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

    METALAXYL

    Explanation

         In response to a request made at the 16th Session of the CCPR,
    the Meeting reviewed the residue data that led the 1982 JMPR to
    propose an MRL of 0.1 mg/kg for potatoes. It appeared from the
    extensive residue data available that, at application rates not
    exceeding the generally accepted 0.25 kg a.i./ha, no residues above
    the limit of determination of 0.05 mg/kg could be expected. The
    Meeting reduced its estimate of the MRL for potatoes to 0.05 mg/kg (at
    or about the limit of determination).

         In response to a further request by the CCPR, the Meeting also
    reviewed the proposed MRL for spinach and concluded that the trials on
    which it was based were in accordance with the available data on GAP.

    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Metalaxyl (Pesticide residues in food: 1982 evaluations)