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Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 3483 of 1999).

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These Regulations are made under Part III of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985. Regulation 4 and Schedule 2 Part 2 specify maximum levels of pesticide residues which crops, food and feeding stuffs may contain in implementation. In particular, these Regulations specify for the first time maximum residue levels for the pesticide Azoxystrobin in implementation of Commission Directive 1999/71/EC. Regulation 4 also creates offences, specifies penalities, provides defences and confers enfor
Title
Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 3483 of 1999).
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of document
Regulation
Date of text
1999
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
Glossary term(s)
food safety
environmental standard
ECOLEX region
Europe
European Union Countries
Northern Europe
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
HTML icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/html/uk19468.htm
Link to full text
http://www.opsi.gov.uk
Repeals
Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Feed and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 1985 of 1994).
Implements
Commission Directive 99/71/EC amending the Annexes to Council Directives 86/362/EEC, 86/363/EEC and 90/642/EEC on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on cereals, foodstuffs of animal origin and certain products of plant origin, including fruit and vegetables respectively.