As for nuts and dried fruits, the draft sets the following MRLs:
- The MRL for chlorpyrifos is set at 0.05 ppm in almonds, pecans and walnuts; at 0.01* ppm in Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, hazelnuts, macadamias, pine nuts, pistachios, apricots, dates, figs and peanuts; at 0.3 ppm in plums; and at 1 ppm in cranberries.
- The MRL for chlorpyrifos-methyl is set at 0.01* ppm in tree nuts, cranberries, dates, figs and peanuts; at 0.5 ppm in apricots and plums; and at 1 ppm in grapes.
- The MRL for triclopyr is set at 0.01* ppm in tree nuts, plums, grapes, cranberries, dates, figs and peanuts; and at 0.05 ppm in apricots.
*Indicates lower limit of determination.
The final date for comments is November 13, 2017. The proposed date of publication is March 2018.
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