As for nuts and dried fruits, the following MRLs were proposed:
- The MRL for dieldrin in peanuts, pecan, almond, walnut and other nuts is lowered from 0.06 ppm to 0.05 ppm; in apricot, cranberry and date from 0.05 ppm to 0.01 ppm. In addition, in grape is newly set at 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for benfuracarb in peanuts is lowered from 0.3 ppm to 0.02 ppm; in apricot, cranberry, grape, date, pecan, almond, walnut and other nuts from 0.5 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for carbofuran in peanuts is lowered from 0.2 ppm to 0.1 ppm; in apricot, cranberry, grape, date, pecan, almond, walnut and other nuts from 0.3 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for carbosulfan in peanuts is lowered from 0.05 ppm to 0.01 ppm; in apricots, cranberry, grape, date, pecan, almond, walnut and other nuts from 0.2 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for carbaryl in peanuts is lowered from 5 ppm to 0.05 ppm; in apricot from 10 ppm to 0.01 ppm; in cranberry form 7 ppm to 5 ppm; in grape from 1.0 ppm to 0.01 ppm; and in date from 2 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for ipflufenoquin in apricot is set at 5 ppm; in grape at 6 ppm.
- The MRL for isofetamid in apricot is set at 3 ppm; in almonds at 0.01 ppm. In addition, in cranberry is increased from 4 to 5 ppm.
The deadline for comments is May 31, 2020 (except for ipflufenoquin and isofetamid where the final date for comments is not applicable).
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