Decree No. 33 of Chief Sanitary Inspector validating the Regulation GN 1.2.3539-18 “Hygienic standards for pesticides contents in environment”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Food & nutrition Keyword Pesticides Pollution control Hazardous substances Public health Soil pollution/quality MRL-maximum residue limit Hygiene/sanitary procedures Food quality control/food safety Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Decree establishes hygienic standards for maximum allowable rates of contents for maximum residue limits (MRL) of substances of pesticides and hazardous metabolites thereof in the environment related to pesticides either produced of the territory of the Russian Federation or imported from abroad. In order to control pesticides registered in the Russian Federation shall be applicable the principle of complex hygienic rate setting based on the assumption that the total summarized quantity of pesticides absorbed by the organism from different environmental sources shall not exceed maximum allowable daily rate established for human beings. Environmental areas, in relation to MRL pesticides contents, shall comply with these Hygienic standards. This Decree contains the Table of maximum allowable MRL of substances contained in pesticides that can be present in environment. Full text Russian Website pravo.gov.ru References - Legislation Repeals Decree No. 55 of Chief Sanitary Inspector validating Hygienic and Sanitary Requirements GN 1.2.3111-13 rates of contents of pesticides in the environment. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2013 Keyword: Pesticides, Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Public health, MRL-maximum residue limit, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX