{"id":29225,"date":"2023-03-08T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/?p=29225"},"modified":"2023-03-28T11:36:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T09:36:53","slug":"new-maximum-levels-for-arsenic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/regulatory-watch\/new-maximum-levels-for-arsenic\/","title":{"rendered":"New maximum levels for arsenic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hover_box\"><div class=\"hover_box_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"scale-with-grid visible_photo\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Farine-de-riz.png\" alt=\"New maximum levels for arsenic!\" width=\"\" height=\"\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"scale-with-grid hidden_photo\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/actu_publication-rasff-2016_02.jpg\" alt=\"New maximum levels for arsenic!\" width=\"\" height=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>EU Regulation 2023\/465 has just been published in the OJEU. It amends and adds maximum levels for inorganic and total arsenic in certain foodstuffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arsenic is a ubiquitous metalloid found at low concentrations in rocks, soil and natural groundwater. Anthropogenic activity has contributed to increased levels of arsenic in the environment due to industrial emissions (mining, non-ferrous smelting and fossil fuel combustion) and the use of arsenic in fertilizers, wood preservatives, insecticides or herbicides. Food and drinking water are the main routes of exposure to arsenic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New maximum levels have been introduced for inorganic arsenic in :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rice flour: 0.25 mg\/kg.<br>Rice-based soft drinks: 0.03 mg\/kg.<br>Infant formulae, follow-on formulae, foodstuffs for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children and infant formulae in powder form: 0.02 mg\/kg<br>Infant formulae, follow-up formulae, foods for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children and formulae for young children in liquid form: 0.01 mg\/kg<br>Baby food: 0.02 mg\/kg<br>Fruit juices, reconstituted fruit juices and fruit nectars: 0.02 mg\/kg.<br>The level for unparboiled milled rice (polished rice or white rice) has been lowered to 0.15 mg\/kg instead of 0.20 mg\/kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A level of 0.5 mg\/kg has also been added for salt for total arsenic. This is the maximum level set by the Codex Alimentarius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article 2 of this regulation specifies that foodstuffs that were legally placed on the market before 26\/03\/23 may remain on the market until their date of minimum durability or use-by date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These maximum levels are applicable on 26\/03\/2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that your Phytocontrol laboratory offers you the analysis of inorganic arsenic and total arsenic under COFRAC accreditation. You can consult our COFRAC technical appendix N\u00b01-1904 available in your customer area or on the COFRAC website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU Regulation 2023\/465 has just been published in the OJEU. It amends and adds maximum levels for inorganic and total arsenic in certain foodstuffs. Arsenic is<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[951],"class_list":["post-29225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulatory-watch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29225"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=29225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}