Draft resolution number 922, 18 September 2020, regarding the active ingredient M02 - MANCOZEBE (mancozeb) of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution - RE n° 165 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003

Regular notification 2020-10-02
G/SPS/N/BRA/1784

Description

This Draft resolution incorporates the following changes for the active ingredient M02 - MANCOZEBE (mancozeb) from the Relation of Monographies of Active Ingredients of Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, all in the modality of foliar use (application):
-includes the rye, and triticale cultures with MRL of 1,5 mg/kg and safety security period of 32 days;
-includes the millet culture with MRL of 0,4 mg/kg and safety security period of 30 days;
-includes the caupi bean, lima bean, pigeon bean, and mung bean cultures with MRL 0,3 mg/kg and safety security period 14 days;
-changes the MRL of the cotton culture from 1,0 to 1,5 mg/kg;
-changes the MRL of the wheat, oats, and barley cultures from 1,0 to 1,5 mg/kg;
-changes the phrase at item "k" from "Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI): 0,03 mg/kg b.w." to "Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI): 0,03 mg/kg b.w for mancozeb and 0,0169 mg/kg b.w. for CS2 (source: ANVISA);
-includes the phrase: " I) Acute Reference Dose (ARfD) : 0,6 mg/kg b.w. for mancozeb and 0,337 mg/kg b.w. for CS2 (source: EFSA*, 2009)";
-includes the phrase: "*European Food Safety Authority";
-includes the phrase at item "m": "for the purpose of residue definition for conformity to MRL, it will be considered the active ingredient metiram. expressed as CS2
-includes the phrase at item "n": "for the purpose of residue definition for dietary risk assessment it will be considered the substance Etilenobisditiocarbamatos (mancozeb or metiram), expressed as CS2"

Keywords

Food safety; Human health; Pesticides; Maximum residue limits (MRLs)