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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
AGRICULTURE
PESTICIDES
Made
9th July 1999
Coming into operation
25th August 1999
The Department of Agriculture, being a Department designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2), and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (EEC Limits) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, and shall come into operation on 25th August 1999.
2.—(1) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (EEC Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(3).
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(4) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
3. In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted—
(a)in column 1 in their appropriate alphabetically ordered positions the pesticides specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and
(b)in relation to each such pesticide, in column 2 the residues specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations opposite that pesticide.
4. In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted, in the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, references to each pesticide stated at the head of a column in Schedule 2 to these Regulations together with the figure stated below the statement of that pesticide so that those figures will appear opposite the references to the product “TEA” in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as they appear opposite the reference to that product in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
5. The maximum levels of pesticides per kilogramme of an individual product stated opposite the name of each product in Schedule 3 to these Regulations shall be substituted for the corresponding maximum levels specified for each of those products in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations.
6. In column 2 of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations—
(a)additional references to the products “Olives (table consumption) ” and “Olives (oil extract) ” shall be inserted after the reference to the product “Olives ” in that column; and
(b)additional references to the products “Sunflower seed (with shell)” and “Sunflower seed (without shell)” shall be inserted after the reference to product “Sunflower seed*” in that column.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on
L.S.
Liam McKibben
Assistant Secretary
9th July 1999.
Regulation 3
Column 1 | Column 2 |
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Pesticide | Residues |
Biphenthrin | biphenthrin |
Monocrotophos | monocrotophos |
Propargite | propargite |
Phosmet | phosmet |
Quinalphos | quinalphos |
Regulation 4
Group to which food belongs | Groups include the following products | Biphenthrin | Cypermethrin | Dichlorvos | Dicofol | Fenitrothion | Fenvalerate | Malathion | Monocrotophos |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TEA | (dried leaves and stalks, fermented or otherwise, Camellia sinensis) | 5 | 0.5 | 0.1* | 20 | 0.5 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.1* |
Group to which food belongs | Groups include the following products | Permethrin | Phosmet | Phoxim | Propargite | Quinalphos |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TEA | (dried leaves and stalks, fermented or otherwise, Camellia sinensis) | |||||
2 | 0.1* | 0.1* | 5 | 2 |
Regulation 5
Group to which food belongs | Groups include the following products | Acephate | Carbendazim | Chlorothalonil | Chlorpyrifos | Chlorpyrifos methyl | Cypermethrin | Deltamethrin |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Units: Maximum residue levels (MRLs) are expressed in milligrams of residue per kilogram of food | ||||||||
Key: * Level at or about the limit of determination | ||||||||
Footnotes: 1. Paddy or rough rice, husked rice and semi-milled or wholly milled rice. 2. Other cereals do not include rice. 3. Levels are measured on fat, except in the case of foods with a fat content of 10% or less by weight. In these cases the residue is related to the total weight of the boned foodstuff and the MRL is one tenth of the value given in the table, but must be no less than 0.01 mg/kg. 4. Birds' eggs in shell (other than eggs for hatching) and whole egg products and egg yolk products (whether fresh, dried or otherwise prepared). 5. Poultrymeat only. 6. Other meat products. | ||||||||
1. Fruit, fresh, dried or uncooked, preserved by freezing not containing added sugar: nuts | ||||||||
(i) CITRUS FRUIT | ||||||||
Lemons | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||||||
Mandarins (inc clementines & similar hybrids) | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Oranges | 0.5 | |||||||
(ii) POME FRUIT | Apples | 1 | 1 | |||||
Pears | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Quinces | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Others | 1 | 1 | ||||||
(iii) STONE FRUIT | ||||||||
Apricots | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Cherries | 0.1* | 0.01* | 0.3 | |||||
Peaches (inc nectarines & similar hybrids) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |||
Plums | 2 | 0.5 | ||||||
(iv) BERRIES AND SMALL FRUIT | ||||||||
(a) Table & wine grapes | ||||||||
Table grapes | 2 | |||||||
Wine grapes | 2 | 3 | ||||||
(b) Strawberries (other than wild) | 3 | 0.05* | ||||||
(c) Cane Fruit (other than wild) | ||||||||
Blackberries | 0.1* | 10 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
Dewberries | 0.1* | 10 | 0.05* | 0.05* | ||||
Loganberries | 0.1* | 10 | 0.05* | 0.05* | ||||
Raspberries | 0.1* | 10 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||
Others | 0.1* | 10 | 0.05* | 0.05* | ||||
(d) Other small fruit & berries (other than wild) | ||||||||
Cranberries | 0.05* | |||||||
Currants (red, black & white) | 0.1* | 10 | 1 | |||||
Gooseberries | 0.1* | 10 | 1 | |||||
(v) Miscellaneous Fruit | ||||||||
Bananas | 0.2 | 3 | ||||||
Figs | 0.05* | |||||||
2. Vegetables, fresh or uncooked, frozen or dry | ||||||||
(i) Root and Tuber Vegetables | ||||||||
Carrots | 0.1* | 1 | ||||||
Celeriac | 0.1* | 0.5 | ||||||
Radishes | 0.2 | |||||||
Salsify | 0.1* | |||||||
Swedes | 0.1* | |||||||
Turnips | 0.1* | |||||||
(ii) Bulb Vegetables | ||||||||
Onions | 0.1* | 0.2 | ||||||
Spring onions | 5 | 0.05* | 0.1 | |||||
(iii) Fruiting Vegetables | ||||||||
(a) Solanacea | ||||||||
Tomatoes | 0.5 | |||||||
Peppers | 0.02* | 0.1* | ||||||
Aubergines | 0.5 | |||||||
(b) Cucurbits-edible peel | ||||||||
Cucumbers | 0.02* | 0.5 | ||||||
Gherkins | 0.1* | 5 | ||||||
Courgettes | 0.01* | |||||||
Others | 0.01* | |||||||
(c) Cucurbits-inedible peel | ||||||||
Melons | 1 | 0.2 | ||||||
Squashes | 1 | 0.2 | ||||||
Watermelons | 1 | 0.2 | ||||||
Others | 1 | 0.2 | ||||||
(d) Sweet corn | 0.05* | |||||||
(iv) BRASSICA VEGETABLES | ||||||||
(a) Flowering Brassicas | ||||||||
Broccoli | 2 | 0.1* | 3 | 0.05* | ||||
Cauliflower | 2 | 0.1* | 3 | 0.05* | ||||
Others | 2 | 0.1* | 3 | 0.05* | ||||
(b) Head Brassicas | ||||||||
Brussels sprouts | 0.5 | 0.05* | ||||||
Head cabbage | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
Others | 3 | 0.05* | ||||||
(c) Leafy Brassicas | ||||||||
Chinese cabbage | 0.02* | 0.01* | 0.5 | |||||
Kale | 0.02* | 0.01* | 0.05* | |||||
Others | 0.02* | 0.01* | 0.05* | |||||
(v) Leaf Vegetables and Fresh Herbs | ||||||||
(a) Lettuce & similar | ||||||||
Cress | 0.1* | |||||||
Lamb’s lettuce | 0.1* | 0.05* | ||||||
Lettuce | 5 | |||||||
Scarole | 0.1* | 0.05* | ||||||
Others | 0.1* | |||||||
(b) Spinach & similar | ||||||||
Spinach | 0.1* | |||||||
Others | 0.1* | 0.01* | 0.05* | 0.05* | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
(c) Witloof | 0.05* | 0.05* | ||||||
(d) Herbs | ||||||||
Chervil | 5 | 0.05* | ||||||
Chives | 5 | 0.05* | ||||||
Parsley | 5 | 0.05* | ||||||
Celery leaves | 5 | 0.05* | ||||||
Others | 5 | 0.05* | ||||||
(vi) Legume Vegetables (fresh) | ||||||||
Beans (with pods) | 3 | 0.1* | 0.01* | 0.05* | ||||
Beans (without pods) | 0.02* | 0.1* | 0.05 | 0.05* | 0.05* | 0.05* | ||
Peas (with pods) | 3 | 0.1* | 0.05* | 0.5 | ||||
Peas (without pods) | 0.02* | 0.1* | 0.01* | 0.05* | 0.05* | |||
Others | 0.1* | 0.05* | ||||||
(vii) Stem Vegetables | ||||||||
Asparagus | 0.05* | |||||||
Cardoons | 0.05* | |||||||
Celery | 2 | 10 | 0.05* | 0.05* | ||||
Fennel | 0.05* | |||||||
Globe artichokes | 0.2 | 1 | 0.05* | 2 | 0.1 | |||
Leeks | 0.02* | 10 | 0.05* | 0.2 | ||||
Rhubarb | 0.05* | |||||||
Others | 0.05* | |||||||
(viii) Fungi | ||||||||
(a) Cultivated mushrooms | 2 | |||||||
3. Pulses | ||||||||
Beans | 0.02* | 2 | ||||||
Lentils | 0.05* | |||||||
Peas | 0.02* | 0.1* | 0.05* | |||||
4. Oilseeds | ||||||||
Peanuts | 0.05 | |||||||
Rape seed | 0.05* | |||||||
5. Potatoes | ||||||||
Early potatoes | 3 | |||||||
Ware potatoes | 3 | 0.5 | ||||||
6. Hops (dried) | including hop pellets | 0.1* | 50 | |||||
& unconcentrated powder | ||||||||
7. Cereals | ||||||||
Wheat | 3 | 0.05* | ||||||
Rye | 3 | 0.05* | ||||||
Barley | 0.1* | 0.2 | 3 | 0.2 | ||||
Sorghum | 3 | |||||||
Oats | 3 | 0.2 | ||||||
Triticale | 3 | |||||||
Maize | 3 | |||||||
Buckwheat | 3 | |||||||
Millet | 3 | |||||||
Rice(1) | 3 | |||||||
Other cereals(2) | 3 | |||||||
8. Products of ANIMAL ORIGIN | ||||||||
Meat, fat & preparations of meat(3) | 0.05*(5) |
Group to which food belongs | Groups include the following products | Fenvalerate | Glyphosate | Imazalil | Iprodione | Maneb, mancozeb, metiram, propineb, zineb | Methamidophos | Permethrin |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Fruit, fresh, dried or uncooked, preserved by freezing not containing added sugar: nuts | ||||||||
(i) CITRUS FRUIT | ||||||||
Grapefruit | 0.05* | 5 | ||||||
Lemons | 0.05* | 5 | 5 | |||||
Limes | 0.05* | 5 | ||||||
Mandarins (inc clementines & similar hybrids) | 0.05* | 2 | 5 | |||||
Oranges | 0.05* | 5 | ||||||
Pomelos | 0.05* | 5 | ||||||
Others | 0.05* | 5 | ||||||
(ii) Tree Nuts (shelled or unshelled) | ||||||||
Hazelnuts | 0.02 | |||||||
(iii) Pome Fruit | ||||||||
Apples | 3 | 0.05 | ||||||
Pears | 3 | 0.05 | ||||||
Quinces | 3 | 0.05 | ||||||
Others | 3 | 0.05 | ||||||
(iv) Stone Fruit | ||||||||
Apricots | 0.05* | 0.1 | ||||||
Peaches (inc nectarines & similar hybrids) | 0.05* | 0.05 | ||||||
Plums | 0.3 | |||||||
Others | 0.01* | |||||||
(v) Berries and Small Fruit | ||||||||
(a) Strawberries (other than wild) | 0.02* | 1 | ||||||
(b) Cane Fruit (other than wild) | ||||||||
Dewberries | 0.05* | |||||||
(c) Other small fruit & berries (other than wild) | ||||||||
Currants (red, black & white) | 5 | |||||||
Gooseberries | 5 | |||||||
(vi) Miscellaneous Fruit | ||||||||
Bananas | 3 | |||||||
Olives (table consumption) | 0.1* | |||||||
Olives (oil extract) | 2 | |||||||
2. Vegetables, fresh or uncooked, frozen or dry | ||||||||
(i) Root and Tuber Vegetables | ||||||||
Beetroot | 0.5 | |||||||
Carrots | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||||||
Horseradish | 0.1 | |||||||
Parsnips | 0.1 | 0.05* | ||||||
Radishes | 0.3 | 0.2 | ||||||
Salsify | 0.2 | |||||||
(ii) Bulb Vegetables | ||||||||
Onions | 0.05* | |||||||
Shallots | 0.05* | |||||||
Spring onions | 3 | 0.05* | 0.05* | |||||
(iii) Fruiting Vegetables | ||||||||
(a) Solanacea | ||||||||
Tomatoes | 0.5 | 3 | ||||||
Peppers | 0.01* | |||||||
(b) Cucurbits-edible peel | ||||||||
Gherkins | 2 | |||||||
Courgettes | 2 | |||||||
(c)Cucurbits-inedible peel | ||||||||
Melons | 2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |||||
Squashes | 0.5 | |||||||
Watermelons | 0.5 | |||||||
Others | 0.5 | |||||||
(iv) Brassica Vegetables | ||||||||
(a) Flowering Brassicas | ||||||||
Broccoli | 0.05 | 1 | 0.5 | |||||
Cauliflower | 0.05 | 1 | 0.5 | |||||
Others | 0.05 | 1 | 0.5 | |||||
(b) Head Brassicas | ||||||||
Brussels sprouts | 0.05* | 0.5 | 1 | 0.05* | ||||
Head cabbage | 0.05* | 1 | 1 | |||||
Others | 0.05* | 1 | 0.05* | |||||
(c) Leafy Brassicas | ||||||||
Chinese cabbage | 5 | 0.5 | ||||||
Kale | 0.05* | 0.02* | 0.5 | |||||
Others | 0.02* | 0.5 | ||||||
(d) Kohlrabi | 0.05* | 0.1* | ||||||
(v)Leaf Vegetables and Fresh Herbs | ||||||||
(a) Spinach & similar | ||||||||
Others | 0.05* | 0.1* | 0.02* | 0.02* | 0.05* | 1 | ||
(b)Watercress | 0.3 | |||||||
(c) Witloof | 2 | |||||||
(vi) Legume Vegetables (fresh) | ||||||||
Beans (with pods) | 0.05* | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||
Beans (without pods) | 0.05* | 0.02* | 0.1 | 0.01* | ||||
Peas (with pods) | 0.05* | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||
Peas (without pods) | 0.05* | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.01* | ||||
Others | 0.05* | 0.05* | ||||||
(vii) Stem Vegetables | ||||||||
Celery | 0.5 | |||||||
Fennel | 0.02* | |||||||
Globe artichokes | 0.1 | |||||||
Leeks | 3 | 0.01* | ||||||
3. Pulses | ||||||||
Beans | 0.05* | 2 | 0.05* | 0.01* | ||||
Lentils | 0.05* | 0.05* | ||||||
Peas | 0.05* | 3 | 0.05* | 0.01* | ||||
Others | 0.05* | 0.05* | ||||||
4. Oilseeds | ||||||||
Linseed | 0.1 | |||||||
Rape seed | 0.5 | |||||||
Mustard seed | 10 | 0.02* | ||||||
5. Cereals | ||||||||
Wheat | 1 | |||||||
Rye | 0.05* | 1 | ||||||
Barley | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Sorghum | 20 | 0.05* | ||||||
Oats | 0.2 | 2 | ||||||
Triticale | 0.05* | 0.05* | ||||||
Buckwheat | 0.05* | |||||||
Millet | 0.05* | |||||||
Rice(1) | 3 | |||||||
Other cereals(2) | 0.05* | |||||||
6. Products of ANIMAL ORIGIN | ||||||||
Meat, fat & | 0.05*(5) | |||||||
preparations | 0.5(6) | |||||||
of meat(3) | ||||||||
Eggs(4) | 0.05* |
Group to which food belongs | Groups include the following products | Procymidone | Vinclozolin |
---|---|---|---|
1. Fruit, fresh, dried or uncooked, preserved by freezing not containing added sugar: nuts | |||
(i) POME FRUIT | |||
Pears | 1 | ||
(ii) Stone Fruit | |||
Apricots | 2 | ||
Cherries | 0.02* | ||
Peaches (inc nectarines & similar hybrids) | 2 | ||
Plums | 2 | 2 | |
Others | 2 | ||
(iii) Berries and Small Fruit | |||
(a) Other small fruit & berries (other than wild) | |||
Currants (red, black & white) | 10 | ||
(iv) Miscellaneous Fruit | |||
Kiwi fruit | 10 | ||
2. Vegetables, fresh or uncooked, frozen or dry | |||
(i) Root and Tuber Vegetables | |||
Carrots | 0.5 | ||
Horseradish | 0.05* | ||
Radishes | 0.05* | ||
Swedes | 0.05* | ||
(ii) Leaf Vegetables and Fresh Herbs | |||
(a) Spinach & similar | |||
Others | 0.02* | ||
(b) Witloof | 2 | ||
(iii) Legume Vegetables (fresh) | |||
Beans (without pods) | 0.02* | 0.5 | |
Peas (with pods) | 1 | ||
Peas (without pods) | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
(iv) Stem Vegetables | |||
Celery | 0.05* | ||
3. Pulses | |||
Beans | 0.02* | 0.5 | |
Lentils | 0.02* | 0.05* | |
Peas | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
Others | 0.02* | 0.05* |
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations, are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and further amend the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (EEC Limits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (“the principal Regulations”) (S.R. 1995 No. 33 amended by S.R. 1995 No. 461, S.R. 1996 No. 527, S.R. 1997 No. 244 and S.R. 1999 No. 114).
The Regulations specify maximum levels of pesticide residues which may be left in crops, food and feeding stuffs in implementation of Commission Directive 98/82/EC (O.J. No. L290, 29.10.98, p. 25) which sets for the first time Community maximum residue levels for the particular pesticides which may be left in tea (regulations 3 and 4 and Schedules 1 and 2) and replaces Community maximum residue levels which have been set previously (regulation 5 and Schedule 3).
The Regulations also amend Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations by introducing new sub-categories for olives and sunflower seeds, which are listed as products in that Schedule, to reflect the categories specified in Directive 98/82/EC (regulation 6).
Maximum levels in these Regulations which are followed by * will, when inserted into Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, connect with the explanation of that symbol given there.
Additionally, references in regulation 6 to or * will, when inserted into Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations, connect with the explanations of those symbols given there.
S.I. 1972/1811
1972 c. 68; section 2 is subject to Schedule 2 of that Act and is to be read with S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3) and S.I. 1994/2795 (N.I. 15)
S.R. 1995 No. 33 amended by S.R. 1995 No. 461, S.R. 1996 No. 527, S.R. 1997 No. 244 and S.R. 1999 No. 114