Commodities Act Regulation on Pesticide Residues.

Article 1 of the Residue Decree of 1964 prescribes that the quantity of pesticide as referred to in article 16 of the Pesticides Act shall be established by the Minister of Health and the Environment and the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries by Regulation in relation to specified food and beverages. This Regulation specifies standards for residues in foodstuffs in Schedule II. Standards are specified for processed and unprocessed foodstuffs and compound foodstuffs. The standards do not apply to products covered by the Fisheries Products Decree No. 46 of 1995 made under the Commodities Act, to spices and to baby and infant food (art. 1). The standards shall not apply under certain conditions to products imported from an EC members State if in that State temporary standards are set in accordance with Council Directive 91/414/EEC. (5 articles completed by 2 Schedules)