Annex 1
ACCEPTABLE DAILY INTAKES, RESIDUE LIMITS, AND GUIDELINE LEVELS
RECOMMENDED AT THE 1976 MEETING
These figures are additional to, or amend, those recorded in
Annex 1 of the reports of earlier Meetings.
Part I lists recommended maximum residue limits. These apply to
compounds for which an ADI or temporary ADI has been allocated. Where
ADIs or residue limits are temporary, the year in which further data
are required is specified in parentheses.
Part II lists guideline levels. These are derived from data
relating to residues resulting from uses that are recommended or
authorized by national authorities, but they are not supported by
ADIs (see FAO/WHO 1976a, p. 42).
PART 1. ACCEPTABLE DAILY INTAKES AND MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS
Recommended Recommended
Pesticide and maximum maximum
references acceptable Commodity residue Remarks
to previous daily intake limit
evaluations * (mg/kg body (mg/kg)
weight)
acephate 0.02 Alfalfa, lettuce, sugar beet leaves 10 Limits are for the parent compound.
Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, The metabolite OS-dimethyl phosphoramidothioate
cauliflower, citrus fruits, tomatoes 5 is the insecticide methamidophos for which
Cottonseed 2 separate recommendations are made.
Potatoes, soybeans, sugar beats
Meat and fat of cattle, pigs, sheep,
and poultry, milk, eggs 0.1
captafol 0.05 Pineapple (whole fruit) 10
1970b, 1974b, (1977) Peanut hulls 2
1975b Peanuts (whole) 0.5
Wheat 0.2
Peanut kernels 0.05
PART 1. (Cont'd.)
Recommended Recommended
Pesticide and maximum maximum
references acceptable Commodity residue Remarks
to previous daily intake limit
evaluations * (mg/kg body (mg/kg)
weight)
carbaryl 0.01 Bran 20 Limits are now for carbaryl only. Those
1955b, 1967b, Barley, oats, rice (in husk and hulled), recommended in 1973 were for free and
1968b, 1969b, rye, wheat 5 combined carbaryl, conjugated naphthol,
1970b, 1971b, Wholemeal flour 2 and conjugated methylol carbaryl,
1974b, 1976b Wheat flour (white) 0.2 Limits cover residues resulting from
either pre- or post-harvest uses of
carbaryl. The limit for rice is increased
to provide for post-harvest application.
carbofuran 0.003 Tobacco (flu-cured) 50 Limits are for the sum of carbofuran and
(1979) Alfalfa hay 20 3-hydroxy-carbofuran expressed as
Hops (dried), alfalfa (fresh), maize carbofuran.
fodder (fresh), and other animal
feeds not otherwise listed 5
Brussels sprouts 2
Sugar beet tops 1
Cabbage, Carrots, potatoes 0.5
Cauliflower, rice (hulled), soybeans 0.2
Bananas, coffee (raw beans), fodder
beets, grain (barley, maize, oats,
sorghum, wheat), lettuce, mustard
seeds, oil seeds, onions, peaches,
peanuts (kernels), pears, sugar beets
(roots), sweet corn kernels),
strawberries, sugar cane, tomatoes 0.1**
Meat, fat, and edible offal of cattle,
goat, pigs, horses, and sheep, milk 0.05**
PART 1. (Cont'd.)
Recommended Recommended
Pesticide and maximum maximum
references acceptable Commodity residue Remarks
to previous daily intake limit
evaluations * (mg/kg body (mg/kg)
weight)
cartap 0.05 Hops (dried) 5 Limits are for cartap, expressed as the
(1978) Chinese cabbage, tea (green, dried) 2 free base.
Grapes, persimmons, radishes 1
Cabbage 0.2
Chestnut (seed including pericarp),
ginger, potatoes, rice (hulled),
sweet corn 0.1
chlormequat 0.05 Straw of barley, oats, rye, and wheat 50
Oats 10
Wheat 5
chlorpyriphos-
methyl 0.01 White bread 0.5 The limit for white bread was recommended
1976b Rice 0.1 by the 1975 Joint Meeting but omitted from its
report. The residue in rice results from
pre-harvest application. This entry amends the
commodity description for rice in the 1975
report (1976a), but not the limit.
dialifos 0.003 Apple pomace (dried) 40 Limits are for the sum of dialifos and
Grape pomace (dried) 20 its oxygen analogue, expressed as dialifos.
Citrus pulp (dried) 15
Citrus fruits 3
Apples, pears, raisins 2
Grapes 1
Fat of meat of cattle and sheep, milk
(fat basis) 0.02
Meat and fat of poultry 0.05**
Eggs, pecans 0.01**
PART 1. (Cont'd.)
Recommended Recommended
Pesticide and maximum maximum
references acceptable Commodity residue Remarks
to previous daily intake limit
evaluations * (mg/kg body (mg/kg)
weight)
diphenylamine 0.02 Because of deficiencies in the available
1970b data relating to residues following
current user practice, a possible lowering in the
existing recommendation of 10 mg/kg for apples was
deferred for review in 1978.
diquat 0.005 Eggs 0.01** The ADI refers to diquat dichloride.
1971b, 1973b
dodine 0.01 The temporary ADI and maximum
1975b residue limits recommended by the 1974
Joint Meeting are confirmed and no
longer temporary.
edifenphos 0.003 Rice (in husk) 0.2 Limits refer to the parent compound.
(1979) Rice (hulled) 0.05
Rice (polished) 0.01**
fenitrothion 0.005 Rice bran 20 Limits refer to the sum of fenitrothion
1970b, 1975b Rice (in husk and hulled) 10 and its oxygen analogue expressed as
Rice milled) 1 fenitrothion.
fenthion 0.0005 The date (1978) should appear beneath
the temporary ADI in the 1975 report (1976a).
leptophos 0.001 Cottonseed oil (crude) 1 In Annex 1 to the 1975 report (1976a) the
1975b, 1976b (1978) entry "cottonseed, oil (crude) "should
"cottonseed oil (crude)". The limit was correctly
recorded as "1 mg/kg".
PART 1. (Cont'd.)
Recommended Recommended
Pesticide and maximum maximum
references acceptable Commodity residue Remarks
to previous daily intake limit
evaluations * (mg/kg body (mg/kg)
weight)
methamidophos 0.002 Hops 5 Limits refer to the parent compound.
Broccoli, cauliflower, celery, lettuce,
tomatoes 2
Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cucumber,
eggplant, peaches, peppers, sugar
beet leaves 1
Potatoes, rapeseed, cottonseed,
sugar beets 0.1
Meat and fat of cattle, goats, and
sheep, milk 0.01**
paraquat 0.002 Sunflower seed 2 Limits are for paraquat ion. ADI is for
1971b, 1973b Kidney of sheep, cattle, and pigs 0.5 paraquat dichloride.
Dried hops, passion fruit 0.2
Food commodities of plant origin
other than those for which specific
recommendations have been made,
meat and edible offals other than
kidney of sheep, cattle, and pigs 0.05**
Eggs 0.01**
phosalone 0.006 Cherries 10
1973b
pirimicarb 0.004 Chilies 2 Limits are for the sum of pirimicarb,
(1978, Apples, bell peppers, broccoli, desmethyl-pirimicarb, and desmethyl
(1980) Brussels sprouts, cabbage, formamido-pirimicarb, expressed as
cauliflower, celery, cucumber, pirimicarb.
eggplant, endive, gherkins, lettuce,
parsley, tomatoes 1
PART 1. (Cont'd.)
Recommended Recommended
Pesticide and maximum maximum
references acceptable Commodity residue Remarks
to previous daily intake limit
evaluations * (mg/kg body (mg/kg)
weight)
Beans (with pod), blackcurrants,
kohlrabi, onions, peaches, plums,
raspberries, strawberries 0.5
peas, rapeseed 0.2
Beans (without pod) 0.1
Beetroot, citrus fruits, parsnips,
potatoes, radishes, sugar beet,
turnips, wheat grain 0.05**
pirimiphos-methyl 0.01 Peanuts (whole), peanut hulls 50 Limits are for the sum of pirimiphosmethyl,
1975b Peanut oil 10 its oxygen analogue, and N-
Lettuce, mushrooms, olives, peanuts deethyl-pirimiphos-methyl, expressed
(kernels), spinach 5 as pirimiphos-methyl.
Apples, Brussels sprouts, cabbage,
cauliflower, cherries 2
Blackcurrants, carrots, cucumbers,
gooseberries, peppers, raspberries,
spring onions, strawberries, tomatoes 1
Beans with pod, cheese, citrus fruits,
dates 0.5
Peas, potatoes 0.05**
quintozene 0.007 Lettuce 3 These limits were recommended by the
1970b, 1974b, Peanuts (kernels) 2 1975 Joint Meeting but were incorrectly
1975b recorded as "Lettuce, peanuts (kernels
... 0.3 mg/kg" in the 1975 report (1976a).
PART 1. (Cont'd.)
Recommended Recommended
Pesticide and maximum maximum
references acceptable Commodity residue Remarks
to previous daily intake limit
evaluations * (mg/kg body (mg/kg)
weight)
thiometon 0.005 Hops (dried) 2 Limits are for the sum of thiometon its
1970b, 1974b (1979) Apricots, cabbage, celery, chicory, sulfoxide, and its sulfone, expressed
chives, endives, peanuts (whole) as thiometon.
parsley, peas (green, including pods),
quinces 0.5
Cottonseed oil, straw of grain crops,
fodder beets 0.1
PART II. GUIDELINE LEVELS (NO ACCEPTABLE DAILY INTAKES)
Pesticide and Guideline
references to previous Commodity level Remarks
evaluations* (mg/kg)
carbendazim Peanut hay, wheat straw 2
1974b Peanut hulls 0.2
Peanuts 0.1
carbophenothion (see 1973a, p. 26) Previously recommended maximum
1973b residue limits have been changed to
1976b guideline levels since the temporary
ADI has been withdrawn.
maleic hydrazide Potatoes 50 Guideline levels refer to the sum of free
Onions 15 and bound unchanged maleic hydrazide
and its ß-D-glucoside.
methomyl Pea forage, soybean forage, The first entry replaces that of "peas,
1976b, sorghum forage, barley straw, sorghum, and soybean forage, barley,
oat straw, wheat straw 10 oat and wheat straw" in the 1975 report
Collards, grapes, nectarines, (1976a) and is intended simply to make
peas (including pods), peaches 5 it clear what commodities are covered.
Asparagus, snap beans 2 The limit remains the same.
Peas (shelled, excluding pods) 0.5
phosmet Forage crops (dry) 5 Limits are for phosmet and its oxygen
Apples, fat of cattle meat, peaches 1 analogue, expressed as phosmet.
Milk and milk products (fat basis) 0.2
Potatoes 0.02**
* The references are to FAO/WHO publications
** Level at or about the limit of determination.
See Also: Toxicological Abbreviations