Foodlaw-Reading
Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Council Minutes, 25 June 2019
The following is an extract from the Minutes of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting on th 25 June 2019:
The Council decided not to oppose the adoption of a Commission regulation amending annexes II and III to regulation 396/2005 as regards maximum residue levels for chlormequat in cultivated fungi (9615/19 + ADD 1 + ADD 2).
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 that 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 the EFSA's opinion the Commission proposes a regulation, such as the one cited above, to establish a new MRL or to amend or remove an existing MRL and that will modify the annexes of regulation 396/2005 accordingly.
