Table 1.

Standards for ochratoxin A.

Food commodity	European Uniona maximum levels (μg/kg)	Canadab (proposed) maximum limits (ppb)
Unprocessed cereals/raw cereal grainsc	5	5
All products derived from unprocessed cereals, including processed cereal products and cereals intended for direct human consumption with exception of foods for infants and young children and foods for special dietary purposes	3
Direct consumer grains (i.e., rice, oats, pearled barley)		3
Derived cereal products (flourd)		3
Derived cereal products (wheat bran)		7
Breakfast cereals		3
Grape juice (and as ingredients in other beverages) and related products (concentrated grape juice, grape nectar, grape must intended for human consumption)	2	2
Dried vine fruit (currants, raisins, sultanas)	10	10
Wine, fruit wine, aromatized wine, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails	2
Roasted coffee beans and ground roasted coffee excluding soluble coffee	5
Soluble coffee (instant coffee)	10
Baby foods and processed cereal-based foods for infants and young children	0.5	0.5
Dietary foods for special medicinal purposes intended for infants	0.5	0.5

^aCommission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 (also includes spices and liquorice; Commission of the European Communities, 2006);

^bHealth Canada's proposed Maximum Limits (Standards) for the Presence oftheMycotoxin Ochratoxin A in Foods in February 2009 (Health Canada, 2009)';

^ctakes into consideration the reducing effect of processing or redistribution;

^dFor bread, pastries and other flour-based foods, the guidelines to pertain to the flour portion. In the future, based on further monitoring data, Health Canada may consider modifying these maximum limits (MLs), or introduce MLs for products not yet covered.