PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD - 1983


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    EVALUATIONS 1983





    Data and recommendations of the 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, 5 - 14 December 1983

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Rome 1985

    DITHIOCARBAMATE FUNGICIDES

    RESIDUES

    Explanation

           As a result of the 1980 review of dithiocarbamates by the
    Meeting,1 several items were required by 1983, including further
    development and comparison of analytical procedures, good agricultural
    practice information and residue data for thiram, ferbam, ziram and
    propineb, as well as residue data for dithiocarbamates grown under
    glass. Further studies on other EBDC fungicides, which are ETU
    precursors, were considered desirable. Limits for dimethyl
    dithiocarbamates ethylene-bisdithiocarbamates and 
    propylene-bisdithiocarbamates were considered temporary until the
    requirements were met.

           Except for propineb, the only dithiocarbamate submissions for
    review by this Meeting were information on national maximum residue
    limits for dithiocarbamates, information on good agricultural
    practices for thiram and a submission on EBDCs.

           For propineb, the Meeting received good agricultural practice
    information, residue trials data for a limited number of fruits and
    vegetables from one country and plant metabolism data. However, all
    dithiocarbamate submissions were received too late to permit
    evaluation at this Meeting and will be considered at the next one. All
    dithiocarbamate maximum residue levels are still considered temporary
    until submitted data are evaluated and other outstanding requirements
    are met.













              

    1    See Annex 2 for FAO and WHO documentation.

    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Dithiocarbamates (WHO Pesticide Residues Series 4)
       Dithiocarbamates (Pesticide residues in food: 1980 evaluations)