Chile is an agricultural country with well recognized SPS standards and pesticides are a matter of concern. Chile has been working in MRLs harmonization in a Technical Group led by Chilean Ministry of Health. It was adopted Codex MRLs when exists and if not, Chile has adopted the stricter MRL among EU and US limits for those active substances categorized as Ia and Ib group of WHO. The stricter MRL philosophy is also applied for some food commodities eaten by children. The regulation about pesticides residues in food for human consumption was enacted in Resolution 33/2010 and Resolution 762/2011. To date, there are 105 active substances (with their metabolites) with MRLs, 5 with EMRLs and a list of priority 60 food commodities based on Chilean needs. These are the advances so far but there is much to do to achieve MRL harmonization in order to become �Chile: World Food Power�.

MRLs harmonization for pesticides residues in Chile: An ongoing challenge

248th National Meeting (2014)

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