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Regulatory Limits

MRLs, Contaminant Limits, Additive Regulations

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Regulatory Limits by BCGlobal is a suite of regulatory intelligence services providing pesticide and veterinary drug MRLs, contaminant limits and food additive regulations.

Pesticide MRLs

Explore MRLs for over 1,100 pesticides on 900+ commodities in over 150 markets

Food safety is a concern of consumers and governments around the world. Governments are continually re-evaluating and changing their national chemical residue standards on food. Unless these regulatory changes are monitored, shipments can quickly be out of compliance with new regulations, resulting in rejected loads and huge financial loss. FoodChain ID’s database of global pesticide maximum residue levels (MRLs) on food products provides you with the information you need to ensure your exports comply with foreign standards.

  • Compare standards easily between multiple countries
  • Identify pending and proposed standards, including MRLs being revoked
  • Be alerted if standards relevant to your business have recently changed
  • Access reports that provide a full regulatory picture for each country
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Plans

Starter

Funded (by the USDA & EPA)

  • Current MRLs – Limited
  • Pending MRLs
  • Proposed MRLs

  • Basic support
  • Individual accounts

  • Change report with email alerts
  • Advanced Excel report

Professional

  • Current MRLs
  • Pending MRLs
  • Proposed MRLs

  • Priority support
  • Team accounts

  • Change report with email alerts
  • Advanced Excel report

Enterprise

  • Current MRLs
  • Pending MRLs
  • Proposed MRLs

  • Premier support
  • Team accounts

  • Change report with email alerts
  • Advanced Excel report
  • Regulation names & effective dates
  • Discount pricing for other modules

Veterinary Drugs

Explore maximum residue levels (MRLs) for over 400 veterinary drugs on all regulated animal products in 90 markets.

Global trade of animal products is increasing due to a growing world population and demand for protein-rich foods. Frequently, governments re-evaluate and change their national regulations on animal products.  Unless these changes are monitored, shipments can quickly be out of compliance with new regulations, resulting in rejected loads and financial loss. Our database of global maximum residue levels (MRLs) on animal products provides you with the information you need to ensure your exports comply with foreign standards.

  • Compare standards easily between multiple countries
  • Identify which MRLs are being revoked
  • Be alerted if the standards you care about change
  • Access reports that provide a full regulatory picture for each country
Subscription enquiries
Plans

Starter

Funded (by the USDA & EPA)

  • Current MRLs – Limited
  • Pending MRLs
  • Proposed MRLs

  • Basic support
  • Individual accounts

  • Change report with email alerts

Professional

  • Current MRLs
  • Pending MRLs
  • Proposed MRLs

  • Priority support
  • Team accounts

  • Change report with email alerts

Enterprise

  • Current MRLs
  • Pending MRLs
  • Proposed MRLs

  • Premier support
  • Team accounts

  • Change report with email alerts
  • Regulation names & effective dates
  • Discount pricing for other modules

Contaminant Limits

Explore limits for over 90 contaminants on all regulated food and beverage commodities in over 100 markets.

Food processors and ingredient manufacturers need to stay ahead of quickly growing global contaminant regulations. Governments classify and regulate contaminants differently for heavy metals, aflatoxins, natural toxicants, dioxins, PCBs, and other regulated substances.  New standards are being developed, while other standards are changing quickly.  Unless these regulatory changes are monitored, shipments can quickly be out of compliance with new regulations, resulting in rejected loads and financial loss. FoodChain ID’s database of global contaminant limits provides you with the information you need to ensure your exports comply with foreign standards.

  • Compare standards easily between different countries
  • Identify which contaminant limits are being revoked
  • Access reports that provide a full regulatory picture for each country
Subscription enquiries
Plans

Professional

  • Current MRLs
  • Pending MRLs
  • Proposed MRLs

  • Priority support
  • Team accounts

  • Regulation names & effective dates

Food Additives Database

Maximum use level regulations for over 800 food additives.

With three ways to search the database – by additive, by market and by technological function – you can easily locate and compare regulations across multiple markets. The database uses exact terminology from each legislative document to provide the most complete and accurate information possible.

Combined with FoodChain ID’s regulatory expertise and reputation, the food additive database is an indispensable tool for food companies, ingredient manufacturers, importers and exporters, legislators and all others requiring access to food additive regulatory data.

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Plans

Professional

  • 25 food additive standards in 70+ markets
  • Additive report
  • Market report
  • Technological function report
  • Links to official sources
  • Priority support
  • Access for 10 internal users

Direct Data

Seamlessly integrate your systems with our regulatory data.

In addition to running various regulatory reports in our database, organizations also receive the actual data from FoodChain ID in a format they can directly integrate into their own systems.  This is often used for further analysis, alignment with propriety data specific to the organization, or for reports that they provide their customers.

Direct Data allows for the pesticide, veterinary drug, and contaminant standards to be delivered for use in your proprietary system.  Save time and avoid internal teams from having to manually enter data to update their systems.  Have FoodChain ID’s regulatory data appear within the systems and tools you are most accustomed to using.

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Customized Resource Center

Clear visibility and easy access to global regulatory standards.

Global regulatory requirements covering food, beverage, and agricultural products are diverse, complex and ever-changing. Keeping up can be a challenge and can easily overwhelm compliance staff. Missed regulations can cause costly supply chain disruption. Our regulatory resource center fosters regulatory certainty and team efficiency by putting up-to-date requirements at your fingertips. Topics to support operations and decision-making are tailored to your business’ needs, often including technical requirements such as labelling, food contact materials, standards and product registration requirements, as well as market access restrictions and comparative tariff rates calculated from official sources and including scheduled reductions.

  • Customized to meet your markets, products, regulatory requirements and market access topics
  • Simple and straightforward summaries
  • Links to official regulations and portals
  • Product specific technical requirements
  • Accessibility alongside other Regulatory Limits modules
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Why the Regulatory Limits by BCG Pesticide Database is Used Worldwide

Comprehensive

MRL values on nearly every commodity in all markets are presented so standards in different markets may be compared with each other.

Unmatched Accuracy

Updated as regulations change, backed by strict quality assurance procedures.

User-friendly

Easily find key critical information not just on the permitted MRLs, but also on chemicals and commodities that are exempted, and on regulatory changes that are scheduled for the future.

Customer Service

Unparalleled support: Our regulatory intelligence team is ready to answer your specific questions.

Content descriptions

Current MRLs – Limited (Starter): U.S. based users will receive access to U.S. MRLs currently in force and corresponding MRLs for other markets; users outside of the U.S. will receive access to U.S. MRLs only.

Current MRLs: Officially established MRLs that are in force

Pending MRLs: MRL amendments which have been officially approved and will enter in force on a specified future date.

Proposed MRLs: Draft MRL amendments, or petitions under consideration. New, revised, and revocation proposals. Includes source document reference, published and comment due dates.

Change Report: A report that provides daily MRL changes in the database, with an email alert you can sign up and customize to inform you about when an MRL change occurs.

Current Limits: Officially established limits that are in force.

Pending Limits: Limit amendments which have been officially approved and will enter in force on a specified future date.

Proposed Limits: Draft limit amendments, or petitions under consideration.