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Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for fluazifop-P in various products of plant and animal origin

EFSA Journal 2017;15(7):4871 [31 pp.].
doi: 
10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4871
EFSA Panel on EFSA Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR)
Contact: 
pesticides.mrl@efsa.europa.eu
Type: 
Reasoned Opinion
On request from: 
European Commission
Question Number: 
EFSA-Q-2016-00500 [1]
Adopted: 
24 May 2017
First published in the EFSA Journal: 
6 July 2017
Affiliation: 
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Parma, Italy
Abstract: 

In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Syngenta Crop Protection AG submitted a request to the competent national authority in Portugal to modify the existing maximum residue levels (MRL) for the active substance fluazifop-P in tomato, carrot and courgette. The data submitted in support of the request were found to be sufficient to derive MRL proposals for carrot and courgette. For tomato, data gaps were identified which precluded the derivation of MRL proposal. Adequate analytical methods for enforcement are available to control the residues of fluazifop-P in plant matrices under consideration. Based on the risk assessment results, EFSA concluded that the short-term and long-term intake of residues resulting from the use of fluazifop-P on carrots and courgettes according to the reported agricultural practices and the products of animal origin under consideration is unlikely to present a risk to consumer health.

Keywords: 
fluazifo p-P, carrot, tomato, courgette, pesticide, MRL, consumer risk assessment
Background documents: 
Background documents are available in the
Register of Questions [2]