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The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000

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Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 3

Note: The word ‘fresh’ is taken to extend to products which have been chilled.

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Group of productsProducts included in the groupsPart of product to which maximum residue levels apply
1. Fruit, fresh, dried or uncooked, preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar: nuts
(i) CITRUS FRUIT

Grapefruit

Lemons

Limes

Mandarins (including clementines and similar hybrids)

Oranges

Pomelos

Others

} Whole Product.
(ii) TREE NUTS (shelled or unshelled)

Almonds

Brazil nuts

Cashew nuts

Chestnuts

Coconuts

Hazelnuts

Macadamia nuts

Pecans

Pine nuts

Pistachios

Walnuts

Others

} Whole product after removal of shell.
(iii) POME FRUIT

Apples

Pears

Quinces

Others

} Whole product after removal of stems.
(iv) STONE FRUIT

Apricots

Cherries

Peaches (including nectarines and similar hybrids)

Plums

Others

} Whole product after removal of stems.
(v) BERRIES AND SMALL FRUIT

(a)Table and wine grapes

  • Table grapes

  • Wine grapes

(b)Strawberries

  • (other than wild)

(c)Cane fruit

  • (other than wild)

  • Blackberries

  • Dewberries

  • Loganberries

  • Raspberries

  • Others

(d)Other small fruit and berries

  • (other than wild)

  • Bilberries

  • Cranberries

  • Currants (red, black and white)

  • Gooseberries

  • Others

(e)Wild berries and wild fruit

} Whole product after removal of caps and stems (if any) and, in the case of currants, fruits with stems.
(vi) MISCELLANEOUS FRUIT

Avocados

Bananas

Dates

Figs

Kiwi fruit

Kumquats

Litchis

Mangoes

Olives (table consumption)†

Olives (oil extract)

Passion fruit

Pineapples

Pomegranates

Others

} Whole fruit after removal of stems (if any) and in the case of pineapple, after removal of the crown.

} †Whole fruit after removal of stems (if any) after removal of soil (if any) by rinsing in running water.

(i) ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLES

Beetroot

Carrots

Celeriac

Horseradish

Jerusalem artichokes

Parsnips

Parsley root

Radishes

Salsify

Sweet potatoes

Swedes

Turnips

Yams

Others

} Whole product after removal of tops and adhering soil (if any) (removal of soil by rinsing in running water or by gentle brushing of the dry product).
2. Vegetables, fresh or uncooked, frozen or dry
(ii) BULB VEGETABLES

Garlic

Onions

Shallots

Spring Onions

Others

} For dry onions, shallots and garlic: whole product after removal of easily detachable skin and soil (if any). Onions, shallots and garlic other than dry, spring onions: whole product after removal of roots and soil (if any).
(iii) FRUITING VEGETABLES

(a)Solanacea

  • Tomatoes

  • Peppers

  • Aubergines

  • Others

(b)Cucurbits-edible peel

  • Cucumbers

  • Gherkin

  • Courgettes

  • Others

(c)Cucurbits-inedible peel

  • Melons

  • Squashes

  • Watermelons

  • Others

} Whole product after removal of stems.

(d)Sweet corn

} Kernels or cobs without husks.
(iv) BRASSICA VEGETABLES

(a)Flowering brassicas

  • Broccoli

  • Cauliflower

  • Others

(b)Head brassicas

  • Brussels sprouts

  • Head cabbage

  • Others

(c)Leafy brassicas

  • Chinese cabbage

  • Kale

  • Others

} Product after removal of decayed leaves (if any).

(d)Kohlrabi

} Whole product after removal of tops and adhering soil (if any) (removal of soil by rinsing in running water or by gentle brushing of the dry product).
(v) LEAF VEGETABLES AND FRESH HERBS

(a)Lettuce and similar

  • Cress

  • Lamb’s lettuce

  • Lettuce

  • Scarole

  • Others

(b)Spinach and similar

  • Spinach

  • Beet leaves (chard)

  • Others

(c)Watercress

(d)Witloof

(e)Herbs

  • Chervil

  • Chives

  • Parsley

  • Celery leaves

  • Others

} Whole product after removal of decayed outer leaves, root and soil (if any).
(vi) LEGUME VEGETABLES (FRESH)

Beans with pods

Beans without pods

Peas with pods

Peas without pods

Others

} Whole product after removal of pods or with pods if they are intended to be eaten.
(vii) STEM VEGETABLES

Asparagus

Cardoons

Celery

Fennel

Globe artichokes

Leeks

Rhubarb

Others

} Whole product after removal of decayed tissue and soil (if any); leeks and fennel: whole product after removal of roots and soil (if any).
(viii) FUNGI

Mushrooms (other than wild)

Wild Mushrooms

} Whole product after removal of decayed tissue and soil (if any); leeks and fennel: whole product after removal of roots and soil (if any).
3. Pulses

Beans

Lentils

Peas

Others

} Whole product.
4. Oil seeds

Linseed

Peanuts

Poppy seed

Rape seed

Sesame seed

Sunflower seed*

Soya bean

Others

} Whole seed or kernel after removal of shell and husk, when possible.

} *Whole seed including shell, when present, and whole seed without shell, when shell is absent.

5. Potatoes

Early potatoes

Ware potatoes

} Whole product after removal of soil (if any) (removal of soil by rinsing in running water or by gentle brushing of the dry product).
6. Tea (dried leaves and stalks, fermented or otherwise, Camellia sinensis)
} Whole product.
7. Hops (dried), including hop pellets and unconcentrated powder
} Whole product.
8. Cereal grains

Wheat

Rye

Barley

Oats

Triticale

Maize

Rice

Other cereals

} Whole commodity without husk.
9. Products of animal origin
Meat, fat and preparations of meat} Whole commodity (For fat soluble pesticides a portion of carcass fat is analysed and MRLs apply to carcass fat.
Milk} Whole commodity.
Eggs} Whole egg whites and yolks combined after removal of shells.
10. Spices

Cumin seed

Juniper berries

Nutmeg

Pepper, black and white

Vanilla pods

Others

} Whole product.

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