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2023/377

Maximum residue levels for quizalofop

  • Pesticide MRLs

Summary

The European Commission has established an MRL of 0.04 mg/kg for quizalofop on caraway.

EU establishes MRL for quizalofop on caraway

Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/377 of 15 February 2023 amending Annexes II, III, IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for benzalkonium chloride (BAC), chlorpropham, didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC), flutriafol, metazachlor, nicotine, profenofos, quizalofop-P, sodium aluminium silicate, thiabendazole and triadimenol in or on certain products

Update

The European Commission has established an MRL of 0.04 mg/kg for quizalofop on caraway.

Impacted Products

caraway

What is changing?

An MRL of 0.04 mg/kg is set for quizalofop on caraway, defined as the sum of quizalofop, its salts, its esters (including propaquizafop) and its conjugates, expressed as quizalofop (any ratio of constituent isomers).

Why?

Following a request and evaluation by EFSA (2021), the Commission has established an MRL for quizalofop on caraway.

Timeline

The new MRL for quizalofop will apply from 14 September 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 (2021) Modification of the existing maximum residue level for quizalofop (resulting from the use of quizalofop-P-ethyl) in caraway. EFSA Journal, 19(12): 6957.

Sources

Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/377

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