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National maximum residue limits

The following national MRLs were reported to the Meeting.

Country

Commodity

MRL, mg/kg

Commodity

MRL, mg/kg

Argentina

 

Alfalfa forage

0.1

Melon

0.5

Alfalfa seed

0.1

Olive oil

0.1

Almond

0.1

Peppers, Sweet

0.5

Bean

0.1

Pome fruit

0.1

Cereals

0.05

Potato

0.1

Citrus fruit

0.5

Rice

0.05

Clover forage

2

Soya

0.1

Cotton seed

0.1

Stone fruit

0.1

Garlic

0.1

Sunflower

0.1

Grape

0.1

Tomato

0.5

Leafy + other stem vegetables

0.2



Australia

 

Egg plant

1

Goat milk

0.01*

Sugar beet

0.05

Hops dry

5

Brussels sprouts

1

Lettuce

1

Cabbages

1

Peaches

1

Cattle fat

0.01*

Peanut

0.02*

Cattle meat

0.01*

Peanut fodder

10

Cattle meat by-products

0.01*

Peanut forage

10

Cattle milk

0.01*

Peppers, Sweet

2

Cauliflowers

1

Potato

0.25

Celery

2

Rape seed

0.1

Citrus fruit

0.5

Sheep meat

0.01*

Cotton seed

0.1

Sheep meat by-products

0.01*

Cucumber

0.5

Sheep milk

0.01*

Goat fat

0.01*

Soya

0.1

Goat meat

0.01*

Tomatoes

2

Goat meat by-products

0.01*

Tree tomatoes

0.01*

Austria

All food of animal origin

0.01

Other plant commodities

0.05

Hops

5



Belgium

Cabbages

0.1

Other plant commodities

N.D.1

Hops

5



Brazil

 

Bean

0.01

Peanut

0.1

Broccoli

1

Peppers, Sweet

0.4

Cabbages

1

Potato

0.1

Cabbages, white

1

Soya

0.01

Cauliflowers

1

Tomatoes

0.3

Cotton seed

0.1



Canada

 

Bean

0.3

Lettuce

1

Egg plant

0.5

Melons

0.1*

Broccoli

1

Peppers, Sweet

1

Brussels sprouts

1

Potato

0.1*

Cabbages

0.5

Rape seed

0.1*

Cauliflowers

0.5

Tomatoes

0.5

Cucumber

0.5



Chile

 

Sugar beet

0.1

Peaches

1

Cattle fat

0.01*

Potato

0.1

Cattle meat

0.01*

Rape

0.1

Goat fat

0.01*

Sheep fat

0.01*

Goat meat

0.01*

Sheep meat

0.01*

Lettuce, head

2

Tomatoes

2

Milk

0.01*



Cyprus

 

Egg plant

1

Lettuce

1

Beets (Beta vulgaris) leaf

1

Meat

0.01

Beets (Beta vulgaris) root

0.1

Milk

0.01

Cabbages

1

Peaches

1

Cauliflowers

2

Pepper, cayenne

1

Celery

2

Peppers, Sweet

1

Citrus fruit

0.5

Potato

0.1

Cucumber

1

Tomatoes

2

Denmark

 

Artichoke

0.01*T

Meat, preparations of

0.01*

Egg plant

0.2

Milk

0.01*

Bean dry

0.01*T

Milk products

0.01*

Berries and small fruits

0.01*

Mushroom

0.01*

Berry, wild

0.01*

Nuts

0.01*

Bulb vegetables

0.01*



Cabbages, Head

0.5

Other leafy vegetables

0.01*

Cereals

0.01-

Other oil seed

0.01*

Chicory, Witloof

0.01*

Other pulses

0.01*

Citrus fruit

0.2

Other solanaceae

0.01*

Corn, Sweet

0.01*

Other stem vegetables

0.01*

Cotton

0.1

Other tropical/subtropical fruits

0.01*

Cucurbits with edible peel

1

Pea dry

0.01*T

Cucurbits with inedible peel

0.01*

Peppers, Sweet

0.01*T

Eggs without shell

0.01*

Pome fruit

0.01*T

Escarole

0.2

Potato

0.01*

Flowering brassicas

0.01*T

Poultry fat

0.01*

Grape

0.01*T

Poultry meat

0.01*

Herbs

0.01*

Poultry meat by-products

0.01*

Hops

2

Root and tuber vegetables

0.01*

Kohlrabi

0.01*

Rubus species (Cane fruit)

0.01*

Leafy brassicas

0.01*T

Spinach & similar

0.01*

Leek

0.01*T

Stone fruit

0.01*T

Legume vegetables

0.01*T

Strawberry

0.01*T

Lentil dry

0.01*

Tea

0.1*

Mammalian, fat

0.01*

Tomatoes

0.5

Mammalian, meat

0.01*

Watercress

0.01*

Mammalian, meat by-products

0.01*



European

Union

 

Artichoke

0.01*T

Meat, preparations of

0.01*

Egg plant

0.2

Milk

0.01*

Bean dry

0.01*T

Milk products

0.01*

Berries and small fruits

0.01*

Mushroom

0.01*

Berry, wild

0.01*

Nuts

0.01*

Bulb vegetables

0.01*

Other cucurbits

0.01*

Cabbages, Head

0.5

Other leafy vegetables

0.01*

Cereals

0.01*

Other oil seed

0.01*

Chicory, Witloof

0.01*

Other pulses

0.01*

Citrus fruit

0.2

Other solanaceae

0.01*

Corn, Sweet

0.01*

Other stem vegetables

0.01*

Cotton

0.1

Other tropical/subtropical fruits

0.01*

Cucumber

1

Pea, dry

0.01*T

Cucurbits with inedible peel

0.01*

Peppers, Sweet

0.01*T

Eggs with shell

0.01*

Pome fruit

0.01*T

Flowering brassicas

0.01*T

Potato

0.01*

Grape

0.01*T

Poultry fat

0.01*

Herbs

0.01*

Poultry meat

0.01*

Hops

2

Poultry meat by-products

0.01*

Kohlrabi

0.01*

Root and tuber vegetables

0.01*

Leafy brassicas

0.01*T

Rubus species (Cane fruit)

0.01*

Leek

0.01*T

Spinach & similar

0.01*

Legume vegetables

0.01*T

Stone fruit

0.01*T

Lentil dry

0.01*

Strawberry

0.01*T

Lettuce

0.2

Tea

0.1*

Mammalian, fat

0.01*

Tomatoes

0.5

Mammalian, meat

0.01*

Watercress

0.01*

Mammalian, meat by-products

0.01*



Finland

Fruit

0.2

Vegetables

0.2

France

 

Egg plant

0.2

Other fruits

0.01

Cabbages, Head

0.5

Other oil seed

0.01

Cereals

0.01

Other vegetables

0.01

Citrus fruit

0.2

Pome fruit

0.3

Cotton

0.1

Potato

0.01

Cucumber

1

Stone fruit

0.3

Grape

0.3

Tea

0.1

Hops

2

Tomatoes

0.5

Lettuce

0.2



Germany

 

Animal fat

0.01

Lettuce, head

0.2

Egg plant

0.2

Meat

0.01

Cabbages, Head

0.5

Meat, preparations of

0.01

Cauliflowers

0.2

Milk

0.01

Citrus fruit

0.2

Milk products

0.012

Cotton seed

0.1

Other plant commodities

0.01

Cucumber

1

Peaches

1

Egg products

0.012

Peppers, Sweet

1

Eggs

0.01

Pome fruit

0.2

Hops

2

Tea

0.1

Leafy brassicas

0.2

Tomatoes

0.5

India

Cotton seed

0.1

Safflower seed

0.1

Israel

 

Egg plant

1

Garlic

0.1

Beet, Sugar

0.05

Melons

1

Brassica vegetables

1

Onion, Bulb

0.1

Celery

2

Peppers, Sweet

1

Cotton seed

0.1

Potato

0.1

Cucumber

0.5

Tomatoes

2

Italy

 

Artichoke

0.01*T

Meat, preparations of

0.01*

Egg plant

0.2

Milk

0.01*

Bean dry

0.01*T

Milk products

0.01*

Beet, Sugar

0.15

Mushroom

0.01*

Berries and small fruits

0.01*

Nuts

0.01*

Berry, wild

0.01*

Other cucurbits with edible peel

0.01*

Bulb vegetables

0.01*

Other leafy vegetables

0.01*

Cabbages, Head

0.5

Other oil seed

0.01*

Cereals

0.01*

Other solanaceae

0.01*

Chicory, Witloof

0.01*

Other stem vegetables

0.01*

Citrus fruit

0.2

Pea

0.01*T

Corn, Sweet

0.01*

Peppers, Sweet

0.01*T

Cotton seed

0.1

Pome fruit

0.153

Cucumber

1

Potato

0.01*

Cucurbits with inedible peel

0.01*

Poultry fat

0.01*

Eggs

0.01*

Poultry meat

0.01*

Flowering brassicas

0.01*T

Poultry meat by-products

0.01*

Herbs

0.01*

Pulses

0.01*

Hops

2

Root and tuber vegetables

0.01*

Kohlrabi

0.01*

Rubus-Species (Cane fruit)

0.01*

Leafy brassicas

0.01*T

Spinach & similar

0.01*

Leek

0.01*T

Stone fruit

0.153

Legume vegetables

0.01*T

Strawberry

0.153

Lentil dry

0.01*

Tea

0.1*

Lettuce

0.2

Tomatoes

0.5*

Mammalian fat

0.01*

Tropical and subtropical fruits

0.01*

Mammalian meat

0.01*

Watercress

0.01*

Mammalian meat by-products

0.01*



Japan

 

Beet, Sugar

0.05

Lettuce

1

Broccoli

1

Other fruits

0.1

Cabbages

1

Peaches

1

Cauliflowers

1

Potato

0.25

Cotton seed

0.1

Rape

0.1

Hops

5

Soya

0.05

Kenya

 

Cattle fat

0.01*T

Milk

0.01*T

Cattle meat

0.01*T

Sheep fat

0.01*T

Goat fat

0.01*T

Sheep meat

0.01*T

Goat meat

0.01*T



Luxembourg

Cabbages

0.1

Potato

0.01

Malaysia

 

Egg plant

1

Peaches

0.25

Citrus fruit

0.5

Pepper, cayenne-

1

Cucumber

1

Peppers, Sweet

1

Fat and oil edible

0.1

Potato

0.1

Melons, water-

0.5

Tomatoes

1

Mexico

 

Alfalfa

2

Cotton

0.1

Egg plant

1

Cucumber

1

Broccoli

1

Lettuce, head

1

Brussels sprouts

1

Melons

0.5

Cabbages

1

Potato

0.1

Capsicum (Peppers, Chilli)

1

Soya

0.05

Cauliflowers

1

Tomatoes

1

Celery

1



Netherlands

 

Aubergine

0.2

Lettuce

0.2

Cabbages, Head

0.5

Melons

1

Citrus fruit

0.2

Other plant commodities

N.D.1

Cotton seed

0.1

Tea

0.1*

Flowering brassicas

0.1

Tomatoes

0.5

Hops

2



New

Zealand

 

Brassica vegetables

1

Leafy vegetables

0.5

Citrus fruit

0.5

Potato

0.1

Fruiting vegetables except

0.2

Tomatoes

0.1

tomatoes




Spain

 

Artichoke

0.2

Other cucurbits with inedible peel

0.01

Egg plant

0.2

Other leafy vegetables

0.01

Bean dry

0.01

Other legume vegetables

0.01

Bean pods

0.1

Other oil seed

0.01

and/or immature seeds




Beet, Sugar

0.05

Other pulses

0.01

Berry, wild

0.01

Other solanaceae

0.01

Bulb vegetables

0.01

Other stem vegetables

0.01

Cabbages

0.5

Pea, dry

0.01

Cereals

0.01

Pea, pods and/or immature seeds

0.2

Chicory, Witloof

0.01

Peppers, Sweet

1

Citrus fruit

0.2

Pome fruit

0.2

Corn, Sweet

0.01

Potato

0.01

Cotton seed

0.1

Root and tuber vegetables

0.01

Cucumber

1

Rubus species (Cane fruit)

0.01

Flowering brassicas

0.01

Spices

0.01

Food, dry

0.01

Spinach & similar

0.01

Forage crops a. straw

0.01

Stimulant plants

0.01

Grape

0.01

Stone fruit

0.2

Herbs

0.01

Strawberry

0.01

Hops

2

Sugar cane

0.01

Kohlrabi

0.01

Tea

0.1

Leafy brassicas

0.01

Tea plant infusion

0.1

Leek

0.05

Tobacco

0.01

Lettuce

0.2

Tomatoes

0.5

Mushroom

0.01

Tropical and subtropical fruits

0.01

Nuts

0.01

Watercress

0.01

Other berries and small fruits

0.01



Sri Lanka

 

Bean

1

Cowpea

1

Beets (Beta Vulgaris)

1

Potato

0.1

Cabbages

1



Sweden

Fruit

0.2

Vegetables

0.2

Potato

0.02*



Taiwan

 

Asparagus

0.1

Longan

0.2

Bamboo

0.1

Mango

0.2

Bean, Mung

0.03

Mustard

0.1

Bean, Adzuki

0.03

Onion

0.1

Cabbages

0.5

Pe-tsai

0.1

Cabbages, Chinese

0.5

Peanut

0.03

Carrot

0.1

Potato

0.1

Cauliflowers

0.5

Radish

0.1

Celery

0.5

Rape

0.5

Dasheen

0.1

Rice

0.5

Garlic

0.5

Shallot

0.5

Ginger

0.1

Soya

0.03

Leek

0.5

Spinach

0.5

Litchi

0.2

Water spinach

0.5

UK

 

Almond

0.01*

Mushrooms, wild, edible

0.01*

Asparagus

0.01*

Mustard seed

0.01*

Egg plant

0.2

Nut, para-

0.01*

Avocado

0.01*

Walnut

0.01*

Banana

0.01*

Oats

0.01*

Barley

0.01*

Olive

0.01*

Beetroot

0.01*

Onion

0.01*

Berry, wild

0.01*

Orange

0.2

Blackberry

0.01*

Other berries and small fruits

0.01*

Blueberry

0.01*

Other brassica vegetables

0.5

Boysenberry

0.01*

Other bulb vegetables

0.01*

Brussels sprouts

0.5

Other cereals except rice

0.01*

Cabbages, Head

0.5

Other citrus fruits

0.2

Cardoon

0.01*

Other cucurbits with edible peel

0.01*

Carrot

0.01*

Other cucurbits with inedible peel

0.01*

Cashew nut

0.01*

Other herbs

0.01*

Celeriac

0.01*

Other leafy vegetables

0.01*

Celery

0.01*

Other nuts

0.01*

Celery, bleached

0.01*

Other oil seed

0.01*

Chard, Swiss

0.01*

Other pulses

0.01*

Chervil, Garden

0.01*

Other root & tuber vegetables

0.01*

Chestnut

0.01*

Other solanaceae

0.01*

Chicory, Witloof

0.01*

Other stem vegetables

0.01*

Chives

0.01*

Other tropical/subtropical fruits

0.01*

Coconut

0.01*

Parsley, leaf

0.01*

Corn, Sweet

0.01*

Parsley, turnip-rooted

0.01*

Cotton seed

0.1

Parsnip

0.01*

Cranberry

0.01*

Passion fruit

0.01*

Cress, Garden

0.01*

Peanut

0.01*

Cucumber

1

Pecan nut

0.01*

Cumquat (Kumquat)

0.01*

Pine

0.01*

Currant, Red, White, Black

0.01*

Pineapple

0.01*

Date

0.01*

Pistachio

0.01*

Eggs

0.01*

Pomegranate

0.01*

Escarole

0.01*

Poppy seed

0.01*

Fennel, Italian

0.01*

Potato, early

0.01*

Fig

0.01*

Potato, ware

0.01*

Flax/Linseed seed

0.01*

Pomelo

0.2

Garlic

0.01*

Pumpkin

0.01*

Gherkin

0.01*

Radish

0.01*

Gooseberry

0.01*

Rape seed

0.01*

Grapefruit

0.2

Raspberry

0.01*

Hazel nut

0.01*

Rhubarb

0.01*

Hops

2

Rice

0.01*

Horseradish

0.01*

Rutabaga

0.01*

Kiwifruit

0.01*

Rye

0.01*

Kohlrabi

0.01*

Salsify, black

0.01*

Lamb's lettuce

0.01*

Sesame seed

0.01*

Lemon

0.2

Shallot

0.01*

Lentil

0.01*

Soya

0.01*

Lettuce

0.2

Spinach & similar

0.01*

Lime, sour

0.2

Spring onion

0.01*

Lychee

0.01*

Sunflower seed

0.01*

Macadamia nut

0.01*

Sweet potato

0.01*

Maize (Corn)

0.01*

Tea

0.01*

Mandarin

0.2

Tomatoes

0.5

Mango

0.01*

Topinambur

0.01*

Meat

0.01*

Triticale

0.01*

Meat, preparations of

0.01*

Turnip, edible

0.01*

Melons

0.01*

Watercress

0.01 *

Melons, water-

0.01*

Wheat

0.01*

Milk

0.01*

Yam

0.01*

Mushrooms, cultivated

0.01*

Zucchini

0.01*

Uruguay

Tomatoes

0.1



USA

 

Aubergine

1

Cotton seed

0.1*

Beet, Sugar, root

0.02

Cucumber

1

Beet, Sugar, tops or leaves

0.5

Lettuce

1

Broccoli

1

Melons

0.5

Brussels sprouts

1

Pepper, Cayenne

1

Cauliflowers

1

Peppers, Sweet

1

Cabbages

1

Potato

0.1*

Celery

1

Tomatoes

1

* At or about the limit of determination; negligible residue tolerance
T Temporary MRL
1 <0.01 mg/kg
2 MRL refers to the whole product
3 If not adopted by 01.01.1998, will become 0.01 mg/kg


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