KNOWLEDGE CENTER
Mycotoxins Legislation
South Korea
| Aflatoxins | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Commodity | Β1 (ppb) | Total (ppb) | M1 (ppb) |
| All | 10 ppb | 15 ppb | – |
| Milk | – | – | 500 ppt (0.5 ppb) |
| Ochratoxin A | |
|---|---|
| Commodity | |
| Baby foods for infants & young children | 0.5 ppb |
| Grape juice, concentrated grape, wine | 2 ppb |
| Grains & grain products, coffee beans & roasted coffee | 5 ppb |
| Red pepper powder | 7 ppb |
| Raisins, instant coffee | 10 ppb |
| Meju | 20 ppb |
| Deoxynivalenol (DON)-max level | |
|---|---|
| Commodity | Limit |
| Cereals | 0.5 ppm (500 ppb) |
| Grains & grain products except corn | 1 ppm (1,000 ppb) |
| Corn & corn products | 2 ppm (2,000 ppb) |
| Fumonisins (B1, B2) | |
|---|---|
| Commodity | Limit |
| Grain products, cereals, processed corn for pop-corn, confectionaries | 1 ppm (1,000 ppb) |
| Corn processed food, corn powder | 2 ppm (2,000 ppb) |
| Corn & corn products | 4 ppm (4,000 ppb) |
| Zearalenone (ZON) | |
|---|---|
| Commodity | |
| Baby foods for infants & young children | 20 ppb |
| Confectionaries | 50 ppb |
| Corn for starch/syrup | 200 ppb |
| Grains and simple processed products (except corn for starch/syrup) | 100 ppb |
| Patulin | |
|---|---|
| Commodity | Limit |
| Baby foods for infants & young children | 10 ppb |
| Apple juice | 50 ppb |
