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Toolkit for Assessing the Unrecorded Alcohol Market

AMPHORA Chemical Testing Limits

Substance

 Maximum limit chosen by AMPHORA

 Ethanol content  n/a
 Methanol  1,000 g / hl pure alcohol (pa)
 Higher alcohols (Sum)  1,000 g / hl pa
 Ethyl acetate  1,000 g / hl pa
 Benzaldehyde   500 g / hl pa
 Diethyl phthalate  120 g / hl pa
 Coumarin  15 g / hl pa
 Acetaldehyde  50 g / hl pa
 Ethyl carbamate  0.4 mg / L
 Aluminum  2.0 mg / L
 Arsenic  0.1 mg / L
 Lead  0.2 mg / L
 Boron  50.0 mg / L
 Cadmium  0.01 mg / L
 Copper  2.0 mg / L
 Zinc  5.0 mg / L
 Tin  1.0 mg / L
 Iron  2.0 mg / L
 Nickel  0.2 mg / L
 Antimony  0.05 mg / L
 Mercury  0.01 mg / L
 Flouride  1.0 mg / L
 Chromium  0.5 mg / L
 Manganese  0.5 mg / L
 Selenium  0.1 mg / L
 Benzene  0.01 mg / L
 Nitrite  2 mg / L
 Chloride  2,500 mg / L
 Sulphate  1,000 mg / L

Source: Lachenmeier et al., 2010