PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD - 1979


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    EVALUATIONS 1979





    Joint meeting of the
    FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues
    in Food and the Environment
    and the
    WHO Expert Group on Pesticide Residues
    Geneva, 3-12 December 1979



    DEMETON-S-METHYL

    Explanation

    The Meeting in 1973 recommended limits for demeton-S-methyl of 10
    mg/kg in animal feed (dry) and 5 mg/kg in animal feed (green).  The
    11th Session of the CCPR requested that the meeting should
    re-appraise the residue data on which these proposals were made and
    amend the description "animal feed" to bring it into line with food
    commodity descriptions now used by CCPR.

    Review of Residue Data

    On reviewing the data the Meeting recommended that the earlier
    proposal of animal feed (green) 5 mg/kg should be replaced by the
    specific recommendations below:

                                                    
               Commodity                    MRL
                                          (mg/kg)
                                                    

    Alfalfa forage                          5
    Clover forage                           5
    Maize forage                            5
    Sorghum forage                          5
    Sugar beet leaves                       5
    Turnip leaves                           5
                                                    

    In view of the limited and inconclusive data available, the meeting
    recommended that the proposal for "animal feed (dry) 10 mg/kg" be
    withdrawn.
    

    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Demeton-s-methyl (EHC 197, 1997)
       Demeton-s-methyl (ICSC)
       Demeton-S-methyl (Pesticide residues in food: 1984 evaluations)