31. Heavy metals, arsenic and lead

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any article of food containing arsenic and lead in amounts in excess of those specified in the Tenth Schedule.

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any seaweed containing inorganic arsenic in excess of 2 ppm.

A person must not import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any polished rice containing inorganic arsenic in excess of 0.2 ppm.

A person must not import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any husked rice containing inorganic arsenic in excess of 0.35 ppm.Mercury(3) No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver —

any predatory fish containing mercury in excess of 1 ppm;

any other fish, or any fish product, containing mercury in excess of 0.5 ppm;

any salt containing mercury in excess of 0.1 ppm; or

any other food containing mercury in excess of 0.05 ppm.Tin(4) No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any food containing tin in excess of 250 ppm.Cadmium(5) No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any molluscs or dried mushrooms containing cadmium in excess of 1 ppm, or any seaweed containing cadmium in excess of 2 ppm, or any cocoa, cocoa products or salt containing cadmium in excess of 0.5 ppm, or any other food containing cadmium in excess of 0.2 ppm.Antimony(6) No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any food containing antimony in excess of 1 ppm.

In paragraph (3), “predatory fish” means any fish of a species listed in the Fifteenth Schedule.

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any article of food containing arsenic and lead in amounts in excess of those specified in the Tenth Schedule.

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any seaweed containing inorganic arsenic in excess of 2 ppm.

A person must not import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any polished rice containing inorganic arsenic in excess of 0.2 ppm.

A person must not import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any husked rice containing inorganic arsenic in excess of 0.35 ppm.

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver —

any predatory fish containing mercury in excess of 1 ppm;

any other fish, or any fish product, containing mercury in excess of 0.5 ppm;

any salt containing mercury in excess of 0.1 ppm; or

any other food containing mercury in excess of 0.05 ppm.

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any food containing tin in excess of 250 ppm.

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any molluscs or dried mushrooms containing cadmium in excess of 1 ppm, or any seaweed containing cadmium in excess of 2 ppm, or any cocoa, cocoa products or salt containing cadmium in excess of 0.5 ppm, or any other food containing cadmium in excess of 0.2 ppm.

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any food containing antimony in excess of 1 ppm.

In paragraph (3), “predatory fish” means any fish of a species listed in the Fifteenth Schedule.