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    Taiwan intends to revise the residue tolerance standards for 6 pesticides including abatin

    • Last Update: 2022-03-26
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    On February 4, 2016, the "Ministry of Health and Welfare" of Taiwan issued the Ministry of Health and Welfare Announcement No.
    1051300023, announcing amendments to the "Pesticide Residue Allowance Standards" Article 3 Schedule 1 and Article 6 Schedule 5, to receive within 60 days Public comments and suggestions
    .
    The approval and registration of pesticides and the determination of residue tolerances in Taiwan are handled by the "Administrative Yuan Agriculture Committee" and the "Ministry of Health and Welfare" in accordance with their powers and responsibilities.
    In addition to referring to international norms, they also consider the needs of domestic agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery and the public.
    Eating habits
    .
    Regarding imported agricultural products, because their crop growth environment, pest control and medication methods are different from the situation in Taiwan, they are for the dietary needs of the people.
    The "Food and Drug Administration" accepts applications for increasing the tolerance of pesticide residues in imported agricultural products, and the evaluation principles are the same
    .
    After reviewing the toxicity data of pesticides, the regression test data of crop residues, the method of overseas approval and registration, and other scientific data, with reference to international standards, assess the cumulative risk of the total amount of food consumed by various crops by the public, and discuss with the "Executive Yuan Agriculture" Committee", after being reviewed and approved by the expert committee, began to formulate tolerance standards
    .
    This revision is a joint collaboration between the “Food and Drug Administration” and the Animal and Plant Disease Prevention and Quarantine Bureau of the “Executive Yuan Agriculture Committee” to continuously increase and revise the domestic pesticide approved items, use objects, methods and residue regulations, and refer to international standards.
    Based on the risk assessment principles, the residue tolerances of 6 pesticides such as abatin in 40 crops/categories have been revised, and the epiphany in spice plants and other plants and woody plants have been revised in order to protect the safety of consumers’ diets.
    Use and management are more rationalized
    .
    Source: China Food Technology Network
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