KNOWLEDGE CENTER
Mycotoxins Legislation
Egypt
| Ochratoxin A | |
|---|---|
| Commodity | |
| Grains for direct use | 3 ppb |
| Grains for processing | 5 ppb |
| Roasted coffee beans and ground roasted coffee, excluding soluble coffee | 3 ppb |
| Raisins | 8 ppb |
| Liquorice | 20 ppb |
| Aflatoxins | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Commodity | Β1 | Total | M1 |
| Grains, dried fruit, peanuts, oil seeds for direct consumption | 2 ppb | 4 ppb | – |
| Walnuts, hazelnuts, Brazilian nuts for direct consumption | 5 ppb | 10 ppb | – |
| Dried fruit, corn, rice for storing/manufacturing | 5 ppb | 10 ppb | – |
| Spices | 5 ppb | 10 ppb | – |
| Pistachio, almond for direct consumption | 8 ppb | 10 ppb | – |
| Hazelnut, peanuts, oil seeds for food processing | 8 ppb | 15 ppb | – |
| Pistachio, almond for processing | 12 ppb | 15 ppb | – |
| Milk powder | – | – | 100 ppt (0.1 ppb) |
| Milk (fluid) | – | – | 50 ppt (0.05 ppb) |
| Baby powder milk | – | – | 25 ppt (0.025 ppb) |
| Deoxynivalenol (DON) | |
|---|---|
| Commodity | |
| Bread, biscuits, snacks | 0.5 ppm (500 ppb) |
| Pasta | 0.75 ppm (750 ppb) |
| Unprocessed cereals other than durum wheat, oats and maize | 1.25 ppm (1,250 ppb) |
| Unprocessed maize , with the exception of unprocessed maize intended to be processed by wet milling | 1.75 ppm (1,750 ppb) |
| Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children | 0.2 ppm (200 ppb) |
| Zearalenone (ZON) | |
|---|---|
| Commodity | |
| Bread (including small bakery wares), pastries, biscuits, cereal snacks and breakfast cereals, excluding maize-snacks and maize-based breakfast cereals | 50 ppb |
| Grains for direct consumption | 75 ppb |
| Grains for processing | 100 ppb |
| Unprocessed maize with the exception of unprocessed maize intended to be processed by wet milling | 350 ppb |
| Refined maize oil | 400 ppb |
| Patulin | |
|---|---|
| Commodity | |
| Apple paste | 25 ppb |
| Apple juice | 50 ppb |
