Foodlaw-Reading
Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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HSE Pesticides ebulletin, 10 November 2022
GB maximum residue level (MRL) amendments (adopted October 2022)
Amendments have been made to the GB MRL Statutory Register: new statutory levels set.
In order to accommodate new authorisations in GB and to set import tolerances to meet the requirements of international trade, new MRLs have been set in the GB MRL Statutory Register for the following active/commodity combinations:
- Flutianil/ Apples, cherries, strawberries, cucumbers, courgettes
The new MRLs came into force on 14 October 2022 as indicated in the GB MRL Statutory Register [see LINK].
The evaluation report, reasoned opinion and decision document supporting these new MRLs are available on the HSE website [see LINK]
Future GB MRL amendments (adopted October 2022)
Ethoprophos, fenamidone, methiocarb, propiconazole and pymetrozine are no longer approved active substances in GB and all plant protection product authorisations have been withdrawn.
As notified in our previous ebulletin on 4 July 2022, it was proposed to lower all MRLs to the limit of quantification, as harmful effects on human health could not be excluded.
Following completion of the notification process to the World Trade Organization, new MRLs at the limit of quantification for ethoprophos, fenamidone, methiocarb, propiconazole and pymetrozine have now been adopted. The new MRLs were adopted on 24 October 2022.
In order to allow trading partners and food business operators time to adjust to the new lower MRLs, the date of entry into force of the new MRLs is 24 April 2023.
The future MRLs can be reviewed in the decision documents on HSE's webpage MRL reviews [see LINK].
The current MRLs in the GB MRL Statutory Register [see LINK] have an expiry date of 23 April 2023 and the new MRLs will appear in the register from 24 April 2023.
View more information and guidance on the MRL processes for GB [see LINK].
