As for nuts and dried fruits, the document proposes changes to the following maximum residue levels (MRL):
- The MRL for gibberellin in apricot, cranberry, date, pecan, almond, walnut and other nuts is lowered from 0.2 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for heptachlor in almond is lowered from 10 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for fluvalinate in apricot is lowered from 0.1 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for teflubenzuron in apricot is lowered from 0.3 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for 2,4-D in peanuts and date is lowered from 0.05 ppm to 0.01 ppm and in apricot from 5 ppm to 0.05 ppm.
- The MRL for chlorfluazuron in peanuts is lowered from 1.0 ppm to 0.01 ppm and in apricot, cranberry, date, pecan, almond, walnut and other nuts is lowered from 2.0 ppm to 0.01 ppm.
- The MRL for chlormequat in peanuts is lowered from 1.0 ppm to 0.01 ppm, in apricot and cranberry is lowered from 0.05 ppm to 0.01 ppm, in date is lowered from 2 ppm to 0.01 ppm, and in pecan, almond, walnut and other nuts is lowered from 0.1 ppm to 0.01 ppm..
The deadline for comments is September 28, 2018.
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