Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. No. 27 of 2002). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants Keyword Food quality control/food safety MRL-maximum residue limit Standards Pesticides Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes These Regulations enter into force on1 1 March 2002. Abstract These Regulations amend the provisions of the principal Regulations of 2002 as follows: they Regulations specify maximum levels which crops, food and feeding stuffs may contain in implementation of Commission Directives 2000/81/EC, 2000/82/EC, 2001/39/EC, 2001/48/EC and 2001/57. The maximum level for iprodione on spring onions is amended to reflect Commission Directive 1998/82/EC and the maximum level for methamidophos on cottonseed is corrected to that set out in Commission Directive 1993/58/EEC. Further residue specifications are introduced and the definition of "the Residues Directives" is updated to take account of the Directives being implemented. Additionally, the Regulations remove specified maximum level of Tecnazene in relation to lettuce from 1 July 2003. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. No. 20 of 2002). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2002 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, MRL-maximum residue limit, Standards, Pesticides Source: FAO, FAOLEX