2005 No. 51
AGRICULTURE
PESTICIDES

Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made
Coming into operation
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, being a Department designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the said section 2(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 11th April 2005.

(2)

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19543 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Amendment to the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20022.

(1)

The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20024 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “the Residues Directives” there shall be substituted the following definition:
““the Residues Directives” means Council Directive 86/362/EEC5, Council Directive 86/363/EEC6 and Council Directive 90/642/EEC7, in each case amended as at the date of the making of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.”.

(3)

In Part II of Schedule 2, for the columns relating to the pesticides Bifenthrin and Famoxadone there shall be substituted the columns of maximum permitted levels for residues of those pesticides as specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 25th February 2005.

D. Small
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2(3)

Group to which food belongs

Groups include the following products

Bifenthrin

Famo-xadone

1. Fruit, fresh, dried or uncooked, preserved by freezing not containing added sugar: nuts

i.

CITRUS FRUIT

Grapefruit

0.1

0.02*

Lemons

0.1

0.02*

Limes

0.1

0.02*

Mandarins (inc. clementines & similar hybrids)

0.1

0.02*

Oranges

0.1

0.02*

Pomelos

0.1

0.02*

Others

0.1

0.02*

ii.

TREE NUTS (shelled or unshelled)

Almonds

0.05*

0.02*

Brazil nuts

0.05*

0.02*

Cashew nuts

0.05*

0.02*

Chestnuts

0.05*

0.02*

Coconuts

0.05*

0.02*

Hazelnuts

0.05*

0.02*

Macadamia nuts

0.05*

0.02*

Pecans

0.05*

0.02*

Pine nuts

0.05*

0.02*

Pistachios

0.05*

0.02*

Walnuts

0.05*

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

iii.

POME FRUIT

Apples

0.3

0.02*

Pears

0.3

0.02*

Quinces

0.3

0.02*

Others

0.3

0.02*

iv.

STONE FRUIT

Apricots

0.2

0.02*

Cherries

0.2

0.02*

Peaches (inc. nectarines & similar hybrids)

0.2

0.02*

Plums

0.2

0.02*

Others

0.2

0.02*

v.

BERRIES AND SMALL FRUIT

(a)

Table & wine grapes

Table grapes

0.2

2

Wine grapes

0.2

2

(b)

Strawberries (other than wild)

0.5

0.02*

(c)

Cane Fruit (other than wild)

Blackberries

0.3

0.02*

Dewberries

0.05*

0.02*

Loganberries

0.05*

0.02*

Raspberries

0.3

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

(d)

Other small fruit & berries (other than wild)

Bilberries

0.05*

0.02*

Cranberries

0.05*

0.02*

Currants (red, black & white)

0.05*

0.02*

Gooseberries

0.05*

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

(e)

Wild berries & wild fruit

0.05*

0.02*

vi.

MISCELLANEOUS FRUIT

Avocados

0.05*

0.02*

Bananas

0.1

0.02*

Dates

0.05*

0.02*

Figs

0.05*

0.02*

Kiwi fruit

0.05*

0.02*

Kumquats

0.05*

0.02*

Litchis

0.05*

0.02*

Mangoes

0.05*

0.02*

Olives (table consumption)

0.05*

0.02*

Olives (oil extract)

0.05*

0.02*

Papaya

0.05*

0.02*

Passion fruit

0.05*

0.02*

Pineapples

0.05*

0.02*

Pomegranates

0.05*

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

2. Vegetables, fresh or uncooked, frozen or dry

i.

ROOT AND TUBER VEGETABLES

Beetroot

0.05*

0.02*

Carrots

0.05*

0.02*

Celeriac

0.05*

0.02*

Horseradish

0.05*

0.02*

Jerusalem artichokes

0.05*

0.02*

Parsnips

0.05*

0.02*

Parsley root

0.05*

0.02*

Radishes

0.05*

0.02*

Salsify

0.05*

0.02*

Sweet potatoes

0.05*

0.02*

Swedes

0.05*

0.02*

Turnips

0.05*

0.02*

Yams

0.05*

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

ii.

BULB VEGETABLES

Garlic

0.05*

0.02*

Onions

0.05*

0.02*

Shallots

0.05*

0.02*

Spring onions

0.05*

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

ii.

FRUITING VEGETABLES

(a)

Solanacea

Tomatoes

0.2

1

Peppers

0.2

0.02*

Chili peppers

0.2

0.02*

Aubergines

0.2

0.2

Others

0.2

0.02*

(b)

Cucurbits-edible peel

Cucumbers

0.1

0.2

Gherkins

0.1

0.2

Courgettes

0.1

0.2

Others

0.1

0.2

(c)

Cucurbits-inedible peel

Melons

0.05*

0.3

Squashes

0.05*

0.02*

Watermelons

0.05*

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

(d)

Sweet corn

0.05*

0.02*

iv.

BRASSICA VEGETABLES

(a)

Flowering Brassicas

Broccoli

0.2

0.02*

Cauliflower

0.2

0.02*

Others

0.2

0.02*

(b)

Head Brassicas

Brussels sprouts

1

0.02*

Head cabbage

1

0.02*

Others

1

0.02*

(c)

Leafy Brassicas

Chinese cabbage

0.05*

0.02*

Kale

0.05*

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

(d)

Kohlrabi

0.05*

0.02*

v.

LEAF VEGETABLES AND FRESH HERBS

(a)

Lettuce & similar

Cress

2

0.02*

Lamb’s lettuce

2

0.02*

Lettuce

2

0.02*

Scarole

2(35)

0.02*(35)

Others

2

0.02*

(b)

Spinach & similar

Spinach

0.05*

0.02*

Beet leaves (chard)

0.05*

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

(c)

Watercress

0.05*

0.02*

(d)

Witloof

0.05*

0.02*

(e)

Herbs

Chervil

0.05*

0.02*

Chives

0.05*

0.02*

Parsley

0.05*

0.02*

Celery leaves

0.05*

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

vi.

LEGUME VEGETABLES (fresh)

Beans (with pods)

0.5

0.02*

Beans (without pods)

0.05*

0.02*

Peas (with pods)

0.1

0.02*

Peas (without pods)

0.05*

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

vii.

STEM VEGETABLES

Asparagus

0.05*

0.02*

Cardoons

0.05*

0.02*

Celery

0.05*

0.02*

Fennel

0.05*

0.02*

Globe artichokes

0.05*

0.02*

Leeks

0.05*

0.02*

Rhubarb

0.05*

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

viii.

FUNGI

(a)

Cultivated mushrooms

0.05*

0.02*

(b)

Wild mushrooms

0.05*

0.02*

3. PULSES

Beans

0.05*

0.02*

Lentils

0.05*

0.02*

Peas

0.05*

0.02*

Others

0.05*

0.02*

4. OILSEEDS

Linseed

0.1*

0.05*

Peanuts

0.1*

0.05*

Poppy seed

0.1*

0.05*

Sesame seed

0.1*

0.05*

Sunflower seed

0.1*

0.05*

Rape seed

0.1*

0.05*

Soya bean

0.1

0.05*

Mustard seed

0.1*

0.05*

Cotton seed

0.1*

0.05*

Others

0.1*

0.05*

5. POTATOES

Early potatoes

0.05*

0.02*

Ware potatoes

0.05*

0.02*

6. TEA

(dried leaves and stalks, fermented or otherwise, Camellia sinesis)

5

0.05*

7. HOPS (dried)

including hop pellets & unconcentrated powder

10

0.05*

8. CEREALS

Wheat

0.5

0.1

Rye

0.05*

0.1

Barley

0.5

0.2

Sorghum

0.05*

0.1

Oats

0.5

0.1

Triticale

0.5

0.1

Maize

0.05*

0.02*

Buckwheat

0.05*

0.1

Millet

0.05*

0.1

Rice(1)

0.05*

0.02*

Other cereals(2)

0.05*

0.1

9. PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

Meat, fat & preparations of meat(3)

0.1(41)

0.05*(17)

0.05*

Milk(4) & Dairy produce(5)

0.01*

0.05*

Eggs(6)

0.01*

0.05*

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations, which are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, further amend the provisions of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002.

The Regulations implement Commission Directive 2004/95/EC (O.J. No. L301, 28.9.2004, p. 42).

The definition of “the Residues Directives” is updated (regulation 2(2)).

New maximum residue levels are substituted in Part II of Schedule 2 for residues of the pesticides Bifenthrin and Famoxadone (regulation 2(3)).