Amendment to the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 20002

1

The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 20002 are amended in accordance with this regulation.

2

In Schedule 1, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order in column 1, there are inserted, together with the corresponding entries in column 2, the following entries (with the entries for Amitrole replacing those for Aminotriazole):–

Column 1

Column 2

Pesticide

Residues

Acibenzolar-S-methyl

Acibenzolar-S-methyl

Amitrole

Amitrole

Cinidon-ethyl

Cinidon-ethyl (sum of cinidon-ethyl and its E-isomer)

Cyclanilide

Cyclanilide

Cyhalofop butyl

Cyhalofop butyl (sum of cyhalofop butyl and its free acids)

Diquat

Diquat

Ethofumesate

Ethofumesate (sum of ethofumesate and the metabolite 2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-2-oxo-benzofuran-5-yl methane sulphonate expressed as ethofumesate)

Famoxadone

Famoxadone

Fenhexamid

Fenhexamid

Florasulam

Florasulam

Flumioxazine

Flumioxazine

Iprovalicarb

Iprovalicarb

Isoproturon

Isoproturon

Metalaxyl-M

1

For cereals – metalaxyl-M

2

For other products– metalaxyl-M including other mixtures of constituent isomers (sum of isomers)

Picolinafen

Picolinafen

Prosulfuron

Prosulfuron

Pyraflufen-ethyl

Pyraflufen-ethyl

Sulfosulfuron

Sulfosulfuron

3

In Schedule 1, with effect from 1st July 2004, at the appropriate places in alphabetical order in column 1, there are inserted, together with the corresponding entries in column 2, the following entries:–

Column 1

Column 2

Pesticide

Residues

Chlorfenapyr

Chlorfenapyr

Fentin acetate

Fentin acetate

Fentin hydroxide

Fentin hydroxide

4

In Part 1 of Schedule 2, the entry relating to Omethoate, together with all residue levels relevant thereto, is omitted.

5

In Part 2 of Schedule 2 maximum residue levels are amended as follows:–

a

for mg/kg of Chlormequat on pears, for “0.5” substitute “0.3”;

b

for mg/kg of Dimethoate on tea (dried leaves and stalks, fermented or otherwise, Camellia sinensis), omit “0.2”;

c

for mg/kg of Kresoxim-methyl on strawberries (other than wild), for “0.2” substitute “1”; and

d

for mg/kg of Maneb, Mancozeb, Metiram, Propineb and Zineb–

i

on radishes, for “0.2” substitute “2”; and

ii

on spring onions, for “0.05*” substitute “1”.

6

In Part 2 of Schedule 2–

a

for existing maximum permitted levels for residues of the pesticides Aminotriazole (Amitrole), Azoxystrobin, Clofentezine, Hexaconazole, Lambda-cyhalothrin, Myclobutanil and Prochloraz, there are substituted the maximum permitted levels specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations (with the heading ‘Aminotriazole (Amitrole)’ being replaced by the heading ‘Amitrole’);

b

the heading ‘Aminotriazole (Amitrole)’, together with all residue levels relevant thereto, is moved to the appropriate place in alphabetical order; and

c

there are inserted, in the appropriate places to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, the maximum permitted levels for residues of the pesticides Acibenzolar-S-methyl, Chlorfenapyr, Cinidon-ethyl, Cyclanilide, Cyhalofop butyl, Diquat, Ethofumesate, Famoxadone, Fenhexamid, Fentin acetate, Fentin hydroxide, Florasulam, Flumioxazine, Iprovalicarb, Isoproturon, Metalaxyl-M, Picolinafen, Prosulfuron, Pyraflufen-ethyl and Sulfosulfuron specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations in relation to the products so specified.

7

For Schedule 5, there is substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.