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Directive (EC) 32/2002

Contaminants

EU numberChemical substance
2Action thresholds for Dioxin-like PCBs [sum of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) expressed in World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic equivalency factors, 2005)]
1Action thresholds for Dioxins [sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) expressed in World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic equivalency factors, 2005)]
1Aflatoxin B1
1Aldrin
1Arsenic
2Cadmium
3Camphechlor (toxaphene): sum of indicator congeners CHB 26, 50, and 62
4Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans-isomers and of oxychlordane, expressed as chlordane)
2Crotalaria (Crotalaria spp.)
1Daturas (Datura sp.)
5DDT (sum of DDT-, DDD- (or TDE-) and DDE-isomers, expressed as DDT)
1Decoquinate
2Diclazuril
2Dieldrin
1Dioxins [sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) expressed in World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic equivalency factors, 2005)]
6Endosulfan (sum of alpha- and beta-isomers and of endosulfansulphate expressed as endosulfan)
7Endrin (sum of endrin and of delta-ketoi-endrin, expressed as endrin)
3Fluorine
1Free gossypol
3Halofuginone hydrobromide
8Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlorepoxide, expressed as heptachlor)
9Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
10Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) alpha-isomers
10Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) beta-isomers
10Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) gamma-isomers
2Hydrocyanic acid
4Lasalocid A sodium
4Lead
5Maduramicin ammonium alpha
7Melamine
5Mercury
6Monensin sodium
7Narasin
8Nicarbazin
6Nitrite
3Non-dioxin-like PCBs (sum of PCB 28, PCB 52, PCB 101, PCB 138, PCB 153 and PCB 180 (ICES 6))
5Purghera [Jatropha curcas (L.)]
9Robenidine hydrochloride
2Rye ergot (Claviceps purpurea)
10Salinomycin sodium
3Seeds and husks from Ricinus communis (L.), Croton tiglium (L.) and Abrus precatorius (L.) as well as their processed derivatives, separately or in combination
6Seeds from Ambrosia spp.
7Seeds from Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.) Thell.], Sareptian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. Juncea], Chinese mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin], Black mustard [Brassica nigra (L.) Koch], and Ethiopian mustard [Brassica carinata A. Braun ]
11Semduramicin sodium
2Sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) expressed in World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic equivalency factors), 2005)
3Theobromine
4Unhusked beech mast [Fagus sylvatica (L.)]
4Vinyl thiooxazolidone (5-vinyloxazolidine-2-thione)
5Volatile mustard oil
1Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances separately or in combination including Datura sp.