As for nuts and dried fruits, the Draft Regulation sets the following MRLs:
- The MRL for bupirimate is lowered from 0.05* to 0.01* ppm in tree nuts, plums, dates, figs and peanuts; and is increased from 0.05* to 1.5 ppm in cranberries.
- The MRL for carfentrazone-ethyl is increased from 0.01* to 0.05* ppm in tree nuts; from 0.01* to 0.02* ppm in apricots, plums, grapes, cranberries, dates and figs; and from 0.02* to 0.05* ppm in peanuts.
- The MRL for emamectin is lowered from 0.01* to 0.005* ppm in tree nuts and peanuts; from 0.02 to 0.006 ppm in apricots; from 0.02 to 0.015 ppm in plums; from 0.05 to 0.04 ppm in grapes; and from 0.01* to 0.002* ppm in cranberries, dates and figs.
- The MRL for ethirimol is lowered from 0.05* to 0.01* ppm in tree nuts, plums, dates, figs and peanuts; from 0.05 to 0.04 ppm in apricots; from 0.5 to 0.4 ppm in grapes; and increased from 0.05* to 2 ppm in cranberries.
- The MRL for pyriofenone is newly set at 0.01* ppm in tree nuts, apricots, plums, dates, figs and peanuts.
* Indicates lower limit of determination.
The final date for comments is May 22, 2020. The proposed date of adoption is June 2020. It is expected to be published in August 2020.
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