Regulation on maximum permitted quantities for certain contaminants in food.

This Regulation, based on the provisions of the Law on food (Republic of Srpska), prescribes the maximum permitted quantities for certain contaminants in food. Contaminant is a substance harmful to human health, which is not intentionally added to food, and whose presence in food is a consequence of operations during production (including actions carried out in farming, animal husbandry and veterinary medicine), processing, preparation, treatment, packaging, transport or storage. Foods that contain contaminants in quantities above the maximum allowed quantities shall not be allowed for market. These maximum permitted quantities of specific contaminants in certain types of food are fully listed in Annex that is part of this publication.