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FY Category Feed Chemical hazard No of
samples
LOQ
(mg/kg)
No of
samples
below LOQ
ML
(mg/kg)
No of
samples
at or below ML
Notes
  2015 Feed Composite feed Aflatoxin B1 186 0.001 183 0.02* 186 *for feeds for dairy cattle and young animals (cattle, pigs and poultry), 0.01 mg/kg
  2016 Feed Composite feed Aflatoxin B1 178 0.001 173 0.02* 178 *for feeds for dairy cattle and young animals (cattle, pigs and poultry), 0.01 mg/kg
  2015 Feed Composite feed Arsenic (total) 30 0.2 26 2 30
  2016 Feed Composite feed Arsenic (total) 19 0.2 16 2 19
  2015 Feed Composite feed Cadmium 115 0.10 97 1 115
  2016 Feed Composite feed Cadmium 86 0.10 61 1 86
  2015 Feed Composite feed DON 186 0.040 14 4* 186 *for feeds except for cattle aged older than 3 months, 1 mg/kg
  2016 Feed Composite feed DON 178 0.040 31 4* 178 *for feeds except for cattle aged older than 3 months, 1 mg/kg
  2015 Feed Composite feed Lead 115 0.5 103 3 115
  2016 Feed Composite feed Lead 86 0.5 82 3 86
  2015 Feed Composite feed Mercury (total) 122 0.03 88 0.4 122
  2016 Feed Composite feed Mercury (total) 84 0.03 63 0.4 84
  2015 Feed Composite feed Zearalenone 132 0.001 5 1 132
  2016 Feed Composite feed Zearalenone 120 0.001 6 1 120
  2015 Feed
Fish meal
Arsenic (total) 18 0.2 0 15 18
  2016 Feed Fish meal Arsenic (total) 15 0.2 0 15 15
  2015 Feed Fish meal Cadmium 22 0.10 2 3 22
  2016 Feed Fish meal Cadmium 20 0.10 1 3 20
  2015 Feed Fish meal Lead 22 0.5 12 7 22
  2016 Feed Fish meal Lead 20 0.5 13 7 20
  2015 Feed Fish meal Mercury (total) 23 0.03 0 1 23
  2016 Feed Fish meal Mercury (total) 20 0.03 0 1 20
  2015 Feed Maize grain Aflatoxin B1 7 0.001 7 0.02 7
  2016 Feed Maize grain Aflatoxin B1 51 0.001 42 0.02 51