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In order to ensure food safety and better supervise pesticide residues in food, amendments have been introduced to the Administrative Regulation No. 11/2020 Maximum residue limits of pesticides in foodstuffs), expanding its scope of coverage on pesticides and categories of foodstuffs. The Administrative Regulation No. 02/2023, a food safety standard that regulates the levels of pesticide residues in food, amends the Administrative Regulation No. 11/2020 to replace the provisions of the attached tables and revise the appendix to include Table 1 (List of maximum levels of pesticide residues in foodstuffs) and Table 2 (List of maximum limits of exogenous residues of pesticides in foodstuffs). This administrative regulation establishes the maximum residue limits and extraneous maximum residue limits of pesticides presenting in foodstuffs, as well as the list of pesticides exempted from maximum residue limits, as stipulated in the annexes to the regulation. In this administrative regulation, "pesticide" is defined as any substance intended for preventing, destroying, attracting, repelling, or controlling pests during the production, storage, transport, distribution, and processing of food, or which may be administered to animals for the control of ectoparasites, including substances intended for use as plant-growth regulators, defoliants, desiccants, fruit thinning agents or sprouting inhibitors, and substances applied to crops either before or after harvest to prevent deterioration during storage and transport, and excluding fertilizers, plant and animal nutrients, food additives and veterinary drugs. According to the administrative regulation, maximum residue limits and extraneous maximum residue limits of pesticides in foodstuffs shall comply with the standards stipulated in the annexes.
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