Draft resolution number 595, 22 January 2019, regarding the active ingredient A18 - ABAMECTIN 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
2019-01-23
G/SPS/N/BRA/1474
Description
This Draft resolution incorporates the following changes for the active ingredient A18 - ABAMECTIN from the Relation of Monographies of Active Ingredients of Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers:
- inclusion of peanut culture with MRL of 0.005 mg/kg and safety security period of seven days;
- inclusion of aubergine culture with MRL of 0.02 and safety security period of three days;
- inclusion of potato, sugar cane, pepper and tomato cultures in the modality of soil use;
- inclusion of sugar cane culture in the modality of foliar use;
- changes MRL from 0.01 to 0.04 mg/kg for pepper culture.
Keywords
Food
safety;
Human
health;
Pesticides;
Maximum
residue
limits
(MRLs)