The dosage levels of chemicals used for the antimicrobial treatment must not exceed the maximum permitted levels as shown below:
Seventeenth schedule
Regulations 27A(3) and 64(1A)
| Pathogen reduction treatment | Maximum amount (ppm) for a carcass (the entire carcass of an animal, whether before or after evisceration) | Maximum amount (ppm) for a muscle cut (any meat cut from a carcass) | Maximum amount (ppm) for an offal (a non-skeletal muscle organ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 1,3-dibromo-5,5- dimethylhydantoin | 900 (as available bromine) | 900 (as available bromine) | 900 (as available bromine) |
| 2. Acetic acid | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 3. Acidified sodium chlorite | 1,200 (for sodium chlorite) and 30 (for chlorine dioxide) | 1,200 (for sodium chlorite) and 30 (for chlorine dioxide) | 1,200 (for sodium chlorite) and 30 (for chlorine dioxide) |
| 4. Ammonium hydroxide | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 5. Calcium hypochlorite | 50 (as available chlorine) | 20 (as available chlorine) | 50 (as available chlorine) |
| 6. Cetylpyridinium chloride solution, with or without propylene glycol | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 7. Chlorine dioxide | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 8. Citric acid | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 9. Ethyl alcohol | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 10. Hydrochloric acid | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 11. Hypobromous acid | 900 (as available bromine) | 900 (as available bromine) | 900 (as available bromine) |
| 12. Lactic acid | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 13. Lactoferrin | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 14. Ozone | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 15. Peroxyacetic acid and hydrogen peroxide, with or without 1- hydroxyethylidine-1, 1- diphosphonic acid, acetic acid or sulfuric acid or octanoic acid | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 16. Potassium hydroxide | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 17. Sodium hydroxide | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 18. Sodium hypochlorite | 50 (as available chlorine) | 20 (as available chlorine) | 50 (as available chlorine) |
| 19. Sodium sulphate | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 20. Sulphuric acid | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 21. Trisodium phosphate | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice | Good manufacturing practice |
| 22. Blends of lactic acid, citric acid and potassium hydroxide | applied as a spray not exceeding 2.5% by weight | applied as a spray not exceeding 2.5% by weight | applied as a spray not exceeding 2.5% by weight |