MRLs Information Availability (map)
| Country | Last update | Current MRLs | Future MRLs | Residue definitions | Pesticide residues standards in animal products | LOD indication | Links to original source | Average updates/year | Comment |
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| AFRICA | |||||||||
| MOROCCO | 2019-10-18 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche maritime (Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Fisheries) - Ministère de la santé (Ministry of Health) |
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| SOUTH-AFRICA | 2024-03-15 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Department of Health (DOH) Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) | ||
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| EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION | 2022-11-21 | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | The concerned countries (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) are shaded in phosphorescent green. Russia is also part of EEU but also have its own national standard. |
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| RUSSIA | 2021-03-19 | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Ministry of Agriculture | ||||
| UKRAINE | 2024-09-30 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 1-3 | Source: Ministry of Health of Ukraine | |||
| EUROPE | |||||||||
| CODEX | 2023-12-12 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 1 | Source: CODEX Alimentarius (FAO) |
| EU-MRLS-HARMONIZED | 2024-11-05 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 15-20 | Source: European Commission Directorate General for Health and Consumers. EU MRLs are updated on the day of entry into force of the publications. |
| EUROPEAN-UNION-CONTAMINANTS | 2024-07-22 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Official Journal of the European Union | ||
| GREAT BRITAIN (GB) | 2024-10-23 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 6 | Brexit has an impact on MRLs rules in the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1st January 2021, Great Britain (GB) has its own MRL setting process independant from the EU. The GB standard will cover England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland will continue to apply EU MRLs. |
| NORWAY | 2024-09-27 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 1-5 | Source: Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) | |
| SWITZERLAND | 2024-07-16 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Office fédéral de la santé publique (OFSP) Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG) | |
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| ASEAN COUNTRIES | 2023-02-23 | ✔ | ✔ | 1 | Source: ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) | ||||
| CHINA | 2024-01-02 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: 食品安全国家标准 食品中农药最大残留限量 National food safety standard | |
| HONGKONG | 2023-03-13 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Centre for Food Safety Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) | ||
| INDIA | 2023-06-01 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Indian Ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) | |
| INDONESIA | 2022-09-14 | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Minister of Agriculture | ||||
| JAPAN | 2024-11-18 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 8-10 | Source: Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) for food MRLs. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) for feed MRLs. |
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| KOREA-SOUTH | 2024-05-29 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3-6 | Source: Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) | ||
| MALAYSIA | 2020-09-07 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Food Safety Information System of Malaysia (FoSIM) | ||
| PHILIPPINES | 2021-01-11 | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (BAFS) | ||||
| SINGAPORE | 2018-04-12 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) | |||
| TAIWAN | 2024-11-20 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 3-6 | Source: Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) Department of Health | |
| THAILAND | 2021-06-01 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS) | ||
| VIETNAM | 2023-03-03 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Maximum Residue Levels of pesticide in food. Circular No. 50/2016/TT-BYT dated December 30, 2015 by Minister of Health. Circular takes effect as of July 01, 2017 |
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| ARGENTINA | 2024-08-29 | ✔ | ✔ | 2-3 | Source: Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) - National Food Safety and Quality Service | ||||
| BRAZIL | 2024-11-04 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 10-12 | Source: ANVISA (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária) | ||
| CHILE | 2024-08-29 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Subsecretaria de Salud Publica División de Políticas Públicas Saludables y Promoción Departamento de Alimentos y Nutricion |
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| COLOMBIA | 2020-03-06 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Ministerio de la Protección Social, Resolución 2906 del 2007 | ||
| COSTA-RICA | 2024-10-04 | ✔ | ✔ | 5 | Source: Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado | ||||
| MEXICO | 2024-10-08 | ✔ | ✔ | 5-8 | Source: Ministry of Agriculture (SAGARPA) - National Service of Health, Food Safety and Agri-food Quality (SENASICA) and Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) |
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| PERU | 2019-10-16 | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Dirección General de Salud Ambiental e Inocuidad Alimentaria. If there is not a national MRL defers to Codex, US and EU |
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| URUGUAY | 2023-11-08 | ✔ | ✔ | 1 | Source: Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay. Directorate General of Agricultural Services. | ||||
| MIDDLE-EAST | |||||||||
| GULF-COOPERATION-COUNCIL | 2022-09-15 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Standardization Organization for GCC (GSO) | |
| IRAN | 2024-06-05 | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Standard Research Institute (SRI) of Iran | ||||
| ISRAEL | 2024-10-07 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 4 | Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MOARD) Plant Protection and Inspection Services (PPIS) Pesticides Data Bank |
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| SAUDI-ARABIA | 2022-02-01 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Saudi Food & Drug Authority الهيئة العامة للغذاء والدواء المبنى الرئيسي | |
| TURKEY | 2021-10-12 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 0-1 | Source: Türk Gıda Kodeksi Pestisitlerin |
| NORTH-AMERICA | |||||||||
| CANADA | 2024-11-19 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 10-12 | Source: Pesticides and Pest Management - Health Canada (PMRA) | |
| USA | 2024-11-11 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 12-14 | Source: Code of Federal Regulations. US government | |
| OCEANIA | |||||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 2024-10-31 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 8-10 | Source: Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Med. Authority (APVMA) | |
| NEW ZEALAND | 2024-10-01 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | 2 | Source: New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) | |
