Emamectin is not an approved active substance in Great Britain (GB); its approval status expired on 30 November 2024. An application was received by the Health and Safety Executive to set new maximum residue level (MRL) for apricots, cherries (sweet), peaches, kiwi (green, red, yellow), and herbal infusions (leaves and herbs).
Following an assessment, the following MRLs have been increased to set Import Tolerances for emamectin on various commodities: Apricots 0.05mg/kg, Cherries (sweet) 0.04mg/kg, Peaches 0.05mg/kg, Kiwi (green, red, yellow) 0.15mg/kg, Herbal infusions (leaves and herbs) 2.0mg/kg.
The Evaluation Report/ Reasoned Opinion supporting these new MRLs is available at the following link: https://www.hse.gov.uk/pesticides/assets/docs/mrln-abbq-0985.pdf.
The residue levels arising in food from the notified uses result in consumer exposures below the toxicological reference values and therefore harmful effects on human health are not expected. As the residue levels exceed the current MRLs in force, new MRLs are being adopted.
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