SCHEDULENEW SCHEDULES 7A AND 7B TO BE INSERTED IN THE INFANT FORMULA AND FOLLOW-ON FORMULAE REGULATIONS 1995

Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 7APESTICIDES WHOSE RESIDUES MUST NOT BE PRESENT IN INFANT FORMULAE OR FOLLOW-ON FORMULAE AT A LEVEL EXCEEDING 0.003 mg/kg

Regulation 12A

Chemical name

  • Aldrin and dieldrin, expressed as dieldrin

  • Disulfoton (sum of disulfoton, disulfoton sulfoxide and disulfoton sulfone expressed as disulfoton)

  • Endrin

  • Fensulfothion (sum of fensulfothion, its oxygen analogue and their sulfones, expressed as fensulfothion)

  • Fentin, expressed as triphenyltin cation

  • Haloxyfop (sum of haloxyfop, its salts and esters including conjugates, expressed as haloxyfop)

  • Heptachlor and trans-heptachlor epoxide, expressed as heptachlor

  • Hexachlorobenzene

  • Nitrofen

  • Omethoate

  • Terbufos (sum of terbufos, its sulfoxide and sulfone, expressed as terbufos)

SCHEDULE 7BSPECIFIC MAXIMUM RESIDUE LEVELS OF CERTAIN PESTICIDES IN INFANT FORMULAE OR FOLLOW-ON FORMULAE

Regulation 12A

Column 1

Column 2

Chemical name of the substance

Maximum residue level

(mg/kg)

Cadusafos

0.006

Demeton-S-methyl/demeton-S-methyl sulfone/oxydemeton-methyl (individually or combined, expressed as demeton-S-methyl)

0.006

Ethoprophos

0.008

Fipronil (sum of fipronil and fipronil-desulfinyl, expressed as fipronil)

0.004

Propineb/propylenethiourea (sum of propineb and propylenethiourea)

0.006