On 4 June, Taiwan FDA added residue limits for 9 pesticides in 20 corps into the Table 1 of Standards for Pesticide Residue Limits.
According to the Food Sanitation Act, concerned food companies are not allowed to manufacture, process, import or export, etc. those with pesticide residue exceeding the maximum permissible level.
The specific changes are shown below:
| Pesticide Name | CN Name | Corp Category | MRL (ppm) | Remark |
| Clothianidin | 可尼丁 | Tomato | 0.2 | Insecticide |
| Cyazofamid | 赛座灭 | Spring onion | 2.0 | Fungicide |
| Cyhalothrin | 赛洛宁 | chrysanthemum (fresh) | 2.0 | Insecticide |
| chrysanthemum (dry) | 10.0 | Insecticide | ||
| Deltamethrin | 第灭宁 | Papaya | 0.5 | Insecticide |
| Passion fruit | 0.5 | Insecticide | ||
| Banana | 0.5 | Insecticide | ||
| Sweet sop | 0.5 | Insecticide | ||
| Avocado | 0.5 | Insecticide | ||
| Imidacloprid | 益达胺 | Passion fruit | 0.5 | Insecticide |
| Methomyl | 纳乃得 | Leaf vegetables with wrapped leaves | 0.7 | Insecticide |
| Melon vegetables | 0.5 | Insecticide | ||
| Rice | 0.2 | Insecticide | ||
| Peas and beans | 0.5 | Insecticide | ||
| Root, bulb and tuber vegetables | 1.0 | Insecticide | ||
| Methoxyfenozide | 灭芬诺 | Soybean | 1.0 | Insecticide |
| Oxydemeton methyl | 灭多松 | Root, bulb and tuber vegetables | 0.02 | Insecticide |
| Pome | 0.2 | Insecticide | ||
| Fluvalinate | 福化利 | chrysanthemum (fresh) | 2.5 | Insecticide |
| chrysanthemum (dry) | 10.0 | Insecticide |
It is noted that Taiwan FDA notified on 6 June 2013 the WTO another batch of pesticide residue limits in foods to be added, including 14 pesticides in 33 corps. Please click here to see the detail.
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