Draft Food Safety (Chemical Contaminants and Toxins) Regulation, 2023

Food and feed contamination can potentially jeopardize human and/or animal well-being and may also adversely affect the overall quality of the food or feed. There are multiple factors and mechanisms through which food and feed can become contaminated. This draft Food Safety (Chemical Contaminants and Toxins) Regulation 2023 has been formulated for controlling use of contaminants in food and feed. This regulation contains maximum levels of contaminants and toxins (heavy metals, radionuclides, nitrates, PCBs, Dioxin, mycotoxins and other toxin) in food and feed. It consists of seven schedules which contain name of the contaminants, name of the article of food and maximum levels for that particular food articles. In order to establish maximum levels of chemical contaminants and toxins in relation to the manufacturing, handling, importation, promotion, or distribution of any food item not specified in schedule-1 to schedule-7, it is required to adhere to the maximum level specified in the most recent version of Codex CXS 193-1995 or an internationally acknowledged standard.