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This standard is developed in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2009.
This standard replaces GB 13078-2001 Hygienical Standard for Feeds as well as its Amendment 1, GB 13078.1-2006 Hygienical Standard for Feed - Limited Content of Nitrite in Feeds, GB 13078.2-2006 Hygienical Standard for Feeds - Toleration of Ochratoxin A and Zearalenone in Feeds, GB 13078.3-2007 Tolerance Limits for Deoxynivalenol in Formula Feed and GB 21693-2008 Tolerance Limits for T-2 Toxin in Formula Feed. In addition to a number of editorial changes, the following technical changes have been made with respect to the previous edition.
——The application scope of this standard is adjusted as "This standard is applicable to feed materials and feed products listed in Table 1, but not applicable to pet feed products or feed additive products" and contents relevant to feed additive products are deleted.
——Limit requirements for 3 items, i.e. fumonsins, polychlorinated biphenyl and hexachlorobenzene are added.
——Significant digits of limit value are regulated.
——The coverage of limit values for each item is extended and limit values are listed and shown according to the sequence of feed material, feed additive premix, concentrate feed, concentrate supplement and formula feed in uniform; limit level for each item in different feed materials and feed products (for different ages and animal types) is further refined, among which:
Total arsenic: limit of total arsenic is modified and exceptional provision for organic arsine preparation in previous edition is deleted; limits are added for "hay and its product", "palm kernel cake (meal)", "algae and its product", "shellfish and its byproduct (excluding shrimp sauce), fish and shrimp meal, aquatic mollusc and its byproduct (excluding oil and fat)", and "other aquatic animal-derived feed materials (excluding oil and fat of aquatic animal) that include "fish meal""; limits for "other mineral feed materials", "oil and fat" and "other feed materials" are added and "zeolite powder, bentonite and medical stone" are merged into "other mineral feed materials"; "feed additive premix for swine and poultry" is extended as "feed additive premix"; "concentrate feed for swine and poultry" and "concentrate supplement for cattle and sheep" are extended as "concentrate feed" and "concentrate supplement" respectively; relevant description for conversion in proportion in previous edition is deleted; limits for "formula feed for aquatic product " and "formula feed for minks, foxes and raccoons" are added and "formula feed for swine and poultry" is extended as "other formula feeds".
Lead: limits for feed material are listed and shown in terms of "single cell protein feed material", "mineral feed material", "forage grass, coarse fodder and their products", and "other feed materials" instead of listing and showing "bone meal, meat and bone meal, fish meal and limestone flour" respectively; “complex premix for layers, broilers” and “complex premix for starter and finisher swine” are extended as "feed additive premix"; "concentrate feeds for layers and broilers" and "concentrate feeds for starter and finisher swine" are extended as "concentrate feed" and "concentrate supplement for dairy cow and beef cattle" is extended as "concentrate supplement"; "formula feed for growing duck, laying duck and meat duck, “formula feed for chicken” and “formula feed for swine" are extended as "formula feed".
Mercury: "fish meal" is extended as "feed materials using fish and other aquatic organisms as well as their byproducts"; limit for "other feed materials" is added and limit for "limestone flour" is no longer listed and shown separately; limit for "formula feed for aquatic products" is added; "formula feed for chicken” and “formula feed for swine" are extended as "other formula feeds".
Cadmium: "rice bran" is extended as "vegetable feed material"; limits for "algae and its product" and "aquatic mollusc and its byproducts" are added; "fish meal" is extended as "other animal-derived feed materials" and limit for "other mineral feed materials" is added; limits for "feed additive premix", "concentrate feed", "concentrate supplement for calf and lamb" and "other concentrate supplements" are added; limits for "formula feed for shrimp, crab, sea cucumber and shellfish" and "formula feed for aquatic products (excluding formula feed for shrimp, crab, sea cucumber and shellfish) are added; "formula feed for chicken” and “formula feed for swine" are extended as "other formula feeds".
Chromium: limit for "leather protein meal" is deleted; limits for "feed material", "feed additive premix for swine", "other feed additive premixes", "concentrate feed for swine" and "other concentrate feeds" are added; "formula feed for swine and chicken" is extended as "formula feed" with limit value reduced to 5mg/kg.
Fluorine: limits for feed material are listed and shown in terms of "shellfish and its byproduct", "other animal-derived feed materials", "vermiculite", "other mineral feed materials" and "other feed materials" instead of listing and showing "fish meal", "limestone flour", "bone meal, meat and bone meal" respectively; "feed additive premix for swine and poultry" is extended as "feed additive premix" with limit value reduced to 800mg/kg; "concentrate feed for swine and poultry" is extended as "concentrate feed" with limit value specified uniformly as 500mg/kg and relevant description for conversion in proportion in previous edition is deleted; "concentrate supplement for cattle (dairy cow and beef cattle)" is extended as "concentrate supplement for cattle and sheep"; "formula feed for broiler and growing chicken" is expressed as "formula feed for broiler, brood chicken and growing chicken" with the same limits; "formula feed for growing duck and meat duck" and "formula feed for laying duck" are combined as "formula feed for duck" with limit value as 200mg/kg in uniform; and limits for "formula feed for aquatic products" and "other formula feeds" are added.
Nitrite: limits for "pre-food and byproduct obtained in production of meat products such as ham sausage powder" and "other feed materials" are added, "corn", "oil cake, wheat bran, wheat middling and rice bran", “grass meal” and "meat meal, meat and bone meal" are merged into "other feed materials" with limit value specified as 15mg/kg in uniform; "concentrate feed for chicken, duck and swine", "concentrate supplement for cattle (dairy cow and beef cattle)" and "formula feed for duck" are extended as "concentrate feed", "concentrate supplement" and "formula feed" respectively.
Aflatoxin B1: limits for feed materials shall be listed and shown in terms of "corn product, peanut cake (meal)", "vegetable oil and fat (excluding corn oil and peanut oil)", "corn oil and peanut oil" and "other vegetable feed materials"; "corn", "cottonseed cake (meal), rape seed cake (meal)" and "bean meal" are merged into "other vegetable feed materials"; limits are specified for "concentrate feed for starter swine and brood poultry", "concentrate feed for meat duckling at later stage, growing duck and laying duck" and "other concentrate feeds"; limits are added for "concentrate supplement for calf and lamb", "concentrate supplement for lactation period" and "other concentrate supplements"; limits are specified for "formula feed for starter swine and brood poultry", "formula feed for meat duckling at later stage, growing duck and laying duck" and limit for "other concentrate feeds" is added.
Ochratoxin A: "corn" is extended as "cereal and its product".
Zearalenone: limits for "corn and its product (excluding corn bran, guniting corn bran and corn syrup powder), "corn bran, guniting corn bran, corn syrup powder and corn distiller products" and "other vegetable feed materials" are added; limit for "concentrate supplement for calf, lamb and lactation period" is added; "formula feed" in previous edition is listed and shown in terms of "formula feed for starter swine", "formula feed for young sow", "formula feed for other swine" and "other formula feeds".
Deoxynivalenol: limits are added for "vegetable feed material", "concentrate supplement for calf, lamb and lactation period" and "other concentrate supplements"; "formula feed for poultry" is merged into "other formula feeds".
T-2 toxin: limit for "vegetable feed material" is added; "formula feed for swine" and "formula feed for poultry" are expressed as "formula feed for swine and poultry" with limit value reduced to 0.5mg/kg.
Cyanide: limits for "flaxseed [til seed]" and "other feed materials" are added; "til seed cake and meal" is changed as "flaxseed [til seed] cake and flaxseed [til seed] meal"; "cassava" is extended as "cassava and its product"; "formula feed for brood chick" is listed and shown separately with limit value reduced to 10mg/kg; "formula feed for chicken and formula feed for swine" is extended as "other formula feeds".
Free gossypol: limits for "cottonseed oil", "cotton seed", "dephenolization cottonseed protein and fermentation cottonseed protein", "other cotton seed products" and "other feed materials" are specified and limit for "cottonseed cake and meal" is no longer specified separately; limits for "concentrate supplement for calf", "concentrate supplement for other cattle", "concentrate supplement for lamb" and "concentrate supplement for other sheep" are added; "formula feed for finisher swine" is extended as "formula feed for swine (excluding the starter swine) and rabbit", and "formula feed for broiler and growing chicken" is extended as "formula feed for poultry (excluding laying poultry)"; "formula feed for layer" and "formula feed for starter swine" are merged into "formula feed for other livestock and poultry"; limits are added for "formula feed for phytophagous and omnivorous aquatic animals" and "formula feed for other aquatic products".
Isothiocyanate: "rapeseed cake and meal" is extended as "rapeseed and its product" and limit for "other feed materials" is added; limits for "concentrate supplement for calf and lamb" and "concentrate supplement for other cattle and sheep" are added, "formula feed for chicken” and “formula feed for finisher swine" are extended as "formula feed for swine (excluding starter swine) and poultry" and limits for "formula feed for aquatic products" and "other formula feeds" are added.
Oxazolidinethione: limit for "rapeseed and its product" is added, "formula feed for layer" is extended as "formula feed for laying poultry"; "formula feed for broiler and growing chicken" is extended as "formula feeds for other poultry" and limit for "formula feed for aquatic product" is added.
Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH): it is explicitly defined the sum of α-HCH, β-HCH and γ-HCH is calculated as the limit value and "rice bran, wheat bran, soybean oil cake and fish meal" is extended as "cereal and its product (excluding oil and fat), oil seed and its product (excluding oil and fat) and fish meal"; limit for "oil and fat" is added, "formula feed for broiler and growing chicken and formula feed for layer" and "formula feed for finisher swine" are merged into "feed additive premix, concentrate feed, concentrate supplement and formula feed" with limit value reduced to 0.2mg/kg.
Dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT): it is explicitly defined the sum of p,p′-DDE, o,p′-DDT, p,p′-DDD and p,p′-DDT is calculated as the limit value; "rice bran, wheat bran, soybean cake/meal and fish meal" is extended as "cereal and its product (excluding oil and fat), oil seed and its product (excluding oil and fat) and fish meal"; limit for "oil and fat" is added; "formula feed for chicken and formula feed for swine" in previous edition are merged into "feed additive premix, concentrate feed, concentrate supplement and formula feed" with limit value reduced to 0.05mg/kg.
Mould count: "corn" and "wheat bran, rice bran" are extended as "cereal and its product"; "bean cake (meal), cottonseed cake (meal) and rapeseed cake (meal)" are extended as "oil cake feed material (excluding fermented products)" with limit value reduced to 4×103CFU/g; limit for "dairy product and its byproduct" is added; limit value for "fish meal" is reduced to 1×104CFU/g; limit for "other animal-derived feed materials" is added with "meat and bone meal" merged in; limits for formula feed, concentrate feed as well as concentrate supplement in previous edition are deleted.
Bacterial count: "fish meal" is extended as "animal-derived feed material".
Salmonella: "feed" is extended as "feed material and feed product".
——Test methods for parts of items are added and modified: Test method in GB/T 5009.19 is adopted for hexachlorocyclohexane and dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane in oil and fat; test method in SN/T 0127 is adopted for hexachlorobenzene; test method in GB 5009.190 is adopted for polychlorinated biphenyl and test method in NY/T 1970 is adopted for fumonsins; test method of aflatoxin B1 is changed into that in NY/T 2071; test method of deoxynivalenol is changed into that in GB/T 30956; test method of ochratoxin A is changed into that in GB/T 30957 and test methods of zearalenone and T-2 toxin are changed into those in NY/T 2071.
This standard was proposed by and is under the jurisdiction of National Technical Committee on Feed Industry of Standardization Administration of China (SAC/TC 76).
The previous editions of the standard are as follows:
——GB 13078-1991, GB 13078-2001;
——GB 13078.1-2006;
——GB 13078.2-2006;
——GB 13078.3-2007;
——GB 21693-2008.
Hygienical Standard for Feeds
1 Scope
This standard specifies the limit and test methods for toxic and harmful substance as well as microorganism in feed materials and feed products.
This standard is applicable to the feed materials and feed products listed in Table 1.
This standard is not applicable to pet feed products and feed additive products.
2 Normative Reference
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated reference, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB/T 5009.19 Determination of Organochlorine Pesticide Multiresidues in Foods
GB 5009.190 National Food Safety Standard - Determination of Indicator Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Foods
GB/T 13079 Determination of Total Arsenic in Feeds
GB/T 13080 Determination of Lead in Feeds - Method Using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
GB/T 13081 Determination of Chromium in Feeds
GB/T 13082 Method for Determination of Cadmium in Foods
GB/T 13083 Determination of Fluorine in Feed - Ion Selective Electrode Method
GB/T 13084 Determination of Cyanide in Feed
GB/T 13085 Determination of Nitrite in Feed - Method Using Colorimetric Analysis
GB/T 13086 Method for Determination of Free Gossypol in Feeds
GB/T 13087 Method for Determination of Isothiocyanates in Feeds
GB/T 13088-2006 Determination of Chromium in Feeds
GB/T 13089 Method for Determination of Oxazolidinethione in Feeds
GB/T 13090 Determination of HCH and DDT in Feeds
GB/T 13091 Determination of Salmonella in Feeds
GB/T 13092 Enumeration of Molds Count in Feeds
GB/T 13093 Examination of Bacterial Count in Feeds
GB/T 30956 Determination of Deoxynivalenol in Feeds - High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Immunoaffinity Column Clean-up
GB/T 30957 Determination of Ochratoxin A in Feeds - High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Immunoaffinity Column Clean-up
NY/T 1970 Determination of Fumonsins in Feeds
NY/T 2071 Determination of Aflatoxins, Zearalenone and T-2 in Feeds - Liquid Chromatography-tandem Mass Spectrometry
SN/T 0127 Determination of BHCs, DDTs and HCB Residues in Foods of Animal Origin for Import and Export - GC-MS Method
3 Requirements
Hygienical indexes and test methods for feed are detailed in Table 1.
Table 1 Hygienical Index and Test Method for Feed
No. Item Product name Limit Test method Remarks
Inorganic contaminant
1 Total arsenic
mg/kg Feed material Hay and its product ≤4 GB/T 13079
Palm kernel cake (meal) ≤4
Algae and its product ≤40
Shellfish and its byproduct (excluding shrimp sauce), fish and shrimp meal, aquatic mollusc and its byproduct (excluding oil and fat) ≤15
Other aquatic animal-derived feed materials (excluding oil and fat of aquatic animal) ≤10
Meat meal, meat and bone meal ≤10
Limestone flour ≤2
Other mineral feed materials ≤10
Oil and fat ≤7
Other feed materials ≤2
Feed product Feed additive premix ≤10
Concentrate feed ≤4
Concentrate supplement ≤4
Formula feed for aquatic product ≤10
Formula feed for minks, foxes and raccoons ≤10
Other formula feeds ≤2
2 Lead
mg/kg Feed material Single cell protein feed material ≤5 GB/T 13080
Mineral feed materials ≤15
Forage grass, coarse fodder and their products ≤30
Other feed materials ≤10
Feed product Feed additive premix ≤40
Concentrate feed ≤10
Concentrate supplement ≤8
Formula feed ≤5
3 Mercury
mg/kg Feed material Feed materials using fish and other aquatic organisms as well as their byproducts ≤0.5 GB/T 13081
Other feed materials ≤0.1
Feed product Formula feed for aquatic products ≤0.5
Other formula feeds ≤0.1
4 Cadmium
mg/kg Feed material Algae and its product ≤2 GB/T 13082
Vegetable feed material ≤1
Aquatic mollusc and its byproduct ≤75
Other animal-derived feed materials ≤2
Limestone flour ≤0.75
Other mineral feed materials ≤2
Feed product Feed additive premix ≤5
Concentrate feed ≤1.25
Concentrate supplement for calf and lamb ≤0.5
Other concentrate supplements ≤1
Formula feed for shrimp, crab, sea cucumber and shellfish ≤2
Formula feed for aquatic products (excluding formula feed for shrimp, crab, sea cucumber and shellfish) ≤1
Other formula feeds ≤0.5
5 Chromium
mg/kg Feed material ≤5 GB/T 13088-2006
(Atomic absorption spectroscopic method )
Feed product Feed additive premix for swine ≤20
Other feed additive premixes ≤5
Concentrate feed for swine ≤6
Other concentrate feeds ≤5
Formula feed ≤5
6 Fluorine
mg/kg Feed material Shellfish and its byproduct ≤3 000 GB/T 13083
Other animal-derived feed materials ≤500
Vermiculite ≤3 000
Other mineral feed materials ≤400
Other feed materials ≤150
Feed product Feed additive premix ≤800
Concentrate feed ≤500
Concentrate supplement for cattle and sheep ≤50
Formula feed for swine ≤100
Formula feed for broiler, brood chicken and growing chicken ≤250
Formula feed for layer ≤350
Formula feed for duck ≤200
Formula feed for aquatic products ≤350
Other formula feeds ≤150
7 Nitrite (by NaNO2)
mg/kg Feed material Pre-food and byproducts obtained in the production of meat products such as ham sausage powder ≤80 GB/T 13085
Other feed materials ≤15
Feed product Concentrate feed ≤20
Concentrate supplement ≤20
Formula feed ≤15
Fungaltoxin
8 Aflatoxin B1
μg/kg Feed material Corn product, peanut cake (meal) ≤50 NY/T 2071
Vegetable oils and fats (excluding corn oil and peanut oil) ≤10
Corn oil and peanut oil ≤20
Other vegetable feed materials ≤30
Feed product Concentrate feed for starter swine and poultry ≤10
Concentrate feed for meat duckling at later stage, growing duck and laying duck ≤15
Other concentrate feeds ≤20
Concentrate supplement for calf and lamb ≤20
Concentrate supplement for lactation period ≤10
Other concentrate supplements ≤30
Concentrate feed for starter swine and poultry ≤10
Formula feed for meat duckling at later stage, growing duck and laying duck ≤15
Other formula feeds ≤20
9 Ochratoxin A
μg/kg Feed material Cereal and its product ≤100 GB/T 30957
Feed product Formula feed ≤100
10 Zearalenone
mg/kg Feed material Corn and its product (excluding corn bran, guniting corn bran and corn syrup powder) ≤0.5 NY/T 2071
Corn bran, guniting corn bran, corn syrup powder and corn distiller product ≤1.5
Other vegetable feed materials ≤1
Feed product Concentrate supplement for calf, lamb and lactation period ≤0.5
Formula feed for starter swine ≤0.15
Formula feed for young sow ≤0.1
Formula feed for other swine ≤0.25
Other formula feeds ≤0.5
11 Deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin)
mg/kg Feed material Vegetable feed materials ≤5 GB/T 30956
Feed product Concentrate supplement for calf, lamb and lactation period ≤1
Other concentrate supplements ≤3
Formula feed for swine ≤1
Other formula feeds ≤3
12 T-2 toxin
mg/kg Vegetable feed materials ≤0.5 NY/T 2071
Formula feed for swine and poultry ≤0.5
13 Fumonsins (B1+B2)
mg/kg Feed material Corn and its product, corn distiller product, corn silage feed and corn stalk ≤60 NY/T 1970
Feed product Concentrate supplement for calf and lamb ≤20
Concentrate supplement for horse and rabbit ≤5
Other ruminant concentrate supplements ≤50
Concentrate feed for swine ≤5
Concentrate feed for poultry ≤20
Formula feed for swine, rabbit and horse ≤5
Formula feed for poultry ≤20
Formula feed for fish ≤10
Natural phytotoxins
Foreword i
1 Scope
2 Normative Reference
3 Requirements
