News & Insights

On April 20, the European Union published Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/644 amending MRLs for fluxapyroxad, hymexazol, metamitron, penflufen, and spirotetramat.

Amended MRLs will be effective from November 10, 2021. Relevant pending MRL changes will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by April 23, 2021.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently published the following amendments to Great Britain's MRLs:

• Decision on amending the MRL for chlorantraniliprole in/on pulses
• Decision on amending the MRL for pyraclostrobin in/on sweet corn
• Decision on amending the MRL for prothioconazole in/on celeriacs/turnip rooted celeries
• Decision on amending the MRL for fludioxonil in/on rhubarbs
• Decision on amending the MRLs for flonicamid in/on various root crops

On April 19, the U.S. EPA established tolerances for residues of metaflumizone in or on various commodities. 

Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before June 18, 2021. Relevant MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on April 20, 2021.

On April 16, the European Union published Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/621 establishing MRLs for imidacloprid.

The amended MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Veterinary Drug MRL Database on April 20, 2021.

Recently, the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service published a Food and Agricultural Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) report for Haiti. 

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The BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database currently displays relevant established and proposed MRLs for Haiti. 

Recently, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published amendments to the monographs for fluazifop-P-butyl, carfentrazone-ethyl, beta-cyfluthrin, profenofos, flutriafol, cymoxanil, prothioconazole, zeta-cypermethrin, flupyradifurone, abscisic acid, propaquizafop, acetamiprid, glyphosate, metribuzin, S-metolachlor, spinetoram, methoxyfenozide, deltamethrin, trifluralin, mandipropamid, and tebuconazole. 

Relevant MRLs from these amendments are currently available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database.

The European Union recently published the following regulations amending MRLs:

• Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/590 amending MRLs for aclonifen, boscalid, cow milk, etofenprox, ferric pyrophosphate, L-cysteine, lambda-cyhalothrin, maleic hydrazide, mefentrifluconazole, sodium 5- nitroguaiacolate, sodium o-nitrophenolate, sodium p-nitrophenolate, and triclopyr
• Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/616 amending MRLs for benalaxyl, benalaxyl-M, dichlobenil, fluopicolide, proquinazid, and pyridalyl
• Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/618 amending MRLs for diclofop, fluopyram, ipconazole, and terbuthylazine

Amended MRLs will be effective from May 3, 2021 (Reg. 2021/590) and November 6, 2021 (Reg. 2021/616 and 2021/618). Relevant pending MRL changes will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by April 17, 2021.

On April 13, the U.S. EPA established tolerances for residues of MCPA in or on various commodities. 

Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before June 14, 2021. Relevant MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database on April 14, 2021.

On April 12, New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries published Proposals to Amend the New Zealand (Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds) Food Notice - April 2021.

The comment deadline is June 11, 2021. Relevant proposed MRLs will display in the BCGlobal Pesticide and Vet Drug MRL Databases on April 13, 2021.

On April 6, the European Union published SANTE/12818/2020 Rev.1 proposing MRLs for mandestrobin in grapes and strawberries. 

Relevant proposed MRLs will be available in the BCGlobal Pesticide MRL Database by April 10, 2021.