The Ministry of Agriculture (SAGARPA) and the Ministry of Health (COFEPRIS) elaborated the draft -PROY-NOM-000-SAG-FITO/SSA1-2013- where the aim of this regulation is to establish and review of Maximum Residue Limits (MRL’s) of chemical pesticides for agricultural usage for purposes of registration and use in Mexico.<br/>Since pesticides are monitored by several federal government agencies in order to ensure consumers its quality, effectiveness, and given its toxic nature, to prevent risks to public health, it is necessary to establish a level at which pesticide residues in imported and domestically-produced foods derived from an application of these to control pests do not pose a risk to human health.<br/>This regulation will be mandatory for all Mexican territory and will apply for all entities applying for registration of chemical pesticides for agricultural usage with the purpose of use in Mexico and that require a MRL according to legal provisions.<br/>This project contains the technical guidelines and procedures for authorization of an MRL, and laboratory methods for risk analysis. Criteria to establish an MRL will be according domestic regulations and considering international parameters like the ones published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), through the CODEX Alimentarius, the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States (EPA), and others.<br/>This regulation will enforce the agreements done in the Technical Working Group for the harmonization of MRLs and minor uses.

Purpose and aim of the new maximum residue limit (MRL) regulation in Mexico

252nd National Meeting (2016)

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