Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. No. 433 of 2008).

These Regulations enforce the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council by: designating the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development as the national authority for the purposes of Article 38 of Regulation 396/2005; creating an offence of placing on the market as food or feed, or feeding to an animal, any product covered by Annex I to Regulation 396/2005, if that product contains pesticide residue levels in excess of those specified in Article 18(1) of that Regulation as read with Article 20(1); creating an offence of processing or mixing certain products with a view to placing them on the market as food or feed, or feeding them to animals; setting out the powers of inspectors; and prescribing penalties for offences.