The United States plans to revise and establish maximum residue limits for pesticides such as acetamiprid in food.

Release Date:

2019-04-25

On April 19, 2019, according to the U.S. Federal Register, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published Notice No. 2019-07840, proposing to revise the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for acetamiprid in tree nuts and cyflumetofen in tomatoes, among other foods. The agency also proposes establishing new MRLs for acetamiprid, cyflumetofen, pydiflumetofen, and several other pesticides in crops such as kohlrabi and cucumber. The public comment period will remain open until May 20, 2019.

On April 19, 2019, according to the U.S. Federal Register, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published Notice No. 2019-07840, proposing to revise the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for acetamiprid in tree nuts and cyflumetofen in tomatoes, among other foods. The agency also proposes to establish new MRLs for acetamiprid, cyflumetofen, pydiflumetofen, and several other pesticides in crops such as kohlrabi and cucumber. The public comment period will remain open until May 20, 2019. Selected proposed revisions or newly established MRLs are as follows:

Serial number	Pesticide	Product Name	Maximum Residue Limit ( kg/kg)	Note
1	Acetamiprid	Tree nuts, group 14	0.01	Proposed Revision
2	Diflufenican	Tomato	0.40	Proposed Revision
3	Acetamiprid	Kohlrabi	1.2	Proposed to be formulated
4	Diflufenican	cucumber	0.15
5	Fluxapyroxad hydroxylamine	Edible pod vegetables, subgroup 6A	1.0