The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/567
• Sections: 20

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 30th April 1997.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations 1994 .

Section 2 Amendment of the principal Regulations

The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6 of these Regulations.

Section 3 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations—

(a) there shall be inserted in column 1 in their appropriate alphabetically ordered positions the pesticides stated in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations and, in relation to each such pesticide, there shall be entered in column 2 the residues stated in column 2 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations opposite that pesticide;

(b) for the residues stated in column 2 opposite the pesticide Dicofol there shall be substituted the words “sum of P, P' and O, P' isomers”.

Section 4 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations—

(a) all of the maximum levels of the pesticide Diazinon per kilogramme of the products specified in that Part shall be deleted, except for the maximum levels per kilogramme stated opposite the names of the products Early potatoes, Ware potatoes, Meat, fats and preparations of meats, Milk and Dairy produce,

(b) all of the maximum levels of the pesticide Dicofol per kilogramme of the products specified in that Part shall be deleted, except for the maximum levels per kilogramme stated opposite the names of the products Apricots, Peaches (including nectarines and similar hybrids), Plums, Currants (red, black and white), Garlic and Cultivated mushrooms,

(c) all of the maximum levels of the pesticide Endosulfan per kilogramme of the products specified in that Part shall be deleted, except for the maximum levels per kilogramme stated opposite the names of the products Strawberries (other than wild), Blackberries, Currants (red, black and white), Gooseberries, Early potatoes and Ware potatoes, and

(d) all of the maximum levels of the pesticide Triazophos per kilogramme of the products specified in that Part shall be deleted, except for the maximum levels per kilogramme stated opposite the names of the products Garlic, Onions, Shallots, Brussels sprouts, Head cabbage, Early potatoes and Ware potatoes.

Section 5 Amendment of the principal Regulations

In Part 2 of 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 figures stated below the statement of that pesticide so that those figures will appear opposite such groups of products or such individual products in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as they appear opposite those products in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Section 6 Amendment of the principal Regulations

The maximum levels of pesticides per kilogramme of the individual products stated opposite the names of such products in Schedule 3 to these Regulations shall be substituted for the corresponding maximum levels specified for those products in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations.

Section 3

PULSES

Section 3

PULSES

Section 4

OILSEEDS

Section 4

OILSEEDS

Section 5

POTATOES

Section 5

POTATOES

Section 6

TEA

Section 6

TEA

Section 7

HOPS (dried)

Section 7

HOPS (dried)

Section 8

CEREALS

Section 8

CEREALS

Section 9

PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

Section 9

PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN