# Commission Regulation (EU) No 594/2012 of 5 July 2012 amending Regulation (EC) 1881/2006 as regards the maximum levels of the contaminants ochratoxin A, non dioxin-like PCBs and melamine in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance), Annex

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows:
(1) Section 2.2 Ochratoxin A is amended as follows:
(a) Point 2.2.2 is replaced by the following:
“
2.2.2.
All products derived from unprocessed cereals, including processed cereal products and cereals intended for direct human consumption with the exception of foodstuffs listed in 2.2.9, 2.2.10 and 2.2.13
3,0
”
(b) Point 2.2.11 is replaced by the following:
“
2.2.11.
Spices, including dried spices
Piper spp (fruits thereof, including white and black pepper)
Myristica fragrans (nutmeg)
Zingiber officinale (ginger)
Curcuma longa (turmeric)
15 μg/kg
Capsicum spp. (dried fruits thereof, whole or ground, including chillies, chilli powder, cayenne and paprika)
30 μg/kg until 31.12.2014
15 μg/kg as from 1.1.2015
Mixtures of spices containing one of the abovementioned spices
15 μg/kg
”
(c) The following point 2.2.13 is inserted after point 2.2.12:
“
2.2.13.
Wheat gluten not sold directly to the consumer
8,0
”
(2) The following section 7: Melamine and its structural analogues is added:
“
Section 7:
Melamine and its structural analogues
The maximum level does not apply to food for which it can be proven that the level of melamine higher than 2,5 mg/kg is the consequence of authorized use of cyromazine as insecticide. The melamine level shall not exceed the level of cyromazine.
Foodstuffs
Maximum levels(mg/kg)
7.1.
Melamine
7.1.1.
Food with the exception of infant formulae and follow-on formulae
2,5
7.1.2.
Powdered infant formulae and follow-on formulae
1
”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/594/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-594/annex
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