Change of MRLs for Phosmet and further actives

chemischer Pflanzenschutz

Up-to-date information on changes to MRLs for fruit and vegetables will be compiled here following their publication. However, we do not announce any EU projects of this kind.

 

The partly drastic reductions of the MRL for Phosmet to down to 0.005 mg/kg will have an impact on a large number of fruit and vegetables. On the other hand, the residue definition will be changed so that only the residues of Phosmet itself, but not of its metabolite Phosmetoxone, will be taken into account.

The new regulation will apply from 15.9.23 without transitional periods. It remains to be seen whether France will withdraw its temporary import ban on cherries from countries where Phosmet is still authorised as an insecticide, as announced (see AGROLAB RADAR May 2023).

 

Active  Culture  previously new from  Ref. 
mg/kg mg/kg

Phosmet

CAS-No.: 732-11-6    

Insecticide

no EU approval 

0110000 Citrus fruits

 

except for:

110020 Oranges

 0,5 0,01 09/15/23 1)
 0,5  0,005
0120000 Tree nuts divers 0,01

0130000 Pome fruits

 

except for:

0130010 Apples

0130020 Pears

 0,5 0,01
 0,5  0,005
0140000 Stone fruits divers 0,01
0150000 Berries & small fruits divers 0,01
0161000 Miscellaneous fruits with edible peal divers 0,01
0162000 Miscellaneous fruits with inedible peal, small divers 0,01

0163000 Miscellaneous fruits with  in edible peal, big

 

except for:

0161060 Pineapples

 divers  0,01 
0,05 0,01

0210000 Root and tuber vegetables 

 

except for:

0211000 Potatoes

 0,05  0,01 
0,05 0,005
0220000 Bulb vegetables 0,05 0,01

0230000 Fruiting vegetables

 

except for:

0233010 Melons (Kiwano) 

0233030 Waterrmelons

 0,05  0,01 
0,05 0,005
0240000 Brassica vegetables 0,05 0,01
0250000  Leaf vegetables, herbs and edible flowers 0,05 0,01
except for:    
0256000 Herbs and edible flowers 0,05 0,02
0260000 Legume vegetables (fresh) 0,05 0,01
0270000 Stem vegetables (fresh) 0,05 0,01
0280000 Fungi, mosses and lichens 0,02 0,01

Folpet

CAS-No.: 133-07-3

Fungicide

 0251020 Lettuces 0,03 1,5 06/19/23 2)

Pendimethalin

CAS-No.: 40487-42-1

Herbicide

 

0260010 Beans (with pods)

0260030 Peas (with pods)

 0,05 0,06 06/20/23 3)
070060 Leaks 0,05 3

Spirotetramat

(sum of spirotetramat and spirotetramat enol)

CAS-No.: 203313-25-1

Insecticide

 

0256010 Chervil

0256020 Chives

0256030 Celery leaves

0256040 Parsley

0256080 Basil and edible flowers

0256100 Tarragon (Hyssop)

 4 7

0256050 Salvia

0256060 Rosemary

0256070 Thyme (Marjoram, oregano)

0256090 Laurel/bay leave (Lemon grass)

0256990 Others

 4 10

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YOUR PLUS: Of course, we also achieve the required lower limits of determination for phosmet in fruit and vegetable samples in order to be able to reliably confirm compliance with the lowered maximum residue levels of 0.005 mg/kg.

 

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger