Pesticide Residues & Maximum Limits

UF/IFAS Publications

• Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for FL Citrus
  For U.S. & Selected Export Markets
  Updated Sept. 11, 2024.
  
• UF Pesticide Information Office
  Chemically Speaking Newsletter

Pesticide MRL Web Resources

• BCGlobal (Global MRL Database) - Bryant Christie, supported by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
• U.S.A. Code of federal regulations - Go to Title 40, Part 180 found here for the official list of U.S. MRLs.
  - See Subpart D—Exemptions From Tolerances
  -Substances Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS)
  -GRAS Overview Website
  
• OECD Maximum Residue Limit Calculator -
  From EPA website: "With the goal of harmonizing the calculation of MRLs across the OECD, the OECD has developed a MRL Calculator."... "Canada and the United States, along with other OECD member countries, use the OECD MRL Calculator to calculate pesticide tolerances or MRLs. The OECD MRL Calculator replaces and supersedes the NAFTA MRL Calculator."
• European Union - EU-MRL Pesticide Database--European Commission Directorate General for Health and Consumers. Quick jump to: Grapefruit, Orange
  -USDA EU Early Alert Notifications
• Great Britian now has their own MRL system that is currently essentially the same as the EU, but will likely diverge more from the EU over time.
  -The GB MRL Statutory Register
  
• Japan - MRLs -List of Agricultural Chemicals in Foods--The Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation.
  See: Grapefruit; Orange.
  -Postharvest fungicides must also be designated by Japan as Food Additives.
  -See also MHLW Notification No. 498 (Exempted Substances)
• Canada - Health Canada.
  • Health Canada's MRL Database
  • Specific MRL information.
  • List of Permitted Preservatives (Lists of Permitted Food Additives)
• CODEX Alimentarius (site has been down)- Pesticide Residues in Food - FAO/WHO Food Standards. CODEX homepage.
• Taiwan - See specifically the Standards for Pesticide Residue Limits in Food (located near the bottom of the page), continually amended.
• Korea - MFDS MRL database. Searchable MRL database.
  -Direct link to the Citrus MRLs
  -Main Food Code Website
  

Pesticide Information & Labels

• U.S. EPA Pesticide Information Website.
• U.S. EPA Pesticide Product Label System (PPLS) - The Pesticide Product Label System is a collection of images, in multi-page TIFF format, of pesticide labels which have been approved by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) under Section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
• California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) - Pesticide Data Index.
• US EPA Registered Pesticides (Maintained by the State of California).
• Crop Data Management Systems, Inc. - Full text pesticide labels & MSDSs.

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