Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 14th November 2007.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Amendment to the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

2.—(1) The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(2) shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In regulation 2(1), for the definition of the Residues Directives substitute the following definition:

““the Residues Directives” means Directive 76/895(3), Directive 86/362(4), Directive 86/363(5) and Directive 90/642(6), in each case as amended at the date of the making of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007.”.

(3) In Schedule 1 insert at the appropriate place in Columns 1 and 2 the following entry—

Column 1 Pesticides	Column 2 Residues
Phenmedipham	(1) for products of plant origin: phenmedipham (2) for foodstuffs of animal origin: phenmedipham (Methyl-N-(3-hydroxyphenyl) carbemate (MHPC) expressed as phenmedipham)

(4) In Part I of Schedule 2 delete the columns relating to Captan, Dichlorvos and Ethion.

(5) In Part II of Schedule 2—

(a) in the column relating to the pesticide Atrizine for the products listed under the group Cereals substitute the maximum residue levels to “0.1”;

(b) insert, in the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, the columns of maximum permitted levels for residues of the pesticides Captan, Dichlorvos, Ethion and Phenmedipham as specified in the Schedule to these Regulations;

(c) for the column relating to the pesticide Folpet substitute the column of maximum permitted levels for residues of that pesticide as specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(6) At the end of Part II to Schedule 2 add the following footnote—

“48.   Sum of captan and folpet.”.

(7) On the 21st January 2008:

(a) in Schedule 1 insert at the appropriate place in Columns 1 and 2 the following entry—

Column 1 Pesticides	Column 2 Residues
Desmedipham	desmedipham

(b) in Part I of Schedule 2 delete the column relating to Chlorfenvinphos;

(c) in Part II of Schedule 2 insert, in the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, the columns of maximum permitted levels for the residues of the pesticides Chlorfenvinphos and Desmedipham and in relation to Phenmedipham for the food groups 9 (Cereals) and 10 (Foodstuffs of Animal Origin) as specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 3rd October 2007.

John Speers

A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.