Asia Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPC)
The plant protection agreement for the Asia and Pacific region is an international treaty administered by the APPC.
International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and use of pesticide
- Published in 1985, updated in 1989, and revised in 2002 to reflect changes in management practices and international conventions relating to pesticide use.
- To provide comprehensive standards for pesticide activities and severe as a pesticide of reference about to sound pesticide management.
Codex Alimentarius
- For safe, good food for everyone and
- Established by FAO and WHO in 1963 to develop international food standards, guidelines codes of practices, and recommendations for food safety.
- Currently, the CODEX has 185 member Countries and one member organization EU. The following is the list of maximum residue limits (MTLs) for some species adopted by
|
S. N. |
Pesticides |
Food |
MRL (mg/kg) |
|
1 |
Chlorpyrifos |
Seed |
5 |
|
Fruit or berries |
1 |
||
|
Roots or rhizomes |
1 |
||
|
2 |
Chlorpyrifos-methyl |
Seed |
1 |
|
Fruit or berries |
0.3 |
||
|
Roots or rhizomes |
5 |
||
|
3 |
Cypermethrin |
Fruit or berries |
0.1 |
|
Roots or rhizomes |
0.2 |
||
|
4 |
Diazinon |
Seed |
5 |
|
Fruit or berries |
0.1 |
||
|
Roots or rhizomes |
0.5 |
||
|
5 |
Dimethoate |
Seed |
5 |
|
Fruit or berries |
0.5 |
||
|
Roots or rhizomes |
0.1 |
||
|
6 |
Endosulfan |
Seed |
1 |
|
Fruit or berries |
5 |
|
|
|
Roots or rhizomes |
0.5 |
|
7 |
Malathion |
Seed |
2 |
|
Fruit or berries |
1 |
||
|
Roots or rhizomes |
0.5 |
||
|
8 |
Parathion |
Seed |
0.1 |
|
Fruit or berries |
0.2 |
||
|
Roots or rhizomes |
0.2 |
||
|
9 |
Parathion-methyl |
Seed |
5 |
|
Fruit or berries |
5 |
||
|
Roots or rhizomes |
0.3 |
||
|
10 |
Phorate |
Seed |
0.5 |
|
Fruit or berries |
0.1 |
||
|
Roots or rhizomes |
0.1 |
||
|
11 |
Metalaxyl |
Seed |
5 |
|
12 |
Methamidophos |
Entire Group |
0.1 |
