South Korea Partially Revises Premarket Pesticide Residue Standards

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) released notification No.2018-102 on Dec. 10, 2018, announcing revision to Premarket Pesticide Residue Standards. Major changes are:

Newly formulate residue limits for 22 pesticides, revise 22 and remove 5 (refer to annex A – premarket pesticide residue standards)

change	Involved pesticides
Newly set	Acequinocyl, Deltamethrin, Fenazaquin, Spirodiclofen, Dichlorvos/DDVP, Azoxystrobin, Trifloxystrobin, Cyhalothrin, Acetamiprid, Azoxystrobin, Carbendazim, Etofenprox etc.
Revised	Chlorpyrifos, Etoxazole, Spinetoram, Acetamiprid, Azoxystrobin, Cymoxanil, Metalaxyl, Thiamethoxam, Bifenthrin, Chlorantraniliprole etc.
Removed	Parathion, vinclozolin, endosulfan, EPN, benzene fluorine sulfanilamide

Newly formulate decay constants for 22 pesticides, revise 10 and remove 5 (refer to annex B – standards for pesticide residue decay constant)

change	Involved pesticides
Newly set	Acequinocyl, Deltamethrin, Spirodiclofen, Carbendazim, Etofenprox, Fenhexamid, Fluazinam, Imidacloprid, Kresoxim-methyl, Tebuconazole etc.
Revised	Chlorpyrifos, Etoxazole, Spinetoram, Acetamiprid, Azoxystrobin, Cymoxanil etc.
Removed	Parathion, vinclozolin, endosulfan, EPN, benzene fluorine sulfanilamide

*Note: Premarket Pesticide Residue Standards are different from Positive List System. The former regulate pesticide residue in agri-food during production while the latter regulate it during circulation.