Cabinet Regulation No.292 of 1999 regarding food contamination

Disclaimer: The English language text below is provided by the Translation and Terminology Centre for information only; it confers no rights and imposes no obligations separate from those conferred or imposed by the legislation formally adopted and published. Only the latter is authentic. The original Latvian text uses masculine pronouns in the singular. The Translation and Terminology Centre uses the principle of gender-neutral language in its English translations. In addition, gender-specific Latvian nouns have been translated as gender-neutral terms, e.g. chairperson. Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) Republic of Latvia Cabinet Regulation No. 292 Adopted 20 August 1999 Regulations on Food Contamination Issued in Accordance with Section 4, Paragraph two of the Law on the Supervision of the Handling of Food 1. These Regulations determine mandatory harmlessness requirements for food (at all food handling stages) with respect to the admissible level and content of food contamination which does not present a risk or cause harm to human health, life, or the environment. 2. These Regulations shall apply to the following types of food pollution: 2.1. toxic elements; 2.2. mycotoxins; 2.3. nitrosamines; 2.4. nitrates; 2.5. microbiological pollution; 2.6. dioxins; and 2.7. polychlorinated biphenyls. 3. The content of toxic elements, mycotoxins and nitrosamines in food products and raw materials thereof may not exceed the levels referred to in Annex 1 of these Regulations. 4. The levels of nitrate residues in food products and raw materials thereof are referred to in Annex 2 of these Regulations. 5. The maximum admissible levels of microbiological contamination in food products and raw materials thereof are referred to in Annex 3 and Annex 4 of these Regulations. 6. The dioxin and polychlorinated biphenyls content in food products and raw materials thereof may not exceed the levels referred to in Annex 5 of these Regulations. 7. Annex 4 to these Regulations shall come into force on 1 January 2002. With the coming into force of Annex 4 of these Regulations, Paragraphs 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 and 14 of Annex 3 of these Regulations is repealed. Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 2 Prime Minister A. Šķēle Acting for the Minister for Welfare Minister for Finance E. Krastiņš Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 3 Annex I Cabinet Regulation No. 292 20 August 1999 Maximum Levels of Toxic Elements, Mycotoxins and Nitrosamines in Food Products and Raw Materials Thereof No. in sequ ence Latvian Combined Nomenclature Code Description of Product Group Toxic elements (mg/kg) Mycotoxins (mg/kg) Nitrosamines (Total of NDMA + NDEA) (mg/kg) Notes: lead (Pb) cadmium (Cd) copper (Cu) mercury (Hg) arsenic (As) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 1. 0201-0205 0208 0207 Meat, fresh, chilled or frozen, including meat of poultry, fresh, chilled or frozen 0.5 0.05 5.0 0.03 0.1 0.005 1) 0.002 1) aflatoxin B1 2. 0206 0208 0207 Edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen, including edible meat offal of poultry, fresh, 0.6 1.02) 0.3 1.0 2) 20.0 0.1 0.2 2) 1.0 0.005 1) 0.002 1) aflatoxin B1 2)kidney Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 4 1610 00 100 chilled or frozen Products from edible meat offal, food preparations based on these products 3. 0210 (excluding 0210 90 290 0210 90 800) 1601 00 1601 00 910 Meat, salted, dried or smoked, meat in brine Sausages and similar products of meat 0.5 0.05 5.0 0.03 0.1 0.005 1) 0.002 0.0042) 1) aflatoxin B1 2) for smoked products 4. 0209 00 1501 00 1502 00 Pig fat free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine, dried or smoked Pig fat and poultry fat Fats of bovine animals, sheep 0.1 0.03 0.5 0.03 0.1 0.005 1) 0.002 1) aflatoxin B1 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 5 or goats 5. 0302 0303 0304 Fish, fish fillets and other fish meat fresh, chilled, frozen, 1.0 0.2 10.0 0.5 0.6 1) 5.0 1.01) 0.003 for freshwater fish 6. 0305 Fish, dried, salted or in brine; fish, smoked, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process (excluding flours of fish and granules, livers and roes) 1.0 0.2 10.0 0.6 1.0 0.003 7. 0302 70 000 0303 79 969 0302 70 000 0303 80 100 0306 0307 Liver of fish, Fish roe Crustaceans, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; Molluscs, live, 3.0 1.0 25.0 0.2 1.0 for preserved products, in tins – tin (Sn) 200 mg/kg Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 6 fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; aquatic invertebrates, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine 8. 0401 0403 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kefir and other fermented or acidified milk products 0.1 0.03 1.0 0.005 0.05 0.00051) 1) aflatoxin M1 9. 0405 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy 0.1 0.03 0.5 0.03 0.1 0.0005 1) 1) aflatoxin M1 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 7 spreads 10. 0406 Cheese and curd 0.3 0.2 5.0 0.02 0.3 0.0005 1) 1) aflatoxin M1 11. 0402 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (in fresh, just prepared production) 0.3 0.1 3.0 0.015 0.15 0.0005 1) 1) aflatoxin M1 for preserved products, in tins – tin (Sn) – 200.0 mg/kg 12. 0402 10 0402 21 Milk and cream, in powder, granules or other solid forms 0.05 0.03 1.0 0.005 0.05 0.0005 1) 1) aflatoxin M1 13. 0408 (excluding 0408 11 200; 0408 19 200; 0408 91 200; 0408 99 200) Birds' eggs, not in shell and egg yolks fresh, dried, cooked by boiling or by steaming in water, frozen or otherwise preserved, moulded, whether or not containing 0.3 3.02) 0.01 0.12) 3.0 15.0 2) 0.02 0.12) 0.1 0.52) 0.0051) 0.0051) 2) 1) aflatoxin B1 2) for egg-powder Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 8 added sugar or other sweetening matter 14. 0701-0713 2103 20 000 Vegetables, leguminous plants, mushrooms, also dried vegetables, whole, cut or sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces (calculated as content of dry matter of the raw material) 0.5 0.03 0.12) 5.0 10.0 2) 0.02 0.032) 0.2 0.05 1) 0.005 3) 2) 0.005 4) 2) 0.15) 2) 1.06) 2) 1.07) 2) 1) patulin (only for tomatoes) 2) for leguminous plants 3) aflatoxin B1 4) ochratoxin 5) T-2 toxin 6) zearalenone 7) desoxynivalenol 8) for preserved products in tin-plate containers – tin (Sn) 200 mg/k 15. 0801-0813 Edible fruit and nuts, including dried fruit (calculated as content of dry matter of the 0.4 0.52) 0.03 0.12) 5.0 15.0 2) 0.02 0.052) 0.2 0.32) 0.05 1) 0.005 3) 2) 1,04) 2) 1) patulin for fruit and berries 2) for nuts 3) aflatoxin B1 4) zearalenone Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 9 raw material) 16. 0901 Coffee 1.0 0.05 - 0.02 1.0 0.005 1) 1) aflatoxin B1 17. 0902 Tea, whether or not flavoured 5.0 1.0 100.0 0.1 1.0 0.005 1) 1) aflatoxin B1 18. 1001-1008 (excluding 1007 00) Cereal crops, also, bran of barley wheat 0.5 0.1 7.0 0.03 0.2 0.36) 0.0051) 0.005 2) 0.1 3) 1.0 4) 1.0 5) 0.002 7) 1) aflatoxin B1 2) ochratoxin 3) T-2 toxin 4) zearalenone 5)desoxynivalenol 6) bran of barley and wheat 7) for cereal crops 19. 1101 00 - 1106 1902 Cereal flours, groats, germ of cereals, wheat gluten Pasta products 0.5 1.06) 0.1 7.0 20.0 6) 0.03 0.2 0.005 1) 0.005 2) 0,1 3) 1,0 4) 1,0 5) 1) aflatoxin B1 2) ochratoxin 3) T-2 toxin 4) zearalenone - for germ of cereals 0,7 5)desoxynivalenol 6) for germ of cereals 20. 1108 Starch 0.5 0.1 10.0 0.02 0.1 21. 1201-1207 Oil seeds 1.0 0.1 15.0 0.05 0.3 0,005 1) 1,0 2) 1)aflatoxin B1 2) zearalenone 22. 1302 20 1302 31000 Pectic substances Agar-agar 10.0 - 50.0 - 3.0 23. 1509 Olive oil and its fractions, 0.1 0.05 0.5 1.02) 0.03 0.052) 0.1 0,005 1) 1) aflatoxin B1 2) for margarine Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 10 1512 1514 1515 1517 10 whether or not refined Sunflower-seed oil and its fractions, whether or not refined Rape oil and its fractions, whether or not refined Other fixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined Margarine 24. 1602 Preserved meat, meat offal 0.6 1.02) 0.05 0.12) 5.0 5.02) 0.03 0.032) 0.1 0.12) 0.005 1) 0.005 1) 2) 0,002 0,002 2) 1) aflatoxin B1 2) for preserved products, in tin-plate containers – tin (Sn) 200.0 mg/kg 25. 1604 Prepared or preserved fish 1.0 2.01) 0.2 10.0 0.4 1.0 0.003 for preserved products, in tin-plate containers – tin (Sn) -200.0 mg/kg 26. 1704 Sugar 1.0 0.1 15.0 0.01 0.5 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 11 confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa 27. 1801 00 000 1806 90 900 Cocoa beans, paste butter, powder, chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa 1.0 0.5 50.0 0.1 1.0 0.005 1) 1) aflatoxin B1 28. 1905 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers wares 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.05 0.1 0.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.005 1) 1.0 2) 1,0 3) 0,005 1) 1) aflatoxin B1 2) zearalenone 3)desoxynivalenol – for pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares 29. 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts and other parts of plants 0.5 1.02) 0.53)4) 0.03 0.05 2) 3) 0.1 4) 5.0 0.02 10.0 3)4) 0.2 0.05 1) 0.054) 0.54) 1) patulin (of vegetable and fruit juices, patulin is determined in apple, tomato, sea buckthorn juices) 2) for preserved products, in tin-plate containers – tin (Sn) 200 mg/kg Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 12 3) for paste products 4) for mushrooms 30. 2102 Yeasts (active or inactive) 1.0 0.2 10.0 0.03 0.2 31. 2102 90 901 Mayonnaise 0.3 0.05 1.5 0.05 0.1 32. 2104 Soups and broths and preparations therefor 1.0 0.2 20.0 0.1 1.0 33. 2105 00 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa 0.1 0.03 1.0 0.005 0.05 0.0005 1) 1) aflatoxin M1 34. 2106 10 2106 90 Protein concentrates other: food supplements – cellulose food supplements – water-soluble vitamins 0.3 1.0 5.0 0.2 0.1 1.0 4.0 0.03 0.03 0.05 1.0 0.2 1.0 35. --food supplements – mineral 2.0 0.1 - 0.01 1.0 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 13 substances 36. 2202 Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non alcoholic beverages 0.1 0.01 - 0.005 0.1 37. 2501 00100 Common salt 2.0 0.1 3.0 0.01 1.0 Acting for the Minister for Welfare – Minister for Finance E. Krastiņš Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 14 Annex 2 Cabinet Regulation No. 292 20 August 1999 Admissible Levels of Nitrate Residues in Food Products and Raw Materials thereof No. in sequ ence Latvian Combined Nomenclature Code Description of Product Group Residue*(m g/kg) Notes: 1 2 3 4 5 1. 0701 Potatoes, fresh or chilled 250 200 1) 1) from 1 September until new harvest 2. 0702 00 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled 150 3. 0703 10 Onions 80 4. 0704 Cabbages, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled 900 500 1) 1) from 1 September until new harvest 5. 0704 10 Cauliflowers 300 6. 0705 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) fresh or chilled 3500 1) 4500 2) 2500 3) 1) from 1 May until 30 September in covered cultivation 2) from 1 October until 31 March in covered cultivation 3) from 1 May until 31 August in open-air cultivation 7. 0706 Salad beetroots, fresh or chilled 1400 8. 0706 10 000 Carrots, fresh or chilled 400 2501) 1) from 1 September until new harvest 9. 0707 00 Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled 150 300 1) 1) in covered cultivation 10. 0709 70 000 Spinach, New Zealand spinach 2500 3000 1) 1) from 1 November until 31 March 11. 0705 11 0709 40 000 0709 90 500 Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce), celery, dill 2000 3000 1) 1) in covered cultivation 12. 0709 60 10 Sweet pepper 200 400 1) 1) in covered cultivation 13. 0709 60 600 Marrows 400 14. 0807 11 000 Watermelons 60 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 15 15. 0807 Pumpkin crops, melons 200 90 16. 0806 0808 10 0808 20 Grapes, fresh or dried 1) apples, pears 60 1) nitrate residues in dried fruit and vegetables shall be determined by calculating on the initial product *) – expressed as milligram nitrate ions per kilogram of the initial product Acting for the Minister for Welfare Minister for Finance E. Krastiņš Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) Annex 3 Cabinet Regulation No. 292 20 August 1999 Maximum Admissible Levels of Microbiological Contamination in Food Products and Raw Materials Thereof No. in sequ ence Latvian Combined Nomenclature Code Description of Product Group The number of aerobic mesophilic and facultative anaerobic micro organisms (CFU in 1 g, not more than) Mass of product (g) where the presence of the following is not permitted: Staphylococcus aureus (CFU in 1 g, not more than) Notes: coliform bacteria Salmonella spp. Staphylococcus aureus 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 1. 0201 0203 0204 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or 10 1 x 103 1.0 0.1 25 25 samples are taken in the deepest layers of Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 17 0202 frozen Meat of bovine animals, frozen 5 x 106 5 x 106 0.001 0.001 25 25 muscle fibres of carcasses 2. 0201 20 900 0202 30 900 0203 19 900 0203 29 900 0204 43 900 0204 50 190 0204 50 590 Other minced meat of bovine animals partially processed meat products, chilled, frozen partially processed products in dough (ravioli) 5 x 106 5 x 105 1 x 106 0.001 0.001 0.0001 25 25 25 5 x 103 3. 0206 Edible offal of - - 25 - Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 18 bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, fresh, chilled or frozen 4. 0207 11 0207 12 Plucked and drawn fowls of the species Gallus domesticus : not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled, not cut in pieces, frozen minced meat 2 x 105 2 x 105 5 x 103 0.1 25 1) 25 1) 25 0.1 1) if the result is positive, the analysis shall be repeated, sample 5x25 g. Positive result is admissible in one out of five samples. Proteus is not admissible in 0.1 g 5. 0302 0303 0304 fish, fresh, chilled, frozen, fish fillets and other fish meat minced fish meat uncooked, frozen partially processed products 5 x 104 5 x 104 5 x 104 0.001 25 25 25 0.01 6. 0305 Fish, dried, salted Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 19 or fish in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process (excluding flours and granules of fish): salted (marinated) cut fishery products (including Salmonidae) whether or not seasoned, whether or not infused, in oil with spices (spicy fillets, etc.) hot smoked, : fishery products, cut and not cut fishery products, frozen smoked 5 x 104 1 x 105 5 x 103 1 x 104 0.1 0.01 1.0 1.0 25 25 25 25 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 20 fishery products with spices preparations of minced fishery product meat cold smoked, : cut and not cut fishery products fillets known as “loins” of fishery products, fishery products with spices fish, dried salted fishery products fishery products in pickled brine and marinated 1 x 104 1 x 103 1 x 104 3 x 104 1 x 105 1 x 104 1 x 104 2 x 104 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.01 1.0 0.1 0.1 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 1.0 1.0 1.0 sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.1 g sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 1.0 g; mould is not admissible in 1.0 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 21 fishery products in special brine and in pickled brine cut fishery products, in oil, infusions, sauces, whether or not seasoned unsterilised preserved fishery products in paste form 1 x 105 2 x 105 5 x 105 0.1 0,01 0,01 25 25 25 1.0 0,1 0,1 sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.01 g; mould is not admissible in 1.0 g 7. 0306 Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 22 0307 brine Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; aquatic invertebrates, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine: sea invertebrates, fresh, chilled, frozen boiled crustaceans and mussels (uncut products); products, whether in shell or not (excluding crab meat); crab meat 1 x 105 1 x 105 5 x 105 1 x 106 2 x 104 0.001 1) 1) 1) 1.0 25 25 25 25 25 0.01 1 x 103 1 x 103 1 x 103 1)not more than 1 x 102 in 1 g 1) not more than 1 x 102 in 1 g 1) not more than 1 x 102 in 1 g sulphite reducing Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 23 sea-invertebrates, dried Clostridia is not admissible in 1 g; mould is not admissible in 1.0 g 8. 0401 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: pasteurised milk pasteurised cream 5 x 104 1) 1 x 105 2) 3 x 105 3) 1 x 105 1) 2 x 105 2) 3 x 105 3) 1.0 1) 0.1 2) 0.1 3) 0.1 1) 0.01 2) 0.01 3) 25 1) 25 2) 25 3) 25 1) 25 2) 25 3) 1) group A 2) group B. 3) in cans, tanks 1) group A 2) group B. 3) in cans, tanks 9. 0403 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kefir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream: all kinds of sour cream cream (heat 0.001 0.1 25 25 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 24 treated) yoghurt, kefir and other acidified milk beverages 0.01 25 10. 0405 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads: of sweet cream (of a water content not exceeding 16%) of sour cream (of a water content not exceeding 16%) of sweet cream (of a water content exceeding 16%) of sour cream (of a water content exceeding 16%) 1 x 105 1 x 103 0.1 0.1 0.01 0.01 25 25 25 25 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 25 11. 0406 Cheese and curds: curds cottage cheese and other curd products not heat treated curd products, desserts based on curds (heat treated) all kinds of hard, semi-hard and sweet milk cheese soft milk cheese acidified milk cheese processed cheese without additives 5 x 103 0.001 0.1 0.001 0.0001 0.01 0.1 25 25 25 25 25 25 0.01 0.1 5 x 102 5 x 102 5 x 102 Listeria monocytogenes is not admissible in 25 g Listeria monocytogenes is not admissible in 25 g Listeria monocytogenes is not admissible in 25 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 26 processed cheese with additives (mushrooms, vegetables, etc.) 1 x 104 0.1 25 - - mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g, yeasts not more than 100 CFU in 1 g 12. 0402 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: concentrated whole milk or skimmed milk containing added sugar: put up in containers packaged for consumers put up in transport containers coffee, cocoa with concentrated milk or containing added 2.5 x 104 1) 3.5 x 104 1) 1.0 0,1 1.0 25 25 25 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 27 sugar 13. 0402 10 - in powder, granules or other solid forms: powdered cow milk powdered skimmed cow milk: ready for use for industrial processing powdered milk products, concentrates powdered cream, whether or not containing added sugar 5 x 104 1) 7 x 104 2) 5 x 104 1 x 105 1 x 105 5 x 104 1) 1 x 105 2) 0.1 1) 0.1 2) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0,1 1) 0.1 2) 25 1) 25 2) 25 25 25 25 25 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.0 14. 0408 (excluding 0408 11 200; 0408 19 200; 0408 91 200; 0408 99 200) 0408 19 200; Birds' eggs, not in shell and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by boiling or by steaming in water, frozen or Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 28 0408 91 200; 0408 99 200) otherwise preserved, moulded, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: eggs melange of eggs, egg whites and egg yolks (frozen) whether or not containing added salt and sugar egg powder for products for enteral feeding egg powder, heat treated, egg white, egg yolk, dry egg mixtures for omelettes sublimated egg products: powder, yolk egg white 5 x 103 5 x 105 5 x 104 1 x 105 5 x 104 1 x 104 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.01 0.1 25 25 25 25 25 25 1.0 1.0 10 1.0 0.1 Proteus is not admissible in 0.1 g Proteus is not admissible in 0.1 g Proteus is not admissible in 0.1 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 29 15. 0410 00 000 Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included: edible gelatine 1 x 104 1.0 25 16. 0701-0714 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers: vegetables and potatoes, fresh, fresh- frozen and processed products thereof: vegetables, fresh, blanched, quick-frozen vegetables, fresh, unblanched, quick-frozen green and leafy vegetables, quick frozen 1 x 104 1 x 105 5 x 105 1.0 0,01 0.01 25 25 25 mould not more than 100 CFU in 1g; yeasts not more than 100 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 500 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 500 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 500 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 500 CFU Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 30 partially processed potatoes , quick frozen lettuce and mixtures of blanched, quick frozen vegetables partially processed vegetables, puree like, quick-frozen salted, pickled vegetables (cabbage), cucumbers, tomatoes, etc.), not packaged dried potatoes and vegetables: dried vegetables 5 x 104 5 x 104 5 x 104 5 x 105 0.01 0.1 0,1 0.01 25 25 25 25 25 1,0 in 1 g mould not more than 1000 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 100 CFU in 1.0 g mould not more than Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 31 (not blanched beforehand) dried potato puree dried vegetables and potatoes (blanched beforehand) potato chips dried mushrooms 5 x 104 2 x 104 1 x 103 5 x 105 0.1 0.01 0.1 0.001 25 25 25 25 500 CFU in 1 g; B . cereus not more than 100 CFU in 1.0 g mould not more than 500 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 500 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 500 CFU in 1 g 17. 0801-0814 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons: quick-frozen pome fruit and stone fruit fruit, whole, vacuum-packed, quick-frozen 5 x 104 5 x 104 0.1 0.1 25 25 mould not more than 200 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 1000 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 200 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 500 CFU Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 32 fruit, grated or otherwise broken, quick-frozen dried fruit candied fruit and peel nuts: unprocessed processed 1 x 105 5 x 104 1 x 103 0.01 0.1 1.0 0.01 0.1 25 25 25 in 1 g mould not more than 500 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 100 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 500 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 500 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 1000 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 500 CFU in 1 g; 18. 0901-0910 Coffee, tea, maté and spices: tea (black, green) mould not more than 1000 CFU in 1 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 33 coffee (beans, not roasted) spices ready for use spices, unprocessed (black pepper, allspice, red pepper, coriander, cinnamon, nutmeg) combined spice blend food concentrates garlic powder 5 x 105 2 x 106 5 x 105 5 x 103 0.01 0.001 0.01 1.0 25 25 25 25 mould not more than 500 CFU in 1 g mesophilic sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.01 g; mould not more than 1000 CFU in 1 g mould, not more than 1 x 104 CFU in 1 g mesophilic sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.01 g; mould not more than 200 CFU in 1 g mould not more than Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 34 (dried by sublimation method 100 CFU in 1 g; B. cereus not more than 100 CFU in 1 g 19. 1001-1008 (excluding 1007 00) Cereal crops: bran of barley and wheat: edible fibre of wheat bran 5 x 104 5 x 104 0.1 0.1 25 25 mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g 20. 1108 13 000 1108 12 000 potato starch maize (corn) starch 1 x 105 0.01 25 - - mould not more than 500 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 500 CFU in 1 g 21. 1302 20 pectic substances, pectinates and pectates: pectic substances 5 x 102 1.0 25 mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g 22. 1302 31 000 -agar-agar 5 x 104 1.0 25 - - mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g 23. 1517 Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 35 oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this group : margarine 0.01 25 mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 500 CFU in 1 g 24. 1601 00 1601 00 100 1601 00 910 Sausages and similar products of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products: of liver: sausages pates sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked 1 x 103 2 x 103 1 x 103 2 x 103 1.0 1.0 0.1 25 25 25 0.1 1.0 sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.01 g sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.1 g sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.01 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 36 1601 00 990 - raw-dried, semi-dried, smoked, cooked other: cooked sausage products (sausages, frankfurters, etc.) other: diced meat in aspic jellied meat blood sausages 1 x 103 2.5 x 103 1 x 103 2 x 103 2 x 103 5 x 103 1 x 103 2 x 103 1.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 25 25 25 25 1.0 0.1 sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.01 g; Listeria monocytogenes is not admissible in 25g for cut, heat treated products sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.1 g sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 1.0 g sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.01 g 25. 1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 37 meat offal or blood: cooked meat products (ham-, beef-and pork rolls, pressed beef and pork, hams in casing, pressed bacon, formed lamb ) boiled and smoked beef, pork products (hams, rolls, briskets, etc.) quick- frozen meat dishes: pieces of meat in portions without sauces of minced meat with sauces, meat stuffed pancakes 1 x 103 1 x 103 1 x 104 2 x 104 1.0 1.0 0.01 0.01 25 25 25 25 0.1 0.1 sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.1 g sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.1 g Enterococci not more than 1 x 103 CFU in 1.0 g Enterococci not more than 2 x 103 CFU in 1.0 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 38 preserved meat, pasteurised 2 x 102 1.0 25 1.0 - sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.1 g 26. 1602 32 -- Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus: cooked sausage products (sausages, frankfurters, etc.) cooked and smoked products, prepared minced meat products prepared quick-frozen products in pieces prepared quick-frozen products from minced meat with sauces pates of 1 x 103 1 x 104 2 x 104 2 x 103 1.0 0.1 0.1 1.0 25 25 25 25 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.1 g Enterococci not more than 1 x 103 CFU in 1.0 g Enterococci not more than 2 x 103 CFU in 1.0 g sulphite reducing Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 39 chicken meat pates of poultry liver 5 x 103 1.0 25 0.1 Clostridia is not admissible in 0.1 g 27. 1604 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs: products heat treated: uncut fishery products cut fishery products stuffed fishery products, rolls, shashliks fishery products in various infusions (sauces, marinades) paste-formand minced fish meat products 1 x 104 5 x 103 2 x 104 1 x 104 1 x 103 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 25 25 25 25 25 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 40 jellied fishery products fishery products in paste form: pates, etc. fish butter, fish paste multiple component products: after mixing of components, not heat treated after mixing of components, heat-treated (pilaf, snacks, stewed fishery products with vegetables, etc.) cooked and frozen products: quick-frozen 1 x 104 2 x 105 5 x 104 1 x 104 2 x 104 0.1 0.01 0.001 0.01 0.1 0.1 25 25 25 25 25 25 1.0 0.1 0.1 1.0 1.0 0.1 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 41 lunch meals and snacks minced fish meat products (crab sticks, fish flakes, etc.) produce from fish eggs: heat treated not heat treated vacuum-packed produce caviar of salmon, trout in tins other roe of fish: salted salted roe in casing 1 x 103 1 x 104 1 x 105 5 x 103 1 x 104 1 x 104 5 x 104 1.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 1.0 1.0 0.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 1.0 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 1.0 g; Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 42 smoked or dried roe in casing pasteurised preserved fish before sterilisation: preserved fish and vegetables previously heat treated (in tomato sauce, oil, broth, oil and tomato sauce), preserved fish with vegetables preserved fish and vegetables previously heat treated (in tomato sauce, with vegetables in 5 x 103 5 x 103 1 x 104 8 x 104 1.0 1.0 25 25 1.0 1.0 mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 1.0 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 43 tomato sauce, fish in their own juice and in their own juice with oil, jellied, in fish soups) preserved minced fish meat, puddings, pates, preserved minced fish meat with vegetables: from fish previously heat treated (excluding pates from smoked fish); from fish previously not heat treated pates from smoked fish preserved sea invertebrates 5 x 104 1 x 105 2 x 105 1 x 105 28. 1704 Sugar confectionery: unglazed Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 44 sweets: milk, fondants praline-type glazed sweets: fondants, fruit, marzipan candies, caramels with nuts milk and cream cream praline type 5 x 103 1 x 104 1 x 104 5 x 104 5 x 104 1.0 0.01 1.0 0.1 0.01 25 25 25 25 25 mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 10 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 45 various other bon-bons /drops caramels: sugar candies, also, with fondant, liqueur, fruit and berry filling with nut, chocolate and nut filling toffees chewing gum with sugar, xylitol halva: glazed 1 x 104 5 x 102 5 x 103 1 x 103 5 x 102 1 x 104 0.1 1.0 0.1 1.0 1.0 0.01 25 25 25 25 25 25 0.1 mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould, not more than 10 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 10 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 46 unglazed pastilles, marmalade products: pastilles and zephyrs, unglazed pastilles and zephyrs, glazed marmalades, glazed 5 x 104 1 x 103 5 x 103 5 x 103 0.01 0.1 0.1 0.1 25 25 25 25 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 47 Oriental sweets: soft sweets oila sherbet Turkish delights roasted nuts kozinaki 5 x 103 5 x 103 5 x 103 1 x 104 1 x 103 5 x 103 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.01 1.0 0.1 25 25 25 25 25 25 mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 100 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 200 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 48 yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g 29. 1806 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: chocolate: containing no additives containing additives, filled, assortment type chocolates creams, pastes: milk and chocolate chocolate 1 x 104 5 x 104 5 x 103 5 x 104 0,1 0.1 0.01 0.01 25 25 25 25 0.1 mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 100 CFU in 1 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 49 cocoa powder: for sale for processing 1 x 105 5 x 104 0.01 0.01 25 25 mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 100 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 100 CFU in 1 g 30. 1902 - uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared - 25 - 31. 1905 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; wafers (excluding empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use), filled wafers: Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 50 tortes, cakes and pastry, biscuits, mille-feuilles, sand, puff pastry with filling or frosting: with whipped cream soufflés with fruit and berry fondant with a chocolate glaze 5 x 104 1 x 104 1 x 104 1 x 104 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 25 25 25 25 0.01 0.01 0.1 0.1 if margarine is used: mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 100 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 51 with boiled cream with curd and cream filling wafer-cakes with filling: fatty substances pralines, chocolate, nuts biscuit rolls, filled: with whipped cream with fruit, poppyseeds, candied peel, 1 x 104 5 x 104 5x 103 5 x 104 5 x 104 1 x 104 0.01 0.01 0.1 0.01 0,01 1,0 25 25 25 25 25 25 1.0 0.1 0,1 1,0 mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 52 nuts, etc., filling cakes: with powdered sugar with praline glaze, with nuts, candied peel cakes, rolls vacuum packed wafers: not filled, filled with fruit fondant with praline 5 x 103 5 x 103 5 x 103 5 x 103 5 x 104 0.1 0,1 0,1 0,1 0,01 25 25 25 25 25 0,1 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 53 and nut filling, with a chocolate glaze gingerbread: not filled filled biscuits: sugar, with a chocolate glaze, sand with a cream layer 2,5 x 103 5 x 103 1 x 104 1 x 104 1,0 0,1 0,1 0,1 25 25 25 25 0,1 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 54 crackers, galettes Oriental sweets: biscuits with cinnamon, kurabye, shakherlukum, shakherchurek zemelak rolls and wafers with nuts 1 x 103 5 x 102 5 x 103 1 x 103 1,0 1.0 1.0 1.0 25 25 25 25 0,1 mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g 32. 2006 00 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 55 glace‚ or crystallised): vegetable and fruit desserts (dried by heat method drying) vegetable powders (dried by method of sublimation) 5 x 103 5 x 104 1.0 0.01 25 25 1.0 B. cereus is not admissible in 0.1 g; mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g 33. 2007 Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purees and fruit or nut pastes, heat treated, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: unsterilised, in packaging which is not airtight 5 x 103 1.0 25 mould not more than 50 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 50 CFU in 1 g 34. 2009 Fruit juices and vegetable juices, Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 56 unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter fruit juices and drinks, pasteurised, carbonated with pH 3,7 and less; concentrates of fruit, berry and vegetable juices for further processing, unpasteurised (including quick frozen) 50 5 x 103 1 x 103 1.0 25 mould not more than 5 CFU in 1 g; yeasts are not admissible in 1 g mould not more than 500 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 2000 CFU in 1 g 35. 2103 90 901 -- mayonnaise culinary and 0.1 0.001 25 25 mould not more than 10 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 500 CFU in 1 g mould not more than Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 57 confectionery fat 100 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 1000 CFU in 1 g 36. 2102 10 310 2104 10 dry yeasts soups and broths and preparations therefor 0,01 0.01 25 25 0,1 0.1 37. 2104 10 900 -- dry: dried broths with spices 5 x 104 1.0 25 sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.01 g 38. 2105 00 Ice cream: ice cream with a milk basis soft ice cream (raw material for public catering undertakings) 1 x 105 1 x 105 0.01 0.1 25 25 1.0 1.0 39. 2106 10 - protein concentrates and textured protein substances: dried protein concentrate food casein (dry) 5 x 104 1.0 0.1 25 25 sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 0.01 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 58 food caseinates food albumin (light): protein supplements 5 x 104 2,5 x 104 1 x 104 0.1 0.1 1.0 25 25 25 1.0 sulphite reducing Clostridia, not more than 100 CFU in 1 g sulphite reducing Clostridia is not admissible in 1.0 g 40. 2106 90 -other: food supplements: flora (in capsules, tablets, powder) dry plant blends (teas) 1 x 104 5 x 105 0.1 0.01 10 10 1.0 B. cereus not more than 2 x 102 CFU in 1 g; yeasts not more than 100 CFU in 1 g; mould not more than 100 CFU in 1 g yeasts not more than 200 CFU in 1 g; mould not more than 200 CFU in 1 g 41. 2202 Waters, including mineral waters and aerated Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 59 waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non alcoholic beverages: mineral waters 100 333 100 P. aeruginosa is not admissible in 100 cm3 42. 2202 90 -other: unpasteurised non-alcoholic beverages without preservatives with expiry date not more than 30 times twenty-four hours non-alcoholic beverages with expiry date of 30 times twenty-four hours or more containing added sugar 30 333 100 25 100 yeasts not more than 100 CFU in 1 g yeasts not more than 15 CFU in 1 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 60 containing added sweetening matter with a basis of juice concentrates for the production of non-alcoholic beverages bread kvass from pure cultures bread kvass from leaven 100 5 x 104 100 100 1.0 1.0 0.1 100 100 25 25 25 yeasts not more than 10 CFU in 1 g 43. 2203 00 Malt beer: beer: unpasteurised, bottled pasteurised draught beer 500 3.0 10.0 1.0 25 25 25 yeasts and mould not more than 40 CFU in 1 g (in total) Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 61 Acting for the Minister for Welfare Minister for Finance E.Krastiņš Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 62 Annex 4 Cabinet Regulation No. 292 21 March 2000 Maximum Admissible Levels of Microbiological Contamination in Food Products and Their Raw Materials No. in sequ ence Latvian Combined Nomenclature Group Description Micro-organisms Admissible level (in g, ml or other units) Notes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Group 2 Meat and meat offal Minced meat Aerobic mesophilic bacteria Escherichia coli Staphylococcus aureus Salmonella spp. m = 500 000, M = 5 000 000, S = 500 000 000, n = 5, c = 2 m = 50, M = 500, n = 5, c = 2, S = 50 000 m = 100, M = 5 000, n = 5, c = 2, S = 50 000 not admissible in 10 g, n = 5, c = 0 n – number of samples; m – minimum number of bacteria, at which the result is to be considered to be satisfactory; M – maximum number of bacteria, at which the result is considered unsatisfactory c- number of samples, in which the number of bacteria may be between m and M; the result is satisfactory if the number of bacteria in the other samples is m or less; S – the limit after which the product Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 63 is considered to be toxic or spoilt 2. Group 16 Products of meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates Prepared meat Escherichia coli (in medium solid products) Escherichia coli (in products of average liquidity) Staphylococcus aureus (in semi solid products) Staphylococcus aureus (in semi solid products) Salmonella spp. m = 500, M = 5 000, n = 5, c = 2 m = 500, M = 15 000, n = 5, c = 2 m = 500, M = 5 000, n = 5, c = 1 m = 500, M = 15 000, n = 5, c = 1 not admissible in 1 g, n = 5, c = 0 3. Group 4 Milk and milk products; bird’s eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not All egg products after processing Salmonella spp. Staphylococcus aureus Aerobic mesophilic bacteria Enteroba cteriaceae not admissible in 25 g not admissible in 1 g M = 100 000 M = 100 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 64 elsewhere specified or included Raw cows' milk All milk products, including milk powder Cheese, prepared from raw milk or heat treated milk Unripened cheese, milk powder, frozen milk, products based on such , including ice cream Number of bacteria in total (30°C) Number of somatic cells Staphylococcus aureus Salmonella spp. Escherichia coli Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus Coliforms (30°C) Number of bacteria in total (30°C) 1 ml – 100 000 1) 1 ml – 400 000 2) n = 5, m = 500, M = 2 000, c = 2 not admissible in 25 g , n = 5, c = 0 m = 10 000, M = 100 000, n = 5, c = 2 m = 1 000, M = 10 000, n = 5, c = 2 m = 10, M = 100, n = 5, c = 2 m = 10, M = 100, n = 5, c = 2 m = 100 000, M = 500 000, n = 5, c = 2 1) the geometric average, which is obtained over a two-month period, taking at least two samples a month 2) the geometric average, which is obtained over a three-month period, taking at least one sample a month Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 65 Cheese, which is not hard Other milk products Soft cheeses Products with a basis of milk powder Products with a basis of milk Products with a basis of heated non-fermented milk Listeria monocytogenes Listeria monocytogenes Staphylococcus aureus Escherichia coli Coliforms (30°C) Coliforms (30°C) Coliforms (30°C) Number of bacteria in total (21°C) after incubation of products at 6°C for not admissible in 25 g , n = 5, c = 0 not admissible in 25 g, n = 5, c = 0 m = 100, M = 1 000, n = 5, c = 2 m = 100, M = 1 000, n = 5, c = 2 m = 10 000, M = 100 000, n = 5, c = 2 m = 0, M = 10, n = 5, c = 2 m = 0, M = 5, n = 5, c = 2 m = 50 000, M = 100 000, n = 5, c = 2 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 66 Pasteurised milk Butter from pasteurised milk or cream Sterilised milk five days Pathogenic micro organisms Coliforms (30°C) Number of bacteria in total (21°C) after incubation of products at 6°C for five days Coliforms (30°C) Number of bacteria in total (30°C) after incubation of products at 30°C for fifteen days, or at 55°C for seven days not admissible in 25 g, n = 5, c = 0 m = 0, M = 5, n = 5, c = 1 m = 50 000, M = 500 000, n = 5, c = 1 m = 0, M = 10, n = 5, c = 2 0,1 ml - 10 4. Group 3 Fish and Live bivalve molluscs Salmonella spp. not admissible in 25 g Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 67 crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates Prepared crustaceans and molluscs All fish products Crustaceans in shell Crab meat Escherichia coli Faecal coliforms Salmonella spp. Aerobic mesophilic bacteria (30°C) Staphylococcus aureus Escherichia coli Aerobic mesophilic bacteria (30°C) Aerobic mesophilic bacteria (30°C) < 230 per 100 g < 300 per 100 g not admissible in 25 g, n = 5, c = 0 m = 10 000, M = 100 000, n = 5, c = 2 m = 100, M = 1 000, n = 5, c = 2 m = 10, M = 100, n = 5, c = 1 m = 50 000, M = 500 000, n = 5, c = 2 m = 100 000, M = 1 000 000, n = 5, c = 2 Acting for the Minister for Welfare Minister for Finance E.Krastiņš Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 68 Annex 5 Cabinet Regulation No. 292 20 August 1999 Maximum Admissible Levels of Dioxins and Polychlorobiphenyls in Food Products and Their Raw Materials No. in sequ ence Latvian Combined Nomenclature Code Descriptio n of Product Group Content of Dioxins (pg TEq/1g fat) Content of Polychlorobiphenyls (mg/kg) Notes: 1. 0201-0203 0207 Meat and edible offal (of bovine animals, swine, poultry) 1.8 3.0 1) 2) 1) recalculating in proportion to the fat content 2) for poultry 2. 0401-0406 Milk and milk products 2.5 1.5 1) 1) recalculating in proportion to the fat content 3. 0407 00 Birds’ eggs 0.3 4. 0302-0305 Fish 5.0 2.0 Notes: 1. Dioxins are polychlorinated polycondensed aromatic compounds with mutually similar, mostly planar spatial structure and similar chemical and physical properties. This group includes 75 polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD) and 135 polychlorodibenzofurans (PCDF). The most toxic ones are 17 analogue 2,3,7,8-chlorine-substituted dibenzo-p-dioxins, of which the most toxic one is 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. 2. The toxic equivalent is utilised for risk assessment, which means, that the toxicity of PCDD or that of PCDF is expressed in ratio to the toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p dioxin, which is presumed to be 1. This ratio is called toxic equivalent (TEq). 3. Toxic equivalents for different PCDD and PCDF: PCDD and PCDF TEq 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin 1 1,2,3,7,8-pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin 0.5 2,3,7,8-substituted hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxins 0.1 1,2,3,4,7,8-heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin 0.01 octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin 0.001 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran 0.1 Translation © 2001 Tulkošanas un terminoloģijas centrs (Translation and Terminology Centre) 69 1,2,3,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran 0.01 2,3,4,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran 0.5 2,3,7,8-substituted hexachlorodibenzofurans 0.1 2,3,7,8-substituted heptachlorodibenzofurans 0.01 octachlorodibenzofuran 0.001 4. The standard maximum admissible content of dioxins per day for a person – up to 4 pg TEq per one kilogram of the body-weight. Acting for the Minister for Welfare Minister for Finance E. Krastiņš