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.