| Food Adulteration (Metallic Contamination) Regulations
| Regulation 3 |
Prohibition of sale etc. of food containing metals except where naturally present up to certain limits |
| 3(1) |
No person shall import, consign, deliver, manufacture or sell, for human consumption,- |
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(a) |
any food of a description specified in Column B of the First Schedule which contains any metal specified opposite thereto in Column A of that Schedule unless such metal is naturally present in such food in a concentration not greater than that specified opposite thereto in Column C of that Schedule; or |
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(b) |
any food of a description specified in Column B of the Second Schedule which contains any metal specified opposite thereto in Column A in greater concentration than is specified opposite thereto in Column C; or |
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(c) |
any food containing any metal in such amount as to be dangerous or prejudicial to health. |
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| First Schedule |
Maximum permitted concentration of certain metals naturally present in specified foods |
| A
Metal |
B
Description of food |
C
Maximum permitted concentration in parts per million |
| Arsenic
(AS2O3) |
Solids being fish and fish products |
6 |
| Solids being shellfish and shellfish products |
10
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| Second Schedule |
Maximum permitted concentration of certain metals present in specified foods |
| A
Metal |
B
Description of food |
C
Maximum permitted concentration in parts per million |
| Antimony
(Sb) |
Cereals and vegetables |
1 |
Fish, crab-meat, oysters, prawns and shrimps
|
1
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| Meat of animal and poultry |
1
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| Arsenic
(AS203) |
Solids other than-
(i) fish and fish products; and
(ii) shellfish and shellfish products |
1.4
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| All food in liquid form |
0.14
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| Cadmium
(Cd)
|
Cereals and vegetables |
0.1 |
| Fish, crab-meat, oysters, prawns and shrimps |
2
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| Meat of animal and poultry |
0.2
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Chromium
(Cr) |
Cereals and vegetables
|
1
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Fish, crab-meat, oysters, prawns and shrimps
|
1
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| Meat of animal and poultry |
1
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| Lead
(Pb) |
All food in solid form
All food in liquid form |
6
1 |
Mercury
(Hg) |
All food in solid form
All food in liquid form |
0.5
0.5 |
Tin
(Sn) |
All food in solid form
All food in liquid form |
230
230
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Back Note : Please browse http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_export.nsf/home.htm for details of the food law in Chapter 132. |
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