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industry backgrounder • october 2016

International Tolerances

COUNTRY TOLERANCE COMMENTS µg/kg (PPB) Algeria 8 Total Nuts, cereal 20 Total All foodstuffs Austria See EU Australia 15 Total Nuts Bahrain 20 Total GCC Regulations .05 Total Children and infant Belgium See EU 20 Total

Bosnia & Herzegovina 8 B1 For direct human consumption 10 Total For direct human consumption

12 B1 For further processing 15 Total For further processing 10 Total Bulgaria See EU Canada 15 Total Calculated on the meat portion Chile 10 Total

China 5 B1 20 Total CODEX 15 Total Colombia* 10 Total Costa Rica 20 Total Croatia See EU Cyprus See EU Cuba 5 Total Czech Republic See EU Denmark See EU Egypt See EU El Salvador 15 Total Further processing 10 Total Ready to eat Estonia See EU Ethiopia 15 Total Codex EU 27: 10 Total (8 B1) and ready to eat

COUNTRY TOLERANCE COMMENTS µg/kg (PPB)

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, 4 Total (2 B1) ready to eat Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, 10 Total (5 B1) and brazil nuts ready to eat France, Germany, , Hungary, Ireland, , 15 Total (12 B1) Almonds and pistachios for further Latvia, Lithuania, processing Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, 15 Total (8 B1) Peanuts, hazelnuts, and brazil nuts for Portugal, Romania, further processing Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the UK Finland See EU France See EU Germany See EU Greece See EU Guatemala 15 Total Codex Honduras 15 Total Further processing 10 Total Ready to eat

Hong Kong 15 Total (15 B1)

20 Total (20 B1) Peanuts Hungary See EU Iceland See EU 15 Total Further processing 10 Total Ready to eat

Indonesia 15 B1 20 Total

Iran* 15 Total (5 B1) Ireland See EU 15 Total Codex Italy See EU Japan 10 Total Jordan 15 Total Codex Kenya* 20 Total

Korea 10 B1 15 Total Kuwait 20 Total 20 Total .05 Total .05 Total Latvia See EU

Lebanon* 4 Total (2 B1)

* Countries that have not been updated since 2012 Page 2 COUNTRY TOLERANCE COMMENTS µg/kg (PPB) Lithuania See EU Luxembourg See EU

Malawi* 5 B1 Malta See EU 15 Total Further processing 10 Total Ready to eat

Mauritius* 10 Total (5 B1) All Food

15 Total (5 B1) Peanuts Mexico 20 Total

Morocco* 8 B1

10 B2 G1 G2 The Netherlands See EU New Zealand 10 Total Nuts

Nigeria* 20 B1 Norway See EU Oman 20 Total GCC Regulations .05 Total Children and infant food 20 Total All foodstuffs Total 15 Codex 15 Total Further processing 10 Total Ready to eat Poland See EU Portugal See EU Romania See EU

Russia* 5 B1 Saudi Arabia 20 Total GCC Regulations .05 Total Children and infant food Singapore 5 Total Slovakia See EU Slovenia See EU

South Africa 10 Total (5 B1) Sweden See EU Switzerland See EU Taiwan 10 Total -nuts Thailand 20 Total

Tunisia 10 Total (8 B1)

Turkey 15 Total (12 B1) Further processing

10 Total (8 B1) Ready to eat

* Countries that have not been updated since 2012 Page 3 COUNTRY TOLERANCE COMMENTS µg/kg (PPB) Ukraine 8 B1 For direct human consumption 10 Total For direct human consumption

12 B1 For further processing 15 Total For further processing United Arab Emirates 20 Total GCC Regulations .05 Total Children and infant food United Kingdom See EU 20 Total and industry standards: 15 Total 20 Total All foodstuffs Venezuela* 20 Total Peanuts and Vietnam 15 Total Further processing 10 Total Ready to eat

Zimbabwe* 5 B1

* Countries that have not been updated since 2012 Page 4