It is particularly important to note this legislation relates to maximum residue limits.

The maximum residue limits must scientifically ensure that there is no risk for any persons from the day they are born.

These maximum residue limits must be established on the basis of the precautionary principle, in order to protect public health.

The proposal to make the first fixation of a maximum residue limit for several animal species more expensive cannot be accepted.

I believe that we need to change, amend and unify the legal framework for setting maximum residue limits.

In the case of Azamethipos, a maximum residue limit was fixed on 25 June this year.

I would call on the Commission to display speed and flexibility in this task of harmonizing the maximum residue limits.

Volume 8 - Maximum residue limits.

Below are two resources for maximum residue limits (MRLs), or tolerance information.

Consequently, the demand for that documentation would not be justified solely on the basis of a single maximum residue limit on all products.

The Commission has therefore also announced its approval of the principle of extrapolating maximum residue limits established for some species to other species.

Maximum residue limits - so-called MRLs - are the permitted levels of chemicals in animal products used for human food.

Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and withdrawal periods are set as part of achieving this objective.

In the case of these substances, applications are made for the Community to fix maximum residue limits, as provided for in Council Regulation 2377/90.

No veterinary medicinal product can be used in food-producing animals unless maximum residue limits, MRLs, are set up for its active substances.

In Austria alone, fixing maximum residue limits would mean throwing out the vast majority of the residue levels and substances listed in the last draft regulation.

Chlorpropham is within the maximum residue limit regulation in Germany germination inhibitors approved for the treatment of potatoes for the purpose of preservation after harvest.

The maximum residues limit of ractopamine is 50 ppb and 10 ppb in the USA and Japan, respectively.

The Environmental Protection Agency sets maximum residue limits (MRLs), or tolerances, for pesticides that can be used on various food and feed commodities.

While we recognise that extrapolating maximum residue limits cannot be a global solution, we believe that it can represent a practical improvement of the situation, particularly in the short term.

The United Nations Codex Alimentarius Commission has recommended international standards for maximum residue limits (MRLs), for individual pesticides in food.

The Chinese government has established a higher maximum residue limit than the US and research in China has shown that the Chinese are effectively meeting the Chinese limits.

In September 2008, the European Union issued new and revised Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for the roughly 1,100 pesticides ever used in the world.

These limits on pesticides left on foods are called "tolerances" in the U.S. (they are referred to as maximum residue limits, or MRLs, in many other countries).

To search for tolerances or maximum residue limits (MRL) on food, see Pesticides and Food: What the Pesticide Residue Limits are on Food.