As for nuts and dried fruits, the drafts set the following MRLs:
  • The MRL in almonds is lowered from 0.2 ppm to 0.01* ppm.
  • The MRL in apricots is lowered from 6 ppm to 0.01* ppm.
  • The MRL in plums is lowered from 3 ppm to 0.01* ppm.
  • The MRL in grapes and cranberries is lowered from 20 ppm to 0.01* ppm. 
*Indicates lower limit of determination.
 
The Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication and it shall apply 6 months after entry into force. Therefore, there is no transition period included in the draft Regulation and all products will have to comply with the new MRLs after the application date.
 
The deadline for comments is September 15, 2018. It is expected that the regulation will be published in February 2019.
 
For further information, please contact us at inc@nutfruit.org.

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