Pesticide abamectin in or on various commodities (ICS codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 67.060, 67.080, 67.140)
Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Abamectin (PMRL2024-13). Language(s): English and French. Number of pages: 23 and 24
The objective of the notified document PMRL2024-13 is to consult on the listed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for abamectin that have been proposed by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).
MRL (ppm)1 Raw Agricultural Commodity (RAC) and/or Processed Commodity
1.0 Tea, dried leaves
0.4 Papayas2
0.09 Stone fruits (crop group 12-09)
0.07 Fruiting vegetables (crop group 8-09)
0.05 Low growing berries (crop subgroup 13-07G)
0.03 Carrot roots
0.02 Citrus fruits (crop group 10) (revised); pome fruits (crop group 11-09); small fruits vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop subgroup 13-07F); dried chive leaves
0.015 Guavas, pineapples
0.01 Tree nuts (crop group 14-11); tropical and subtropical fruits; small fruits; inedible peel (crop subgroup 24A); sweet corn kernels plus cob with husks removed
1 ppm = parts per million
2 This MRL is proposed to replace the currently established MRL of 0.03 ppm for papayas.