Proposed Amendments to the Standards and Specifications for Foods
Regular notification
2016-12-15
G/SPS/N/KOR/552
Description
The proposed amendments seek to:
- Establish the general testing method for four pesticides (Picarbutrazox, Benzovindiflupyr, Methoxyfenozide and Sulfoxaflor);
- Establish and revise the maximum residue limits for 74 pesticides in agricultural products;
- Revise the maximum residue limit for dithiocarbamates in ginseng; and
- Establish and revise the maximum residue limits for two pesticides (Methoxyfenozide and Sulfoxaflor) in livestock products.
Keywords
Human
health;
Pesticides;
Maximum
residue
limits
(MRLs);
Food
safety