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Australia and New Zealand Revise Maximum Residue Limit Standard of Some Products

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According to the report of FSANZ on December 23, 2015, Food Standard Australia and New Zealand has issued Announcement 33-15 to revise the Food Standards Code Chapter 1.4.2 “Maximum Residue Limit Standard”, suspending the residue limit of pesticides and veterinary medicines such as Chlorantraniliprole within nuts (except almond and pistachio). The following residue limit has been added:


Pesticides and veterinary medicines

Name of products

Residue limit (mg/kg)

Chlorantraniliprole

Tree nuts [except almonds; pistachio; walnut]

0.02

Etoxazole

Popcorn

T0.01