Korea | Partial Revision of Food Code (No. 2018-18)
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Korea (MFDS) has revised and establised maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pesticides and veterinary drugs used domestically and overseas.
Main Revisions
Establishment of General Analytical Methods [Article 7. 7.1.4.211, 7.1.4.212, Article7. 8.3.51, Article 7. 8.3.113, Article 7. 8.3.118-121]
1) Requirement to establish new standards and analytical methods for pesticides and veterinary drugs requiring safety management used domestically and overseas
2) Establishment of analytical methods for two kinds of pesticides such as Fluxametamide in food
3) Revision of two analytical methods for veterinary drugs such as Amitraz in the food and establishment of four analytical methods such as Emamectin.
4) Revision of analytical methods and improvement of the accuracy and reliability of analytical results.
Establishment and revision of MRLs of pesticides in agricultural products in [Table 3]
(20) Diquat, (55) Buprofezin, (69) Cyhexatin, (90) Endosulfan, (96) Oxamyl, (97) Oxyfluorfen, (101) Imidacloprid, (111) Carbaryl, (116) Cartap, (133) Tebuconazole, (135) Terbufos, (156) Paclobutrazole, (173) Phorate , (210) Fenazaquin, (234) Fenpyroximate, (238) Fludioxonil, (246) Spinosad, (248) Abamectin, (249) Emamectin benzoate, (259) Pyrimethanil (290) Indoxacarb, (292) Quinclorac, (309) Flutolanil, (323) Boscalid, (332) Clothianidin, (352) Methoxyfenozide, (357) Dithiocarbamates, (370) Benthiavalicarb-isopropyl, (403) Metaflumizone, (404) Metrafenone, (408) Spinetoram, (421) Lepimectin, (433) Cyantraniliprole, (435) Fenpyrazamine, (437) Fluxapyroxad, (441) Pyribencarb, (442) Flupyradifurone, (459) Pyflubumide, (460) Picarbutrazox, (461) Benzovindiflupy, (465) Tolfenpyrad, (467) Fluxametamide, (468) Tiafenacil, (469) Flutriafol
1) Establishment and revision of relevant standards in accordance with the safety management of new pesticides registered in the「Pesticide Control Act」 and application for the establishment of pesticides MRLs on imported agricultural products
2) Establishment and revision of 45 MRLs such as Diquat
3) Provision of safe food to the public by reasonably establishing and revising MRLs for agricultural products
Establishment and revision of MRLs of veterinary drugs in food in [Table 5]
(4) Novobiocin, (68) Deltamethrin, (75) Trichlorfon, (121) Cypermethrin, (192) Propoxur
1) Requirement to establish and revise MRLs for veterinary drugs that are approved and used but has no MRLs set.
2) Establishment and revision of five veterinary drugs such as Novobiocin
3) Provision of safe food to the public by establishing and revising MRLs for veterinary drugs
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