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Setting of an import tolerance for lambda‐cyhalothrin in avocados

Authors :
EFSA European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Giulia Bellisai
Giovanni Bernasconi
Luis Carrasco Cabrera
Irene Castellan
Monica delAguila
Lucien Ferreira
German Giner Santonja
Luna Greco
Samira Jarrah
Renata Leuschner
Ileana Miron
Stefanie Nave
Ragnor Pedersen
Hermine Reich
Silvia Ruocco
Miguel Santos
Alessia Pia Scarlato
Marta Szot
Anne Theobald
Manuela Tiramani
Alessia Verani
Source :
EFSA Journal, Vol 21, Iss 12, Pp n/a-n/a (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Wiley, 2023.

Abstract

Abstract In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Syngenta Crop Protection AG submitted a request to the competent national authority in Greece to set an import tolerance for the active substance lambda‐cyhalothrin in avocados. The data submitted in support of the request were found to be sufficient to derive maximum residue level (MRL) proposals for avocados. Since the general data gap related to toxicity of degradation products formed under sterilisation conditions and identified in the framework of the MRL review has not yet been addressed, a risk management decision is required as to whether it is appropriate to take over the proposed MRLs in the MRL legislation. Adequate analytical methods for enforcement are available to control the residues of lambda‐cyhalothrin in the commodity under consideration at the validated limit of quantification (LOQ) of 0.01 mg/kg. Based on the risk assessment results, EFSA concluded that the short‐term and long‐term intake of residues resulting from the use of lambda‐cyhalothrin according to the reported agricultural practice is unlikely to present a risk to consumer health. However, the consumer exposure calculation shall be considered provisional, pending the toxicological assessment of the compounds formed under sterilisation conditions.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
18314732
Volume :
21
Issue :
12
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
EFSA Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.7eb6eb78b3c4958bff994c8ed57ab98
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8464