Table 2. Feed safety regulations of Japan1)
| Hazardous materials | Feed type | Animal type | Safe level |
| Heavy metals |
| Arsenic | Complete feed | Livestock | 2 mg/kg |
| Cadmium | Complete feed | Livestock | 1 mg/kg |
| Lead | Complete feed | Livestock | 3 mg/kg |
| Mercury | Complete feed | Livestock | 0.4 mg/kg |
| Mycotoxins |
| Aflatoxin B1 | Complete feed | Livestock | 20 µg/kg |
| Deoxynivalenol | Complete feed | Livestock | 1 mg/kg |
| | | Older cattle | 4 mg/kg |
| Zearalenone | Complete feed | Livestock | 1 mg/kg |
| Pesticides |
| Aldrin | Complete feed | Livestock | 20 µg/kg |
| BHC | Complete feed | Livestock | 5 µg/kg |
| DDT | Complete feed | Livestock | 100 µg/kg |
| Endrin | Complete feed | Livestock | 10 µg/kg |
| Fenvalerate | Complete feed | Poultry | 500 µg/kg |
| | | Pig | 4 mg/kg |
| | | Ruminant | 8 mg/kg |
| Fipronil | Complete feed | Poultry | 10 µg/kg |
| | | Pig | 20 µg/kg |
| Heptachlor | Complete feed | Livestock | 20 µg/kg |
| Lindane | Complete feed | Livestock | 50 µg/kg |
| Others |
| Melamine | Complete feed | Livestock | 2.5 mg/kg |
Data from Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center [92,93].
BHC, benzene hexachloride; DDT, dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane.