AGRINFO Alert 1 - MRLS REDUCED FOR TWO PESTICIDES WIDELY USED ON FRUITS AND VEGETABLES There are upcoming reductions to maximum residue levels (MRLs) for two pesticides widely used on fruit and vegetables. Oxamyl Oxamyl is an insecticide used mainly on vegetables. The European Union (EU) is reducing the MRLs for oxamyl on all products to levels of determination (LOD) of between 0.001 and 0.005 mg/kg.