PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD - 1984


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    EVALUATIONS 1984




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    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

    BROMOPHOS

    EXPLANATION AND APPRAISAL

         At the request of the CCPR the meeting reviewed the MRLs for
    bromophos on a number of commodities. The meeting was informed that
    for apples the residue data submitted for evaluation in 1982 did not
    correspond to GAP in the country where the trials were carried out and
    agreed to reconsider the MRL when adequate information on GAP was
    available. On reviewing the residue data for lettuce, plums and
    spinach reported in the 1982 evaluations, the meeting concluded that
    its earlier recommendations should be changed.

    RECOMMENDATIONS

         The following MRLs replace those previously recommended. They
    refer only to bromophos.

                                                                       

    Commodity            MRL                Pre-harvest interval
                         (mg/kg)            on which recommendations
                                            are based (days)
                                                                       

    lettuce        1 (decreased from 2)              7

    plums          2 (decreased from 5)              14

    spinach        1 (decreased from 2)              7

    pea straw      0.5 (previously 0.5
                   for pea fodder)
                                                                       
    

    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Bromophos (WHO Pesticide Residues Series 2)
       Bromophos (WHO Pesticide Residues Series 5)
       Bromophos (Pesticide residues in food: 1977 evaluations)
       Bromophos (Pesticide residues in food: 1982 evaluations)