Food Production and Processing Considerations of Allergenic Food Ingredients: A Review

Table 2

Current maximum accepted levels of foreign material allowed in various crops in Canada, USA, and Europe.

Crops∖grade	Foreign material allowed (%)
	Canada (CE, CW)					US					EU
	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5
Oats	1, 0.75 w; 1, 0.75 b; NS, 1 c	2, 1.5 w; 2, 1.5 b; NS, 2 c	6, 3 w; 6, 3 b; NS, 3 c	14, 8 w; 14, 8 b; NS, 8 c	NA	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	NA	2
Corn	2, 2	3, 3	5, 5	7, 7	12, 12	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.0	7.0	5
Buckwheat	1	2.5	5	NA	NA
Sorghum						1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	NA	5
Soybean	1	2	3	5	8	1.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	NA
Lentils	0.2	0.5	1	NA	NA	0.2	0.5	0.5	NA	NA

CE—Canada East; CW—Canada West; w—wheat; b—barley; c—other cereals; NA—not applicable (grade does not exists for the given crop); NS—not specified; empty cell means no data was found.