# Council Regulation (Euratom) 2016/52 of 15 January 2016 laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of food and feed following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency, and repealing Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87 and Commission Regulations (Euratom) No 944/89 and (Euratom) No 770/90, Division 2: The maximum permitted levels to be applied to the minor food as listed in point 1 shall not exceed the following:

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

Carbon-14, tritium and potassium-40 are not included in this group.
Isotope group
Bq/kg
Sum of isotopes of strontium, notably Sr-90
7 500
Sum of isotopes of iodine, notably I-131
20 000
Sum of alpha-emitting isotopes of plutonium and transplutonium elements, notably Pu-239 and Am-241
800
Sum of all other nuclides of half-life greater than 10 days, notably Cs-134 and Cs-137
12 500

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/52/annex/II/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-52/annex-II/division-2
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