Generic Supplier's Guarantee

Product

Contaminant

Maximum Allowable Level

Ready to eat fishery products (minimal cooking by consumer)

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

1 x 10³ ETEC/g, LT or ST positive.

Ready to eat fishery products (minimal cooking by consumer)

Listeria monocytogenes

Presence of organism

All fish

Salmonella species

Presence of organism

All fish

Staphylococcus aureus

Positive for staphylococcal enterotoxin, or
Staphylococcus aureus level is equal to or greater than 10⁴/g (MPN)

Ready to eat fishery products (minimal cooking by consumer)

Vibrio cholerae

Presence of toxigenic 01 or non-01

Ready to eat fishery products (minimal cooking by consumer)

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Levels equal to or greater than 1 x 10⁴/g (Kanagawa positive or negative)

Ready to eat fishery products (minimal cooking by consumer)

Vibrio vulnificus

Presence of pathogenic organism showing mouse lethality

All fish

Clostridium botulinum

Presence of viable spores or vegetative cells in products that will support their growth; or,
Presence of toxin.

Clams and oysters, fresh or frozen - imports

Microbiological

E. coli - MPN of 230/100 grams (average of subs or 3 or more of 5 subs);

APC - 500,000/gram (average of subs or 3 or more of 5 subs).

Clams, oysters, and mussels, fresh or frozen - domestic

Microbiological

E. coli or fecal coliform - 1 or more of 5 subs exceeding MPN of 330/100 grams or 2 or more exceeding 230/100 grams;

APC - 1 or more of 5 subs exceeding 1,500,000/gram or 2 or more exceeding 500,000/gram.

Salt-cured, air-dried uneviscerated fish

Not permitted in commerce (Note: small fish exemption).

Tuna, mahi mahi, and related fish

Histamine

500 ppm set based on toxicity. 50 ppm set as defect action level, because histamine is generally not uniformly distributed in a decomposed fish. Therefore, 50 ppm is found in one section, there is the possibility that other units may exceed 500 ppm.

All fish

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

2.0 ppm (edible portion)

Fin fish and shellfish

Aldrin and dieldrin

0.3 ppm (edible portion)

Frog legs

Benzene Hexachloride

0.3 ppm (edible portion)

All fish

Chlordane

0.3 ppm (edible portion)

All fish

Chlordecone

0.4 ppm crabmeat and 0.3 ppm in other fish (edible portion)

All fish

DDT, TDE and DDE

5.0 ppm (edible portion)

All fish

Heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide

0.3 ppm (edible portion).

All fish

Mirex

0.1 ppm (edible portion)

All fish

Diquat

0.1 ppm

Fin fish and crayfish

Fluridone

0.5 ppm

Fin fish

Glyphosate

0.25 ppm

Shellfish

Glyphosate

3.0 ppm

Fin fish

Simazine

12 ppm

All fish

2,4-D

1.0 ppm

All fish

Oxytetracycline

0.1 ppm

All fish

Sulfamerazine

no residue permitted.

All fish

Sulfadimethoxine/ormetoprim combination

0.1 ppm

Crustacea

Toxic elements:

76 ppm arsenic; 3 ppm cadmium; 12 ppm chromium; 1.5 ppm lead; 70 ppm nickel.

Molluscan bivalves

Toxic elements:

86 ppm arsenic; 4 ppm cadmium; 13 ppm chromium; 1.7 ppm lead; 80 ppm nickel.

All fish

Paralytic shellfish poison

0.8 ppm (80ug/100g) saxitoxin equivalent

Clams, mussels and oysters, fresh, frozen or canned

Neurotoxic shellfish poison

0.8 ppm (20 mouse units/100 gram) brevetoxin-2 equivalent

All fish

Amnesic shellfish poison

20 ppm domoic acid, except in the viscera of dungeness crab, where 30 ppm is permitted

Note: the term "fish" refers to fresh or saltwater fin fish, crustaceans, other forms of aquatic animal life other than birds or mammals, and all mollusks, as defined in 21 CFR 123.3(d).