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Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. No. 489 of 2002).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2002
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety MRL-maximum residue limit Standards Codex Alimentarius Pesticides
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
Coming into force on 30 November 2002.
Abstract

A new regulation 6(b)(i) provides for the sampling procedure contained in the Annex to Commission Directive 2002/63/EC to apply for the determination of pesticide residues, maximum levels for which are set by the Community. The maximum levels set by the Community are set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations. The new regulation 6(b)(ii) provides for the sampling of pesticide residues still set nationally to be carried out, so far as is practicable, in accordance with the methods and procedures recommended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission 'Recommended Method of Sampling for the Determination of Pesticide Residues for compliance with MRLs; CAC/GL 33 – 1999.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. No. 22 of 2000).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2000

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, MRL-maximum residue limit, Standards, Pesticides

Source: FAO, FAOLEX