MAX.

Permissible Limits According to API

(Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India)
Table : Permissible Limits of Heavy Metals
S.No. Heavy Metal
contents
1
Lead
2
Arsenic
3
Cadmium
4
Mercury

Permissibl
e limits
10 ppm
3 ppm
0.3 ppm
1 ppm

Table : Permissible Limit of Aflatoxins

S. No Aflatoxin
1
B1
2
B1+B2+G1+G2

Permissible Limit
< 2 ppb
< 5 ppb

Table : Microbial Contamination Limits

Sl.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6

Parameters
Staphylococcus aureus/g
Salmonella sp./g
Pseudomonas aeruginosa/g
Escherichia coli
Total Bacterial count (in
CFU/gm)
Total Fungal Count (in
CFU/gm)

Permissible
limits
Absent
Absent
Absent
Absent
105/g*
103/g

Table - Maximum Permissible Limits for Pesticide Residue:

Substance

Limit
(mg/kg)
Alachlor
0.02
Aldrin and Dieldrin (sum of )
0.05
Azinphos-methyl
1.0
Bromopropylate
3.0
Chlordane (sum of cis-, trans - and Oxythlordane) 0.05
Chlorfenvinphos
0.5
Chlorpyrifos
0.2
Chlorpyrifos-methyl
0.1
Cypermethrin (and isomers)
1.0
DDT (sum of p,p'-DDT, o,p'-DDT, p,p-DDE and p,p'- 1.0
TDE)
Deltamethrin
0.5
Diazinon
0.5
Dichlorvos
1.0
Dithiocarbamates (as CS2)
2.0
Endosulfan (sum of isomers and endosulfan
3.0
sulphate)
Endrin
0.05
Ethion
2.0
Fenitrothion
0.5
Fenvalerate
1.5
Fonofos
0.05
Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and heptachlor
0.05
epoxide)
Hexachlorobenzene
0.1
Hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (other than )
0.3
Lindane (-hexachlorocyclohexane)
0.6
Malathion
1.0
Methidathion
0.2
Parathion
0.5
Parathion-methyl
0.2
Permethrin
1.0
Phosalone
0.1
Piperonyl butoxide
3.0

Pirimiphos-methyl
Pyrethrins (sum of)
Quintozene (sum of quintozene,
pentachloroaniline and methyl pentachlorophenyl
sulphide)

4.0
3.0
1.0