Article 1
The Standards are prescribed in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of the Act Governing Food Sanitation.
Article 2
This Standard applies to the edible algae foods, including blue algae, green algae, brown algae and red algae.
Article 3
The requirements of microbiological limits in algae foods vary with different products, i.e. fresh or processed ones.The different products are subject to the “Sanitation Standard for General Foods”, “Sanitation Standard for Foods to be Eaten Raw” or “Sanitation Standard for Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Foods”.
Article 4
The maximum tolerance of heavy metals:
┌───────────┬─────────────┐
│heavy metal │maximum tolerance (ppm) │
├───────────┼─────────────┤
│lead │1.0 │
├───────────┼─────────────┤
│cadmium │1.0 │
├───────────┼─────────────┤
│mercury │0.5 │
├───────────┼─────────────┤
│inorganic arsenic │1.0 │
├───────────┴─────────────┤
│Note: fresh weight basis (85% hydration) │
└─────────────────────────┘
Article 5
The limit of pheophorbide:
┌────────────┬───────┬─────────┐
│ ＼ type │green algae │blue algae │
│item ＼ │ │ │
├────────────┼───────┼─────────┤
│existing pheophorbide │60 mg/100g │50 mg/100g │
├────────────┼───────┼─────────┤
│total pheophorbide │80 mg/100g │100 mg/100g │
├────────────┴───────┴─────────┤
│Notes: │
│1. This standard is applied to green algae and blue algae │
│ which moisture content is less than 7%.Fresh products, │
│ red algae and brown algae are not applied. │
│2. "mg/100g" means the contents of existing pheophorbide or │
│ total pheophorbide (mg) per 100 gram foods. │
└──────────────────────────────┘
Article 6
This Standard shall be implemented from the date of promulgation.