Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (EEC Limits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. No. 114 of 1999). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Residues MRL-maximum residue limit Pesticides Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes Entry into force on 19 April 1999. Abstract To the extent the principal Regulations are made under the European Communities Act 1972, they specify maximum levels of pesticides residues which may be left in crops, food and feeding stuffs in implementation of Council Directive 86/362/EC, Council Directive 86/363/EC and Council Directive 90/642/EC each as last amended by Commission Directive 97/71/EC. These Regulations, in implementation of Council Directive 97/41/EC, further amend the principal Regulations so as to make them applicable in respect of processed products and composite foods in so far as these are the subject of the Residues Directives. The Regulations also amend the principal Regulations so as to make provision with regard to the manner for determining whether the levels of pesticide residues left in any such dried or processed products or composite foods, so far as these are the subject of the Residues Directives, exceed the maxima permitted under the principal Regulations. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 90/642/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables. Legislation | European Union | 1990 Keyword: MRL-maximum residue limit, Institution, Pesticides, Food quality control/food safety Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 86/363/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on foodstuffs of animal origin. Legislation | European Union | 1986 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, MRL-maximum residue limit, Residues, Pesticides Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 86/362/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals. Legislation | European Union | 1986 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, MRL-maximum residue limit, Residues, Cereals/grains/rice, Pesticides, Agricultural commodities Source: FAO, FAOLEX