Draft resolution No. 740, 12 November 2019, regarding the active ingredient G05 – GLUFOSINATO (glufosinate) of the Monograph List of Active Ingredients for Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, published by Resolution - RE No. 165 of 29 August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003

Regular notification 2019-12-19
G/SPS/N/BRA/1593

Description

This draft resolution incorporates the following changes for the active ingredient G05 – GLUFOSINATO (glufosinate) from the Relation of Monographies of Active Ingredients of Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers:
-includes the pea, chickpea, mung bean, pigeon pea, caupi bean, lima bean, green bean and lentil cultures with MRL of 0,05 mg/kg and safety security period of 5 days, in the modality of dessicant use (application);
-changes the MRL from 1,5 to 2,0 mg/kg and the safety security period from 60 to 50 days of the genetically modified soya culture;
-changes the phrase at item "j": "for the purpose of residue definition for conformity with MRL and for the dietary risk assessment it will be considered the sum of the active ingridient glufosinate-ammonium and its metabolites acid 3- (hidroximetilfosfonoil) propiônico and N-acetil-glufosinato, expressed as glufosinate".

Keywords

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