Table 3. Regulatory Permission Limits for Various Mycotoxins in Food and Feed Products As Per European Commission^122−127.

Category	Food or animal feed products	Permissible limit (μg/kg)
Aflatoxins B1 (AFB1)
Food	Brazil nuts, groundnuts, hazelnuts, and oilseeds for human consumption after physical treatment	8
	Almonds, apricot kernels, and pistachios for human consumption after physical treatment	12
	Brazil nuts, groundnuts, hazelnuts, and oilseeds for human consumption directly (No physical treatment)	2–5
	Almonds, apricot kernels, and pistachios for human consumption directly (No physical treatment)	8
	Dairy products for consumption by infants, baby food, and processed cereal-based food	0.1
	Spices	5
	Dried fruits, and Figures for human consumption after physical treatment	5–6
	Dried fruits (except Figures) for human consumption directly (No physical treatment)	2
	Maize and rice (as ingredients) for human consumption after physical treatment	5
Feed	Feed materials	0.02–0.05
	Complete feeding stuff with the exception of	0.05
	Calves, cattle, and lambs	0.005–0.01
	Poultry	0.02
	Complementary feeding stuff	0.005–0.05
Aflatoxins M1 (AFM1)
Food	Milk	0.05
	Infants’ dairy products, baby formula and baby milk,	0.025
Aflatoxins (AFs) total
Food	Almonds, apricot kernels, brazil nuts, groundnuts, hazelnuts, oilseeds, and pistachios for human consumption after physical treatment	15
	Groundnuts, oilseeds, and processed products for human consumption directly (No physical treatment) or as ingredient	4
	Almonds, apricot kernels, brazil nuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, and for human consumption directly (No physical treatment)	10
	Spices	10
	Dried fruits, and Figures for human consumption after physical treatment	10
	Dried fruits (except Figures) for human consumption directly (No physical treatment)	4
	Maize and rice (direct or as ingredients) for human consumption after physical treatment	10
Citrinin (CIT)
Food	Food supplements prepared from red yeast fermented rice	2000
Deoxynivalenol (DON)
Food	Unprocessed durum, maize, oats and wheat	1750
	Cereals and cereal flour for direct human consumption	750
	Cereal-based processed foods and baby food	200
Feed	Animal feed from–cereals	8–10
	Complete as well as complementary feeding stuff	0.9–5
Fumonisin (FB1+FB2)
Food	Unprocessed maize	4000
	Maize for direct human consumption	1000
	Maize-based processed food for babies and young children	200
Feed	Maze based feed	60
	Complete and complementary feeding stuff	5–50
Ochratoxins (OTA)
Food	Cereals-based unprocessed products	3–5
	Cereal-based processed food and baby food, dietary foods products specially for medical purposes purposes	0.5
	Beverages based on grapes	2
	Coffee roasted/instant	5/10
	Spices	15
Feed	Cereals-based feed materials	0.25
	Complete and complementary feeding stuff for poultry	0.1
Patulin (PAT)
Food	Fruit juices	50
	Solid apple products	25
	Solid apple as well as apple juice for babies and young children	10
Zearalenone (ZEN)
Food	Cereal products (unprocessed except maize)	100 (350)
	Cereals for direct human consumption	75
	Maize for direct human consumption	100
	Cereals and maize processed products for babies and young children	20
Feed	Cereals and maze-based feed materials	2–3