PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD - 1984


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    EVALUATIONS 1984




    The monographs



    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
    Rome, 24 September - 3 October 1984

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Rome 1985

    BINAPACRYL

    Explanation

         The 16th Session of the CCPR requested the member governments to
    report the existing uses of binapacryl, together with residue data,
    and to indicate the foods for which MRLs are needed.

    RESIDUES IN FOOD AND THEIR EVALUATION

    USE PATTERNS

         Binapacryl is not registered for use in Mexico, according to
    information submitted to FAO by this country. Information submitted by
    the United Kingdom indicated that about 50 tonnes of active ingredient
    were used in this country in 1979, of which over 95 percent was used
    in apple orchards.

         The use patterns of binapacryl submitted by Australia are
    summarized in Table 1.

        TABLE 1.  Use Patterns of Binapacryi, Australia 1984

                                                                                              

    Crop       Pest            Rate      Withholding      Comments
                               (g/l)     period (days)
                                                                                              

    Apples     Powdery         75-100    21 days          Apply every 2 weeks from early
               mildew                                     pink stage. Use higher rate
                                                          where mildew infection is severe.

    Apples,    European        100       21 days          Apply as a thorough spray at
    pears,     red mite,                                  beginning of pest build up.
    stone      Bryobia mite,                              Repeat 10-20 days later or at
    fruit      Red spider                                 beginning of renewed mite
               mite                                       build up.
               (two-spotted mite)
                                                                                              
    
         In Australia, the type of formulation used is a 50 percent
    wettable powder. Labels should include the following advice concerning
    the time interval between application of binapacryl and harvest.

    Apples, pears, stone fruit:
         DO NOT APPLY LATER THAN 21 DAYS BEFORE HARVEST

         The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council has
    recommended the following maximum residue limits for binapacryl:

         0.3 mg/kg      nectarines, plums

         0.5 mg/kg      apples, cherries, pears

         1 mg/kg        peaches

    APPRAISAL

         In response to a request made at the 16th Session of the CCPR,
    the meeting reviewed information on GAP received from Australia,
    Mexico and the United Kingdom.

         Binapacryl is used in Australia on apples, pears and stone fruits
    with a pre-harvest interval of 21 days. About 50 tonnes of active
    ingredient were used in the United Kingdom in 1979, of which over 95
    percent was used in apple orchards. Binapacryl is not registered for
    use in Mexico.

    REFERENCES

    Australia Summary of use patterns of binapacryl submitted by the
    1984      Australian Bureau of Animal Health to FAO. (Unpublished)

    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Binapacryl (ICSC)
       Binapacryl (FAO/PL:1969/M/17/1)
       Binapacryl (WHO Pesticide Residues Series 4)
       Binapacryl (Pesticide residues in food: 1985 evaluations Part II Toxicology)