Maximum residue levels for fenpyroximate
- Food safety
- Pesticide MRLs
Summary
On 2 June 2023 the EU published a Regulation increasing the MRLs for fenpyroximate on beans and animal products.
EU increases MRLs for fenpyroximate on beans and animal products
Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1069 of 1 June 2023 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for bixafen, cyprodinil, fenhexamid, fenpicoxamid, fenpyroximate, flutianil, isoxaflutole, mandipropamid, methoxyfenozide, and spinetoram in or on certain products
Update
On 2 June 2023 the EU published a Regulation increasing the MRLs for fenpyroximate on beans and animal products.
Impacted Products
beans (without pods), products from swine, cattle, sheep, goats, horses and other farmed terrestrial animals
What is changing?
The EU has increased the MRLs for fenpyroximate as summarised in Table 1.
Why?
New Codex MRLs (CXLs) for fenpyroximate have been adopted. EFSA (2022) has not identified a consumer health risk for these CXLs, so they have been adopted as EU MRLs.
Timeline
The new EU MRLs for fenpyroximate will apply from 22 June 2023.
Background
MRLs are set in accordance with the rules set out in Regulation 396/2005. For information on current MRLs for other substances, please consult the EU Pesticide Residues database.
Resources
EFSA (2022) Scientific support for preparing an EU position in the 53rd session of the codex committee on pesticide residues (CCPR). EFSA Journal, 20(9): 7521.
Sources
Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1069
Tables & Figures
Source: based on Regulation 2023/1069
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