Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011- Clause 2.3

Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011 - Clause 2.3

What is Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011?

This is a Central Food Regulation drafted by Food Authority in accordance with Section 92 (1) of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The Regulation explain allowable quantity of contaminants, toxins and residues in food articles.

Purpose of the Clause:

Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011

Clause 2.3 – Restriction on the Use of Insecticides in Food Articles

Clause 2.3 of the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011, provides for restrictions on the use of insecticides in food articles. It prohibits the direct application of insecticides on food, except for fumigants that are registered for such use by the Registration Committee constituted under the Insecticides Act, 1968. Additionally, it prescribes Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for various insecticides in specific food items to ensure consumer safety.

Restriction on the use of insecticides:

(1) The expression “insecticide” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Insecticide Act, 1968 (46 of 1968).

(2) Subject to the provisions of clause (3), no insecticides shall be used directly on articles of food:

Provided that nothing in this regulation shall apply to the fumigants which are registered and recommended for use as such on articles of food by the Registration Committee, constituted under section 5 of the Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968).

(3) The insecticide specified in column (2) of the table shall not exceed the Maximum Residue Limits (MRL) prescribed in column (4), for the article of food specified in column (3) of the said table, namely:-

S. No.	Name of the Insecticide	Food	Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) in mg/kg
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1.	2,4-Dichlorophenoxy Acetic Acid	Sugarcane	0.05
		Food grains	Maize-0.05, Wheat-2 and Rice-0.1and other food grains- 0.01
		Milled food grains	0.01
		Potato	0.2
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
		Meat and Poultry	0.2
		Eggs	0.05 (shell free basis)
		Fruits	2
2.	Acephate (expressed as mixture of Methamidophos and acephate).	Rice	1
		Safflower seed	2
		Cottonseed	2
		Milk and Milk products	0.02
		Meat and Meat products	0.05
3.	Acetamiprid	Chilli	2
		Dried Chilli	20
		Rice	0.01
		Okra	0.1
		Cabbage	0.7
		Milk and Milk products	0.02
		Meat and Meat products	0.05
		Cotton seed Oil	0.1

4.	Alachlor	Cotton seed	0.05
		Groundnut	0.05
		Maize	0.1
		Soya bean	0.1
5.	Alpha cypermethrin	Cotton seed Oil	0.05
5.	Alpha cypermethrin	Pine apple	0.5
6.	Alpha naphthyl Acetic Acid	Tomato	0.1
		Chilli	0.2
		Dried Chilli	2
		Mango	0.05
		Cotton seed Oil	0.05
		Grapes	0.05
		Pineapple	0.5
7.	Ametroctradin	Grapes	6
		Potato	0.05
		Cucumber	0.4
		Tomato	0.3
8.	Anilophos	Rice	0.1
9.	Atrazine	Maize	0.01
9.	Atrazine	Sugarcane	0.25
10.	Azimsulfuron	Rice	0.02*
11.	Azoxystrobin	Grapes	2
		Tomato	1
		Mango	0.7
		Chilli	1
		Dried Chilli	10
		Cucumber	0.05*
		Potato	7
		Milk and Milk products	0.01
		Cumin	0.03*
		Maize	0.03*
		Wheat	0.2
		Rice	0.03*
		Onion	0.05
12.	Benfuracarb	Red Gram	0.05
12.	Benfuracarb	Rice	0.05
13.	Sum of benomyl and carbendazim expressed as carbendazim	Food grains	0.5
		Milled food grains	0.1
		Vegetables	0.5
		Mango	2
		Banana (whole)	1
		Other fruits	5
		Cottonseed	0.1
		Groundnut	0.1
		Sugar beet	0.1
		Dry fruits	0.1
		Eggs	0.1 (shell free basis)
		Meat and Poultry	0.1 (carcass fat basis)

		Milk and Milk products	0.1 (F)
14.	Bensulfuron Methyl	Rice	0.01
15.	Beta Cyfluthrin	Okra	0.01*
		Brinjal	0.2
		Cotton seed	0.7
		Soya bean	0.03
		Soya bean Oil	0.01*
16.	Bifenthrin	Sugarcane	0.03
		Rice	0.05
		Apple	0.5
		Tea	30
		Cotton seed	0.5
		Milk and Milk products	0.2
17.	Bispyribac Sodium	Rice	0.05
18.	Bitertanol	Wheat	0.05
		Groundnut	0.05
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
		Meat and Meat products	0.05
		Tea	0.05*
		Apple	0.4
19.	Buprofezin	Cotton seed Oil	0.01
		Chilli	2
		Dried Chilli	20
		Mango	0.1
		Grapes	1
		Okra	0.01*
		Rice	0.05
		Milk and Milk products	0.01
20.	Butachlor	Rice	0.05
21.	Captan	Rice	0.3
		Fruit and Vegetables	Cherries-25, Grapes-25 and Melons-10, other fruits & other vegetables 15
		Black gram	0.01*
22.	Carbaryl	Sesamum	0.05
		Fish	0.2
		Food grains	Wheat-2.0 and Maize- 0.02, other food grains 1.5
		Milled food grains	0.01
		Okra and leafy vegetables	10
		Potato	0.2
		Other vegetables	5
		Cotton seed (whole)	1
		Maize cob (kernels)	1
		Rice	2.5
		Maize	0.5

		Chilli	5
		Dried Chilli	50
		Citrus (Orange)	15
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
23.	Carbendazim	Food grains	Wheat-0.05, Rice-2.0 and other food grains 0.1
		Milled food grains	0.1
		Vegetables	0.5
		Mango	5
		Banana (whole)	1
		Other fruits	5
		Cotton seed	0.1
		Groundnut	0.1
		Sugar beet	0.1
		Dry fruits	0.1
		Eggs	0.1(shell free basis)
		Meat & Poultry	0.1(Carcass fat basis)
		Milk and Milk products	0.1 (F)
		Potato	0.01*
		Tea	0.5
		Grapes	3
		Rice	2*
24.	Carbofuran (sum of carbofuran and 3-hydroxy carbofuran expressed as carbofuran)	Food grains	0.10
		Milled food grains	0.03
		Fruits & Vegetables	0.10
		Oil seeds	0.10
		Sugarcane	0.10
		Meat & Poultry	0.10 (carcass fat basis)
		Milk and Milk products	0.05 (fat basis)
25.	Carbosulfan	Chilli	2
		Dried Chilli	20
		Rice	0.2
26.	Carfentrazone Ethyl	Wheat	0.01
		Rice	0.1*
		Tea	0.02*
27.	Carpropamid	Rice	1
28.	Cartap Hydrochloride	Rice	0.5
29.	Chlorantraniliprole	Bengal Gram	0.03*
		Black Gram	0.03*
		Bitter Gourd	0.03*
		Okra	0.3
		Soya bean	0.03*
		Pigeon pea	0.03*
		Tomato	0.6
		Chilli	0.6
		Dried Chilli	6
		Brinjal	0.6

		Rice	0.4
		Cabbage	2
		Sugarcane	0.5
		Cotton	0.3
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
		Meat and Meat products	0.2
		Groundnut	0.03*
		Groundnut Oil	0.03*
		Maize	0.03*
30.	Chlorfenapyr	Chilli	0.05
		Dried Chilli	0.5
		Cabbage	0.05
31.	Chlorfluazuron	Cabbage	0.1*
31.	Chlorfluazuron	Cotton seed	0.01*
32.	Chlorimuron ethyl	Rice	0.01
		Soya bean seed	0.01
		Wheat	0.05
33.	Chlormequat Chloride (CCC)	Potato	0.1
		Brinjal	0.1
		Grape	0.05*
		Cotton seed	1
34.	Chlorothalonil	Groundnut	0.1
		Potato	0.1
		Milk and Milk products	0.07
		Meat and Meat products	0.02
35.	Chlorpropham	Potato	30
36.	Chlorpyriphos	Tea	2
		Food grains	Wheat-0.5, Rice-0.5 and Food grains 0.05
		Milled food grains	0.01
		Fruits	Stawberry-0.03, Plum- 0.5, Pomefruit-1.0 and other Fruits 0.5
		Potatoes and Onions	Potato-2.0, Onions 0.01
		Cauliflower and Cabbage	1
		Other vegetables	0.2
		Meat and Poultry (carcass fat)	0.1
		Milk and Milk products	0.02
		Cotton seed	0.3
		Cotton seed oil (crude)	0.05
		Carbonated Water	0.001
37.	Chlothianidin (Chlothianidin and its metabolites Thiazolymethylguanidine (TMG), Thiazolymethylurea (TZMU), Methylnitroguanidine (MNG) TMG)	Sugarcane	0.4
		Cotton seed	0.02
		Cotton seed Oil	0.02
		Rice	0.5
		Tea	0.7
		Milk and Milk products	0.02

		Meat and Meat products	0.02
38.	Chromafenozide	Rice	0.03*
39.	Cinmethylene	Rice	0.05
40.	Clodinafop-propargyl	Soya bean	0.05*
40.	Clodinafop-propargyl	Wheat	0.1
41.	Clomazone	Rice	0.01
		Soya bean seed	0.01
		Soya bean seed oil	0.01
42.	Copper Hydroxide (Copper determined as elemental copper)	Rice	$
		Potato	$
		Grapes	$
43.	Copper Oxychloride(Copper determined as elemental copper)	Fruit	$
		Potato	$
		Other vegetables	$
		Areca nut	$
		Cardamom	$
		Coconut	$
		Coffee	$
		Pepper	$
		Paddy	$
44.	Copper Sulphate (Copper determined as elemental copper	Coffee	$
		Cardamom	$
		Citrus	$
		Coconut	$
		Guava	$
		Papaya	$
		Pea	$
		Grapes	$
45.	Cuprous Oxide (Copper determined as elemental copper)	Paddy	$
		Potato	$
		Areca nut	$
		Chilli	$
		Citrus	$
		Coffee	$
		Grapes	$
46.	Cyantranilipole	Grapes	0.01
		Pomegranate seed	0.01
		Pomegranate Juice	0.01
		Cabbage	2
		Chilli	0.5
		Dried Chilli	5
		Tomato	0.5
		Gherkin	0.3
		Okra	0.5
		Brinjal	0.06
		Cotton seed or Cotton seed Oil	1.5
47.	Cyazofamid	Potato	0.02*

		Tomato	0.01*
		Grapes	1
48.	Cyhalofop-butyl	Rice	0.5
49.	Cymoxanil	Tomato	0.01*
		Potato	0.01
		Grapes	0.1
		Citrus	0.05*
		Gherkin	0.05*
		Cucumber	0.1
50.	Cypermethrin (sum of isomers) (Fat soluble residue)	Rice	2
		Cottonseed Oil	0.01
		Wheat grains	2
		Milled wheat grains	0.01
		Brinjal	0.2
		Cabbage	2
		Okra	0.5
		Oil seeds except groundnut	0.2
		Meat and Poultry	2
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
	(a) Alpha Cypermethrin	Cotton seed Oil	0.05
51.	Deltamethrin (Decamethrin)	Chilli	0.05
		Dried Chilli	0.5
		Red gram	0.01
		Mango	0.01
		Tea	5
		Okra	0.05
		Tomato	0.3
		Brinjal	0.3
		Groundnut	0.01*
		Cotton seed	0.1
		Food grains	2.0
		Milled food grains	Milled Food grains- 0.2 and Wheat Flour-0.3
		Rice	2.0
		Wheat	2.0
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
		Meat and Meat products	0.5
52.	Diafenthiuron	Cardamom	0.5
		Brinjal	1
		Chilli	0.05
		Dried Chilli	0.5
		Cotton seed Oil	1
		Cabbage	1
		Citrus	0.2
53.	Dichlorvos (DDVP) (content of di- chloroacetaldehyde (D.C.A.) be reported where possible)	Food grains	Wheat-7.0, Rice-7.0 and other Food grains-1
		Milled food grains	0.25
		Vegetables	0.15

		Fruits	0.1
		Milk and Milk products	0.01
		Groundnut seeds	0.05
		Groundnut Oil	0.2
		Mustard seed or Mustard Oil	0.01
54.	Diclofop (sum diclofop-methyl and diclofop acid expressed as diclofop-methyl)”	Wheat	0.1
55.	Diclosulam	Soya bean	0.05*
56.	Dicofol (sum of o,p’ and p,p’ isomers)”	Fruits and Vegetables	5
		Tea	40
		Chilli	1
		Dried Chilli	10
57.	Difenoconazole	Chilli	0.01
		Dried Chilli	0.1
		Rice	0.01
		Pomegranate	0.8
		Milk and Milk products	0.02
		Meat and Meat products	0.2
		Apple	0.01
		Grapes	3
		Maize	0.01*
		Wheat	0.02
		Tomato	0.2
58.	Diflubenzuron	Cotton seed	0.2
59.	Dimethoate	Mustard	0.01
		Fruits and Vegetables	2
		Chilli	0.5
		Dried Chilli	5
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
		Meat and Meat products	0.05
60.	Dimethomorph	Grapes	2
		Potato	0.05
		Cucumber	0.2
		Tomato	0.2
61.	Dinocap	Mango	0.1
62.	Dinotefuran	Rice	8
		Cotton seed Oil	0.05*
		Milk and Milk products	0.1
63.	Dithianon	Apple	0.1
64.	Dithiocarbamates(the residue tolerance limit are determined and expressed as mg/CS2/kg and refer separately to the residues arising from any or each group of dithiocarbamates)	Chilli	1
		Dry chilli	10
		Food grains	Wheat-1.0 and other Food Grains-0.2
		Milled food grains	0.05
		Potato	0.2
	(b) Ethylene bis- dithiocarbamates	Cherries	1

	resulting from the use of mancozeb, maneb or zineb (including zineb derived from nabam plus zinc sulphate)	Other fruits	3
	(c) Mancozeb	Chilli	1
		Dried Chilli	10
		Cauliflower	0.02
		Groundnut	0.1
		Cumin	10
		Black pepper	2
		Mustard seed	0.1
		Gherkin	0.1*
		Onion	4
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
		Meat and Meat products	0.1
		Mango	2
		Grapes	5
		Citrus	0.05*
		Cucumber	0.4
		Tea	3
		Rice	0.5*
	(d) Metiram as CS2	Chilli	1
		Dry chilli	10
		Grapes	5
		Potato	0.2
		Tomato	5
		Groundnut seed	0.1
		Groundnut seed oil	0.1
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
		Onion	0.05*
		Apple	0.05*
		Cotton seed	0.05*
		Cotton seed Oil	0.05*
		Cumin	10
		Banana	2
		Black gram	0.05*
		Cucumber	2
		Pomegranate	0.05*
		Green gram	0.05*
	(e) Zineb as CS2	Turmeric	2
	(e) Zineb as CS2	Tea	0.1*
65.	Diuron	Sugarcane	0.02
		Cottonseed	1
		Banana	0.1
		Maize	0.5
		Citrus (Sweet Orange)	1
		Grapes	1
66.	Dodine	Apple	5

67.	Edifenphos	Rice	0.02
		Rice bran	1
		Eggs	0.01(shell free basis)
		Meat and poultry	0.02 (carcass fat basis)
		Milk and Milk products	0.01( F)
68.	Emamectin Benzoate	Cotton seed	0.02
		Cotton seed oil	0.02
		Okra	0.05
		Groundnut oil	0.05
		Milk and Milk products	0.01*
		Tea	0.01*
69.	Epoxyconazole	Ground nut oil	0.05*
		Groundnut cake	0.05*
		Maize	0.01*
		Cumin	0.01*
		coffee	0.05*
		wheat	0.01*
		Soya bean	0.05*
		Soya bean Oil	0.05*
		Rice	0.05*
70.	Ethephon	Pomegranate	0.05
		Pine apple	2
		Coffee	0.1
		Tomato	2
		Mango	2
71.	Ethion(Residues to be determined as ethion and its oxygen analogue and expressed as ethion)	Gram	0.01
		Pigeon Pea	0.01
		Soya bean Seed	0.01
		Tea	5
		Cucumber and Squash	0.5
		Other Vegetables	1
		Cottonseed	0.5
		Milk and Milk products	0.5 (F)
		Meat and Poultry	0.2 (carcass fat basis)
		Eggs	0.2 (shell free basis)
		Dry fruits	0.1 (shell free basis)
		Food grains	0.03
		Milled food grains	0.01
		Peaches	1
		Other fruits	2
72.	Ethofenprox (Etofenprox)	Rice	0.01
		Milk and Milk products	0.02
		Meat and Meat products	0.5
73.	Ethoxysulfuron	Rice	0.01
74.	Etoxazole	Brinjal	0.2
74.	Etoxazole	Tea	15
75.	Famoxadone	Grapes	2
75.	Famoxadone	Potato	0.05

		Tomato	2
		Gherkin	0.3
76.	Fenamidone	Potato	0.02
		Grapes	0.6
		Gherkin	0.2
		Tomato	1.5
77.	Fenarimol	Apple	5
78.	Fenazaquin	Apple	0.2
		Chilli	0.5
		Dried Chilli	5
		Okra	0.01
		Brinjal	0.01
		Tomato	0.01
		Tea	3
79.	Fenobucarb (BPMC)	Rice	0.01
80.	Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl	Cotton seed	0.02
		Black gram	0.01
		Rice	0.02*
		Wheat	0.02
		Soya bean seed	0.02
		Onion	0.05*
		Groundnut	0.01*
81.	Fenpropathrin	Brinjal	0.2
		Okra	0.5
		Chilli	0.2
		Tea	2
		Green tea	2
		Rice	0.03*
		Cottonseed oil	3
		Milk and Milk products	0.1
		Meat and Meat products	0.02
82.	Fenpyroximate	Chilli	1
		Dried Chilli	10
		Green Tea	2
		Coconut Water	0.02
		Tea	2
83.	Fenvalerate (Fat soluble residue)	Cauliflower	2
		Brinjal	2
		Okra	2
		Cotton seed	0.2
		Cottonseed Oil	0.1
		Meat and Poultry	1.0 (carcass fat basis)
		Milk and Milk products	0.01 (F)
84.	Fipronil	Cotton seed Oil	0.01
		Rice	0.01
		Chilli	0.01
		Dried Chilli	0.1
		Sugarcane	0.01

		Cabbage	0.02
		Grapes	0.01*
		Milk and Milk products	0.02
		Meat and Meat products	0.01
		Wheat	0.01*
		Onion	0.04
85.	Flonicamid	Rice	0.05*
85.	Flonicamid	Cotton seed Oil	0.02*
86.	Fluazifop-p-butyl	Soya bean	0.05
		Cotton seed Oil	0.01*
		Groundnut	0.01*
		Groundnut oil	0.01*
87.	Flubendiamide	Brinjal	0.1
		Bengal Gram	1.0
		Cotton seed Oil	1.5
		Rice	0.1
		Cabbage	4
		Tomato	2
		Pigeon pea	1.0
		Black Gram	1.0
		Chilli	0.02
		Dried Chilli	0.2
		Milk and Milk products	0.1
		Tea	50
		Soya bean	0.07
		Soya bean Oil	0.07
		Soya bean cake	0.07
88.	Fluchloralin	Cotton seed	0.05
88.	Fluchloralin	Soya bean	0.05
89.	Flufenacet	Rice	0.05
90.	Flusilazole	Rice	0.01
		Chilli	0.01
		Dried Chilli	0.1
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
		Meat and Meat products	1
		Groundnut	0.05*
		Apple	0.05
		Grapes	0.05
91.	Fluvalinate	Cotton seed Oil	0.05
91.	Fluvalinate	Tea	0.01
92.	Forchlorfenuron	Grapes	0.01
93.	Fosetyl-Al	Grapes	10
93.	Fosetyl-Al	Cardamom	0.2
94.	Glufosinate Ammonium	Cotton seed Oil	0.05*
		Tea	0.01
		Milk and Milk products	0.02
95.	Glyphosate	Tea	1
95.	Glyphosate	Rice	0.01

		Meat and Meat products	0.05
96.	Halosulfuron methyl	Sugarcane	0.03*
		Maize	0.01*
		Bottle Gourd	0.01*
97.	Hexaconazole	Mango	0.02
		Rice	0.02
		Ground nut seed	0.02
		Tea	0.02
		Grapes	0.1
		Chilli	0.5
		Dried Chilli	5
		Potato	0.02
		Soya bean	0.02
		Apple	0.1
		Blackgram	0.01*
98.	Hexazinone	Sugarcane	0.02
99.	Hexythiazox	Tea	15
		Chilli	0.01
		Dried Chilli	0.1
		Apple	0.3
100.	Hydrogen Cyanamide	Grapes	0.01
100.	Hydrogen Cyanamide	Sugarcane	0.03*
101.	Iodosulfuron Methyl Sodium	Wheat	0.01
102.	Imazethapyr	Soyabean	0.03
		Soyabean oil	0.1
		Groundnut oil	0.1
103.	Imidacloprid	Citrus (Acid Lime)	1
		Groundnut Seed	1
		Mango	0.2
		Sugarcane	0.1
		Okra	2
		Sunflower Seed	0.5
		Chilli	0.3
		Dried Chilli	3
		Grapes	1
		Tomato	1
		Cucumber	1
		Cotton seed Oil	0.05
		Rice	0.05
		Brinjal	0.2
		Milk and Milk products	0.1
		Meat and Meat products	0.1
		Soya bean	3.0
		Soya bean Oil	0.01*
104.	Indoxacarb	Tomato	0.5
		Chilli	0.01
		Dried Chilli	0.1
		Pigeon pea	0.1

		Chick Pea	0.2
		Rice	0.05
		Soya bean	0.5
		Cottonseed	1
		Cottonseed Oil	0.1
		Cabbage	3
		Milk and Milk products	0.1
		Meat and Meat products	2
105.	Iprobenfos (Kitazin)	Rice	0.2
106.	Iprodione	Rape seed	0.5
		Mustard seed	0.5
		Rice	10
		Tomato	5
		Grapes	10
107.	Isoprothiolane	Rice	0.1
108.	Isoproturon	Wheat	0.1
109.	Kasugamycin	Rice	0.05
109.	Kasugamycin	Tomato	0.05
110.	Kresoxim Methyl	Milk and Milk products	0.01
		Meat and Meat products	0.05
		Maize	0.02*
		Wheat	0.05*
		Chilli	0.15
		Dried Chilli	1.5
		Potato	0.02*
		Soya bean	0.02*
		Soya bean Oil	0.02*
		Soya bean Cake	0.02*
		Cotton seed Oil	0.02*
111.	Lambda cyhalothrin	Brinjal	0.2
		Tomato	0.1
		Rice	1
		Okra	2
		Red Gram	0.05
		Bengal Gram	0.05
		Chilli	0.05
		Dried Chilli	0.5
		Groundnut seed	0.01
		Onion	0.01
		Soya bean	0.01
		Mango	0.2
		Grapes	0.05
		Cotton seed Oil	0.05
		Tea	0.05*
		Maize	0.01*
112.	Linuron	Pea	0.05
113.	Lufenuron	Cauliflower	0.1
113.	Lufenuron	Cotton seed	0.01

		Black Gram	0.02*
		Chilli	0.05
		Dried Chilli	0.5
		Cabbage	0.3
		Pigeon pea	0.01
114.	Malathion (Malathion to be determined and expressed as combined residues of malathion and malaoxon)	Food grains	Wheat-10.0, Maize-0.05 and other food grains-4
		Milled food grains	1
		Fruits	4
		Vegetables	3
		Dried fruits	8
		Carbonated Water	0.01
115.	Mandipropamid	Grapes	2
		Tomato	0.3
		Potato	0.05*
116.	Mepiquat Chloride	Potato	0.1
		Cotton seed	0.5
		Cotton seed Oil	0.5
117.	Mesosulfuron Methyl	Wheat	0.01
118.	Metaflumizone	Cabbage	0.05
119.	Metalaxyl	Pearl Millet (Bajra)	0.05
		Maize	0.05
		Sorghum	0.05
120.	Metalaxyl-M	Potato	0.05*
		Grapes	1
		Black pepper	0.5
		Mustard Seed	0.01
		Chilli	0.02
		Dried Chilli	0.2
		Tomato	0.5
121.	Methabenzthiazuron	Wheat	0.5
122.	Methomyl	Tomato	1
		Pigeon pea seeds	0.05
		Chilli	0.05
		Dried Chilli	0.5
		Groundnut seed	0.05
		Grapes	0.3
		Soya bean	0.2
		Milk and Milk products	0.02
		Meat and Meat products	0.02
123.	Methyl Chlorophenoxy Acetic Acid (MCPA)	Rice	0.05
		Wheat	0.2
		Milk and Milk products	0.04
124.	Methyl Parathion (combined residues of methyl parathion and its oxygen analogue to be determined and expressed as methyl parathion)	Rice	0.01
		Black Gram	0.01
		Cotton seed oil	0.01
		Mustard seed or Mustard oil	0.01

125.	Metolachlor	Soya bean Oil	0.05
125.	Metolachlor	Milk and Milk products	0.01*
126.	Metribuzin	Tomato	0.05*
		Sugarcane	0.01*
		Potato	0.05*
		Soya bean Oil	0.1
		Wheat	0.03
127.	Metsulfuron Methyl	Rice	0.01
		Wheat	0.1
		Sugarcane	0.02
128.	Milbemectin	Chilli	0.01
128.	Milbemectin	Dried Chilli	0.1
129.	Monocrotophos	Food grains	0.03
		Milled food grains	0.01
		Citrus fruits	0.2
		Other fruits	1
		Cotton seed	0.1
		Cotton seed Oil (raw)	0.05
		Meat and Poultry	0.02
		Milk and Milk products	0.02
		Eggs	0.02 (shell free basis)
		Coffee (Raw beans)	0.1
		Chilli	0.2
		Dried Chilli	2
		Cardamom	0.5
130.	Myclobutanil	Apple	0.01
		Chilli	0.2
		Dried Chilli	2
		Groundnut seed	0.1
		Grapes	1
131.	Novaluron	Chilli	0.01
		Dried Chilli	0.1
		Chickpea	0.01
		Cotton seed	0.5
		Cotton seed Oil	0.01
		Tomato	0.01
		Cabbage	0.7
132.	Orthosulfamuron	Paddy	0.1
133.	Oxadiargyl	Mustard Seed	0.05
		Onion	0.1
		Cumin	0.01
		Rice	0.1
		Sunflower seed	0.05*
		Sunflower Oil	0.05*
134.	Oxadiazon	Rice	0.03
135.	Oxydemeton-Methyl	Cotton seed oil	0.01
		Chilli	2
		Dried chilli	20

		Mustard oil	0.01
		Food grains	Wheat-0.02, Rye-0.02 and other Food grains- 0.02
		Milk and Milk products	0.01
		Meat and Meat products	0.05
136.	Oxyfluorfen	Rice	0.05
		Groundnut Oil	0.05
		Mentha	0.01
		Tea	0.2
		Potato	0.01
		Onion	0.05
137.	Paclobutrazol	Mango	0.01
138.	Paraquat dichloride (Determined as Paraquatcations)	Food grains	Sorghum-0.03 and other food grains- 0.1
		Milled food grains	0.03
		Potato	0.2
		Other vegetables	0.05
		Cotton seed	2
		Cotton seed oil (edible refined)	0.05
		Milk and Milk products (whole)	0.01
		Fruits	0.05
		Tea	0.2
139.	Penconazole	Grapes	0.4
		Black gram seed	0.02
		Mango	0.05
		Apple	0.1
		Milk and Milk products	0.01
		Meat and Meat products	0.05
140.	Pencycuron	Rice	0.01
141.	Pendimethalin	Wheat	0.05
		Rice	0.05
		Soyabean Oil	0.05
		Cotton seed Oil	0.05
		Chilli	0.05*
		Dried Chilli	0.5
		Onion	0.4
		Red gram	0.05*
142.	Penoxuslum	Rice	0.1*
143.	Permethrin	Cucumber	0.5
		Cotton seed	0.5
		Soya bean	0.05
		Sunflower Seed	1
144.	Phenthoate	Food grains	0.05
		Milled food grains	0.01
		Oilseeds	0.03

		Edible oils	0.01
		Eggs	0.05 (shell free basis)
		Meat and Poultry	0.05 (carcass fat basis)
		Milk and Milk products	0.01 (F)
145.	Phorate (sum of Phorate, its oxygen analogue and their sulphoxides and sulphones, expressed as phorate)	Food Grains	0.05
		Milled food grains	0.01
		Tomato	0.1
		Fruits	0.05
		Oil seeds	0.05
		Sugarcane	0.05
		Eggs	0.05 (shell free basis)
		Meat & Poultry	0.02* (carcass fat basis)
		Milk and Milk products	0.05 (F)
		Green gram	0.01*
		Cotton seed Oil	0.05
146.	Phosalone	Pears	2
		Citrus fruits	1
		Other fruits	Apple-5.0, Pome fruit- 2.0 and other fruits- 2.0
		Potato	0.1
		Other vegetables	1
		Rapeseed or Mustard Oil (crude)	0.05
147.	Picoxystrobin	Rice	0.05*
		Grapes	0.05*
		Chilli	0.05*
		Dried Chilli	0.5
		Soya bean	0.05*
		Soya bean Oil	0.05*
		Cumin	0.05*
		Wheat	0.05*
148.	Pinoxaden	Wheat	0.7
149.	Pretilachlor	Rice	0.05
150.	Pirimiphos-methyl	Rice	0.5
		Food grains except Rice	7
		Milled food grains except rice	1
		Eggs	0.05 (shell free basis)
		Meat & Poultry	0.05 (carcass fat basis)
		Milk and Milk products	0.05 (F)
151.	Profenofos	Cotton seed oil	3
		Soya bean	0.01*
		Meat and Meat products	0.05
152.	Prohexadione calcium	Apple	0.01*
153.	Propaquizafop	Black gram	0.01
		Soya bean	0.01
		Onion	0.01*
154.	Propargite	Brinjal	2

		Chilli	2
		Dried Chilli	20
		Apple	3
		Tea	10
155.	Propiconazole	Tea	0.1
		Groundnut seed	0.1
		Rice	0.05
		Soya bean seed	0.07
		Wheat	0.05
		Milk and Milk products	0.01
		Meat and Meat products	0.01
156.	Propineb	Rice	0.05
		Tomato	1
		Apple	1
		Pomegranate	0.5
		Potato	0.5
		Chilli	2
		Dried Chilli	20
		Grapes	0.5
157.	Pyraclostrobin	Grapes	2
		Potato	0.05*
		Tomato	0.3
		Chilli	0.05*
		Dry chilli	0.5
		Soya bean	0.05
		Cotton	0.02*
		Milk and Milk products	0.03
		Onion	1.5
		Groundnut oil	0.05*
		Ground nut cake	0.05*
		Apple	0.5
		Corn	0.02*
		Cumin	0.02*
		Banana	0.02*
		Black gram	0.02*
		Cucumber	0.2
		coffee	0.05*
		Wheat	0.01*
		Pomegranate	0.02*
		Green gram	0.02*
		Rice	0.02*
158.	Pyrazosulfuron ethyl	Rice	0.01
159.	Pyridalyl	Cotton seed Oil	0.02
		Cabbage	0.02
		Okra	0.02
		Chilli	0.02
		Dried Chilli	0.2
160.	Pyriproxyfen	Cotton seed	0.05

		Cotton seed Oil	0.03*
		Brinjal	0.02
		Okra	0.03
		Chilli	0.02
		Dried Chilli	0.2
161.	Pyrithiolac Sodium	Cotton seed Oil	0.02
162.	Pymetrozine	Rice	0.01*
163.	Quinalphos	Cauliflower	0.1
		Citrus	0.05
		Bengal Gram	0.05
		Cotton seed Oil	0.05
		Mustard seed oil	0.1
		Soya bean	0.05
		Groundnut oil	0.3
		Rice	0.01
		Pigeon pea	0.01
		Cardamom	0.01
		Tea	0.01
		Fish	0.01
		Chilli	0.2
		Dried Chilli	2
164.	Quizalofop ethyl	Cotton seed	0.1
		Soya bean seed	0.05
		Onion	0.01*
		Groundnut	0.1
		Black Gram	0.01*
165.	Quizalofop-P-tefuryl	Soya bean Seed	0.02
165.	Quizalofop-P-tefuryl	Cotton seed or Cotton seed oil	0.05*
166.	Sodium Aceflourofen	Soya bean	0.05*
167.	Spinosad	Cotton seed oil	0.02
		Cabbage	2
		Cauliflower	0.02
		Red gram	0.01
		Chilli	0.01
		Dried Chilli	0.1
		Meat and Meat products	2
168.	Spiromesifen	Tomato	0.7
		Cottonseed	0.7
		Apple	0.01
		Brinjal	0.5
		Chilli	0.1
		Dried Chilli	1
		Tea	70
		Green Tea	70
		Okra	0.03
169.	Sulfosulfuron	Wheat	0.02
170.	Tebuconazole	Rice	1.5

		Groundnut seed	0.15
		Groundnut oil	0.05
		Wheat	0.15
		Milk and Milk products	0.01
		Tomato	2
		Meat and Meat products	0.05
		Onion	0.15
		Soya bean	0.15
		Mango	0.2
		Grapes	6
		Chilli	0.4
		Dry Chilli	4
		Cotton seed Oil	2
		Apple	1
		Banana	1.5
		Black Gram	0.01*
		Maize	0.05*
		Cabbage	1.0
171.	Thiacloprid	Cotton seed	0.05
		Cotton seed Oil	0.05
		Rice	0.02
		Brinjal	0.7
		Tea	5
		Soya bean seed	0.03*
		Apple	0.7
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
		Meat and Meat products	0.1
		Chilli	0.02
		Dried Chilli	0.2
172.	Thifluzamide	Rice	0.05
173.	Thiodicarb	Cabbage	0.02
		Brinjal	0.05
		Red Gram	0.05
		Black Gram	0.03
		Chilli	0.01
		Dried Chilli	0.1
		Cotton seed oil	0.02
		Meat and Meat products	0.02
174.	Thiamethoxam	Rice	0.02
		Okra	0.5
		Cotton seed Oil	0.01
		Brinjal	0.3
		Tomato	0.70
		Wheat	0.05
		Tea	20
		Mango	0.20
		Potato	0.30
		Mustard seed	0.01

		Cumin	0.01
		Acid Lime	0.5
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
		Meat and Meat products	0.02
		Groundnut	0.05*
		Groundnut Oil	0.05*
		Sugarcane	0.05*
		Maize	0.05*
		Soya bean	0.05*
		Soya bean Oil	0.05*
		Chilli	0.5
		Dried Chilli	5
175.	Thiometon(Residues determined as thiometon its sulfoxide and sulphone expressed as thiometon)	Food grains	0.03
		Milled food grains	0.01
		Fruits	0.5
		Potato, Carrots and Sugar beets	0.05
		Other vegetables	0.5
176.	Thiophanate-Methyl	Apple	5
		Papaya	7
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
		Wheat	0.03*
		Bottle gourd	0.4
		Pigeon pea	0.03*
		Cucumber	0.2
		Grapes	3
177.	Tolfenpyrad	Cabbage	0.01*
177.	Tolfenpyrad	Okra	0.7
178.	Trichlorfon	Food grains	0.05
		Milled food grains	0.01
		Sugar beet	0.05
		Fruits and Vegetables	0.1
		Oil seeds	0.1
		Edible oil (Refined)	0.05
		Meat and Poultry	0.1
		Milk and Milk products	0.05
179.	Triacontanol	Milk and Milk products	0.01
180.	Triadimefon	Wheat	0.5
		Pea	0.1
		Grapes	2
		Milk and Milk products	0.01*
		Meat and Meat products	0.02*
		Chilli	0.4
		Dried Chilli	4
		Coffee	0.5
		Mango	0.03*
		Soya bean	0.02*
181.	Trifloxystrobin	Tomato	1

		Wheat	0.2
		Mango	0.4
		Grapes	3
		Chilly	0. 4
		Dry Chilly	4
		Cotton seed Oil	0.02
		Apple	0.7
		Banana	0.1
		Maize	0.1
		Cabbage	0.5
182.	Triallate	Wheat	0.05
183.	Triasulfuron	Wheat	0.01*
184.	Triazophos	Chilli	0.2
		Dried Chilli	2
		Rice	0.6
		Cotton seed oil	1
		Soya bean oil	0.05
185.	Tricyclazole	Rice	3
		Chilli	0.3
		Dried Chilli	3
186.	Tridemorph	Wheat	0.1
		Grapes	0.5
		Mango	0.05
187.	Trifluralin	Wheat	0.05
188.	Validamycin	Rice	0.01
189.	Fluopicolide	Grapes	2.0
190.	Tembotrione	Maize	0.02*
191.	Propanil	Rice	0.05*
192.	Fluopyram and its metabolites	Grapes	2
193.	Topramezone	Corn	0.05*
194.	Thiocyclam Hydrogen Oxalate	Rice	0.01*
195.	2,4-D Amine Salt	Tea	0.05*
196.	Ametyrn	Sugarcane	0.05*
197.	Fomesafen	Soya bean	0.02*
		Soya bean oil	0.02*
		Ground nut	0.02*
		Ground nut oil	0.02*
198.	Imazamox	Ground nut	0.01*
198.	Imazamox	Ground nut oil	0.01*
199.	Spinetoram and its metabolites (Spinosyn-J and Spinosyn-L)	Chilli	0.05
		Dry Chilli	0. 5
		Cottonseed Oil	0.02
		Soya bean	0.02
		Soya bean Oil	0.02
200.	Sodium Para Nitro Phenolate	Tomato	0.3
		Cottonseed	0.5*
		Cottonseed oil	0.5*
201.	Bentazone	Soya bean	0.05*

		Soya bean oil	0.05*
		Rice	0.05*
202.	Cyflumetofen	Tea	0.05*
203.	Boscalid	Grapes	5
204.	Flucetosulfuron	Rice	0.02*
205.	Haloxyfop-R Methyl	Soya bean	2
		Soya bean Oil	0.02*
		Soya bean deoiled Cake	0.02*
206.	Sulfentrazone and its metabolite Desmethylsulfentrazone and 3- Hydroxymethylsulfentrazone	Soya bean	0.2
		Soya bean Oil	0.2
		Soya bean deoiled Cake	0.2
207.	Spirotetramat	Okra	1.0
		Brinjal	1.0
		Chilli	2
		Dry Chilli	20
208.	Metrafenone	Grapes	5
209.	Fluxapyroxad	Grapes	3.0
		Apple	0.9
		Rice	5
210.	Tetraconazole	Watermelon	0.01*
211.	Abamectin	Grapes	0.05*
		Chilli	0.05*
		Dry Chilli	0.5
212.	Flupyradifurone and its metabolites Difluroacetic Acid and Difluroethylamino-furanone	Okra	0.8
213.	Sulfoxaflor	Cotton seed and Cotton seed Oil	0.4
213.	Sulfoxaflor	Rice	0.01*

Crop contaminants and naturally occurring toxic substances

No article of food specified in column (3) of the Table below shall contain any crop contaminant specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) thereof in excess of quantities specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table:

S.No.	Name of the Contaminants	Article of the food	Limit µg/kg
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
		Cereal and cereal products	15
		Dried figs	10
		Arecanut or Betelnut	15
		Nuts:
		Nuts for further processing	15
1	Total Aflatoxins	Ready to eat	15
1	Total Aflatoxins	Oilseeds or oil:
		Oilseeds for further processing	15
		Ready to eat	15
		Pulses	15
		Spices/Spice Mix	30
		Food product containing any of the above	20
		mentioned food articles	20
		Arecanut or Betelnut	10
		Cereal and cereal products	10
		Dried figs	10
		Nuts:
		Nuts for further processing	10
		Ready to eat	10
2	Aflatoxin B1	Oilseeds or oil:
		Oilseeds for further processing	10
		Ready to eat	10
		Pulses	10
		Spices/Spice Mix	15
		Food product containing any of the above	10
		mentioned food articles	10
3	Aflatoxin M1	Milk (Liquid)	0.5
		Skimmed milk powder	6
		Whole milk powder	4

4	Ochratoxin A	Wheat, rye, barley	20
5	Patulin	Apple juice	50
5	Patulin	Apple juice used as an ingredient in other beverages	50
6	Deoxynivalenol	Wheat	1000”.]

Naturally occurring Toxic Substances:

S.No	Name of naturally occurring toxic substances (NOTS)	Article of food	Maximum limits (ppm)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1	Agaric acid	Food containing mushrooms	100
1	Agaric acid	Alcoholic beverages	100
2	Hydrocyanic acid	Nougat, marzipan or its substitutes or similar products	5
		Canned stone fruits	5
		Alcoholic beverages	5
		Confectionery	5
		Stone fruit juices	5
		10[Sago, Cassava flour, Tapioca flour, Manihot flour and their products	10]
3	Hypericine	Alcoholic beverages	1
4	Saffrole	Meat preparations and meat products, including poultry and game	10
		Fish preparations and fish products	10
		Soups and sauces	10
		Non-alcoholic beverages	10
		Food containing mace and nutmeg	10
		Alcoholic beverages	10]

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds in Fish and Fishery Products:

S.No.	Name of the contaminants	Article of food	Limit
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1.	Polychlorinated biphenyls (Sum of PCB28, PCB52, PCB101, PCB138, PCB153 and PCB180)	Inland and Migratory Fish	2.0 ppm
2.	Polychlorinated biphenyls (Sum of PCB28, PCB52, PCB101, PCB138, PCB153 and PCB180)	Marine Fish, Crustaceans and molluscs	0.5 ppm
3.	Benzo(a)pyrene	Smoked Fishery Products	5.0 ppb]

Penalty for non-compliance:

Any person who manufactures, stores, sells, distributes, or imports unsafe food for human consumption shall be liable for punishment based on the severity of the outcome: up to six months’ imprisonment and a fine up to ₹1 lakh if no injury occurs; up to one year and ₹3 lakh fine for non-grievous injury; up to six years and ₹5 lakh fine for grievous injury; and a minimum of seven years’ imprisonment (extendable to life) and a fine of at least ₹10 lakh if it results in death.

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