Export of Fishery Products (Sanitary) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022. (S.I. 24 of 2022)

[25th February 2022] Supplement to Official Gazette 67 S.I. 24 of 2022 EXPORT OF FISHERY PRODUCT ACT (Cap 265) Export of Fishery Products (Sanitary) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the Export of Fishery Products Act, the Minister for Industry makes the following regulations — Citation 1. These regulations may be cited as the Export of Fishery Products (Sanitary) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022. Amendment of S.I. 82 of 2010 as last amended by S.I. 55 2011 2. The Export of Fishery Products (Sanitary) Regulations, 2010 is amended in Schedule 10 as follows — (a) by repealing the heading “Heavy metal contaminants present in the aquatic environment” and the details thereunder and substituting therefor the following tables — “Heavy metal contaminants present in the aquatic environment 1. Batches of fishery products in which the levels of heavy metal contaminants exceed the maximum limits indicated in the following tables shall be regarded as unfit for human consumption. (A) Maximum level for lead Substrate Maximum level (mg/kg wet weight) Muscle meat of all fish 0.3 Crustaceans (meat from appendages and abdomen excluding cephalothorax of crustaceans) 0.3 Cephalopodes (without viscera) 0.3 Bivalves Molluscs 1.5 (B) Maximum level for cadmium Substrate Maximum level (mg/kg wet weight) Muscle meat of all fish except where indicated below 0.050 Muscle meat of the following fish: Tuna (Thunnus species, Katsuwonus pelamis, Euthynnus species) 0.10 Muscle meat of the following fish: Bullet tuna (Auxis species) 0.15 Muscle meat of the following fish: Swordfish (xiphias gladius) Sardine (Sardina pilchardus) 0.25 Crustaceans (muscle meat from appendages and abdomen) 0.5 Bivalves molluscs 1.0 Cephalopods (without viscera) 1.0 68 Supplement to Official Gazette [25th February 2022] (C) Maximum level for mercury Substrate Maximum levels (mg/kg wet weight) Fishery products and muscle meat of fish excluding species listed below. The maximum level for crustaceans applies to muscle meat from appendages and abdomen. In case of crabs and crabs like crustaceans it applies to muscle meat from appendages 0.5 Muscle meat of the following fish: Bonito (sarda sarda) Marlin (makaira species) Plain bonito (Orcynopsis unicolor) Sail fish (Istiophorus platypterus) Shark (all species) Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) 1.0 Tuna (Thunnus species, Euthynnus species, Katsuwonus pelamis) 1.0 2. Sampling and analysis shall be conducted in accordance with CEN Standards Foodstuff Determination of trace elements Performance criteria and general consideration' or other equivalent recognised method. 3. Laboratories shall use a validated analytical method with a detection limit at least one tenth of the MRL indicated in the above Table. The validation shall include a certified reference material in the collaborative trial test materials. (b) by repealing the heading “Organochlorine contaminants present in the aquatic environment” and the details thereunder and substituting therefor the following — [25th February 2022] Supplement to Official Gazette 69 “Organochlorine contaminants present in the aquatic environment Batches of fishery products in which the levels of dioxins, dioxins-like PCBs (DL-PCB) and non-dioxins like PCBs (NDL-PCB) and their congeners exceed the limit indicated in the following table shall be regarded as unfit for human consumption. Fishery products Maximum levels Sum of dioxins (WHO-PCDD/ F-TEQ) (1) Sum of dioxins and dioxins-like PCBs (WHO PCDD/F PCB-TEQ) Sum of PCB 28, PCB 52, PCB 101,PCB 138, PCB 153, and PCB 180 Muscles meat of fish and fishery products and products thereof with the exception of marine oils 3.5 pg/g wet weight 6.5 pg/g wet weight 75ng/g wet weight Fish liver and derived products n/a 20.0 pg/g wet weight (2 ) 200 ng/g wet weight (2) Marine oils (fish body oil, fish liver oil, and oils of other marine organisms intended for human consumption) 1.75 pg/g fat 6.0 pg/g fat 200.0 ng/g fat 1 ( ) Dioxins (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), expressed as World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalent using the WHO-toxic equivalency factor (WHO-TEFs) and sum of dioxins and dioxin- like PCBs 70 Supplement to Official Gazette [25th February 2022] (sum of PCDDs PCDFs and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), expressed as WHO toxic equivalent using the WHO-TEFs, as described in the WHO-TEFs for human risk assessment based on the conclusion of the WHO meeting in Stockholm, Sweden , 15 to 18 June 1997 (Van den Berg et al., (1198) Toxic Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs for Human and Wildlife, Environmental Health Perspectives, 106 (12) , 775) 2 ( ) In the case of canned fish liver, the maximum level applies to the whole edible content of the can. (c) by inserting after the heading “Permitted Additives” and tables thereunder the following — “Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Batches of fishery products in which the levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon exceed the maximum limits indicated in the following table shall be regarded as unfit for human consumption. Substrate Benzo (a) pyrene Sum of benzo (a) pyrene, benz (a) anthracene, benzo (b) flourantene and chrysene Muscle meat of smoked fish and smoke fishery products 2.0 12.0 Maximum level (µg/kg) MADE this 25th day of February, 2022. DEVIKA VIDOT MINISTER FOR INVESTMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INDUSTRY ——————— [25th February 2022] Supplement to Official Gazette 71