Food Law News - EU - 2017
Council Minutes, 11 May 2017
CONTAMINANTS - Pesticides - maximum residue levels: Council discussions
The following is an extract from the minutes of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting on the 11 May 2017:
The Council decided not to oppose the adoption of a series of Commission regulations amending Annexes II, III and V to regulation 396/2005 as regards maximum residue levels (MRLs) for
- dimethoate and omethoate (7727/17 + ADD 1 + ADD 2)
- tricyclazole (7731/17 + ADD 1 + ADD 2)
- fluopyram; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), alpha-isomer; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), beta-isomer; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), sum of isomers, except the gamma isomer; lindane (hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), gamma-isomer); nicotine and profenofos (7777/17 + ADD 1 + ADD 2)
- acrinathrin, metalaxyl and thiabendazole (8104/17 + ADD 1 + ADD 2)
- benzovindiflupyr, chlorantraniliprole, deltamethrin, ethofumesate, haloxyfop, Mild Pepino Mosaic Virus isolate VC1, Mild Pepino Mosaic Virus isolate VX1, oxathiapiprolin, penthiopyrad, pyraclostrobin, spirotetramat, sunflower oil, tolclofos-methyl and trinexapac (8112/17 + ADD 1+ ADD 2) in or on certain products.
Regulation 396/2005 establishes the MRLs permitted in products of animal or vegetable origin intended for human or animal consumption. These MRLs include, on the one hand, levels which are specific to particular foodstuffs intended for human or animal consumption and, on the other, a general limit which applies where no specific level has been set. MRL applications are communicated to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) which issue a scientific opinion on each intended new MRL. Based on EFSA's opinion, the Commission proposes a regulation to establish a new MRL or to amend or remove an existing MRL and modifying the annexes of regulation 396/2005 accordingly.