Regulations governing the maximum limits for pesticide residues that may be present in foodstuffs.
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Regulation
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Abstract
These Regulations prohibit the importation, sale or manufacture for sale, as the case may be, of foodstuffs that contain residue of defined chemical substances in excess of maximum residue limits prescribed by these Regulations in the Schedule. Part of these foodstuffs appear in the latest list of the Codex Maximum Limits for Pesticide Residues of the Codex Alimentarius Commission Analysis. Sampling of pesticide residues in food shall be shall be carried out in accordance with the latest edition of the Codex Alimentarius Standards, Pesticides Residues in Food: Methods of Analysis and Sampling.
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Consolidated version of GNR No. 246 of 1994 as amended last by R. No. 247 of 2005.The Regulations published by Government Notice No. R.2160 of 2 October 1987, as amended by Government Notices Nos. R.2893 of 31 December 1987, R.1939 of 23 September 1988, R.1932 of 17 August 1990, R.2381 of 12 October 1990, R.1041 of 17 May 1991 and R.2116 of 30 August 1991, are withdrawn.
Repealed
No
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English
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