charge and cooperate
with relevant authorities in providing guidance and organizing the
implementation of this document.
2. According to management requirements, Vietnam Food
Administration shall request the Ministry of Health to make amendments to this
document.
3. In the cases where
the standards and regulations referred to in this document are amended or
replaced, the new ones shall prevail.
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