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Commodities Act Regulation on Pesticide Residues.

Country/Territory
Netherlands
Document type
Regulation
Date
1984 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Government Gazette no. 54 of 1984.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Residues MRL-maximum residue limit Standards Fish products Pesticides
Geographical area
Benelux, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

Article 1 of the Residue Decree of 1964 prescribes that the quantity of pesticide as referred to in article 16 of the Pesticides Act shall be established by the Minister of Health and the Environment and the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries by Regulation in relation to specified food and beverages. This Regulation specifies standards for residues in foodstuffs in Schedule II. Standards are specified for processed and unprocessed foodstuffs and compound foodstuffs. The standards do not apply to products covered by the Fisheries Products Decree No. 46 of 1995 made under the Commodities Act, to spices and to baby and infant food (art. 1). The standards shall not apply under certain conditions to products imported from an EC members State if in that State temporary standards are set in accordance with Council Directive 91/414/EEC. (5 articles completed by 2 Schedules)

Full text
Dutch
Website
wetten.overheid.nl

References - Legislation

Implements

Pesticides Act 1962.

Legislation | Netherlands | 1962 (2005)

Keyword: Pesticides, Basic legislation, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX