Foodlaw-Reading
Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Council Minutes, 29 May 2018
The following is an extract from the minutes of the Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space) held on the 28/29 May 2018:
The Council decided not to oppose the adoption of two Commission regulations amending regulation 396/2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin.
These amendments concern:
– annexes II and III as regards maximum residue levels for lambda-cyhalothrin in or on certain products (8352/18), and
– annex I as regards the MRLs applicable to radish leaves (8256/18).
Regulation 396/2005 establishes the maximum quantities of pesticide residues permitted in products of animal or vegetable origin intended for human or animal consumption. These maximum residue levels (MRLs) include, on the one hand, MRLs which are specific to particular foodstuffs intended for human or animal consumption and, on the other, a general limit which applies where no specific MRL has been set. MRL applications are communicated to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) which issues a scientific opinion on each intended new MRL. Based on EFSA's opinion, the Commission proposes a regulation such as those listed above to establish a new MRL or to amend or remove an existing MRL and modifying the annexes of regulation 396/2005 accordingly.
