1 
 The Regulatory Limits of Pesticide R esidues in  
Traditional Chinese Medicine Raw Materials .  
 
1. This re gulatory limit is to  ensure the safety of people using 
traditional Chinese medicine raw materials.  
2. The pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicine raw 
materials  listed in  Appendix Table 1 shall meet the Standards for 
the “Pesticides Residue Limits in Traditional Chinese Medicine 
Raw M aterials ” and “Extraneous Residue Limits in Traditional 
Chinese Medicine Raw M aterials ”, as Appendix Table 2 and 
Table 3.  
3. The test method  of pesticide residues in this regulatory limit s 
shall be base d on the Method of Test for P esticide Residues in 
Chinese Medicine Raw M aterial s Multiresidue Analysis  
promulgated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.  
4. The examination of pesticide residues shall include the pesticide 
itself and its metabolites.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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     Appendix Table 1  
List of Traditional Chinese Medicine Raw M aterials for Pesticide Residue 
Limits  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Serial 
Number  Name of  Traditional Chinese 
Medicine Raw M aterial  Category of Using Part  
1 PAEONIAE RADIX RUBRA  Rhizome  
2 SALVIAE MILTIORRHIZAE  
RADIX ET RHIZOMA  Rhizome  
3 GASTRODIAE RHIZOMA  Rhizome  
4 SCROPHULARIAE RADIX  Rhizome  
5 CURCUMAE LONGAE RHIZOMA  Rhizome  
6 MOUTAN RADICIS CORTEX  Rhizome  
7 IMPERATAE RHIZOMA  Rhizome  
8 RHODIOLAE CRENULATAE  
RADIX ET RHIZOMA  Rhizome  
9 POLYGALAE RADIX  Rhizome  
10 LOPHATHERI HERBA  Herb  
11 VISCI HERBA  Herb  
12 TAXILLI HERBA  Herb  
13 SENNAE FOLIUM  Herb  
14 TSAOKO FRUCTUS  Fruit  
15 LIGUSTRI LUCIDI FRUCTUS  Fruit  
16 CITRI SARCODACTYLIS  
FRUCTUS  Fruit  
17 FORSYTHIAE FRUCTUS  Fruit  
18 PLATYCLADI SEMEN  Seed  
19 CARYOPHYLLI FLOS  Flower  
20 MAGNOLIAE FLOS  Flower  3 
 Appendix Table 2 
Pestcide Residue Limits in Traditional Chinese Medicine Raw M aterials  
Pesticide Name  Rhizome  
Category  
Limit 
(ppm)  Herb  
Category  
Limit 
(ppm)  Fruit  
Category  
Limit 
(ppm)  Seed  
Category  
Limit 
(ppm)  Flower  
Category  
Limit  
(ppm)  Remark  
Acetamiprid  2.5 2 5 0.1 2 Insecticide  
Azoxystrobin  0.5 0.1 5 0.1 20 Fungicide  
Buprofezin  0.1 5 2.5 0.1 1 Insecticide  
Carbendazim  1 1 15 0.5 1 Fungicide  
Carbofuran  2.5 1 10 0.5 0.1 Insecticide  
Chlorantraniliprole  1.5 10 5 0.1 30 Insecticide  
Chlorpyrifos  1 2 5 5 0.5 Insecticide  
Cyhalothrin  0.05 2 5 0.1 2 Insecticide  
Cypermethrin  0.2 2 10 0.1 30 Insecticide  
Difenoconazole  1.5 5 5 0.1 2 Fungicide  
Dimethomorph  0.1 12.5 5 0.1 50 Fungicide  
Fenpropathrin  0.5 10 2.5 0.1 0.5 Insecticide  
Fenvalerate  0.5 5 5 0.1 1 Insecticide  
Fipronil  0.1 0.15 0.1 0.1 0.1 Insecticide  
Flusilazole  0.5 0.1 2.5 0.1 0.1 Fungicide  
Hexaconazole  1 2.5 5 0.2 0.1 Insecticide  
Imidacloprid  2.5 3 5 1 3 Insecticide  
Iprodione  2.5 35 25 0.1 0.1 Fungicide  
Paclobutrazol  0.1 0.1 2.5 0.1 0.1 Growth 
regulator  
Permethrin  0.1 10 5 0.1 3 Insecticide  
Procymidone  2.5 25 25 0.1 2 Fungicide  
Propargite  0.15 10 20 0.1 30 Acaricide  
Pyraclostrobin  2 25 15 0.2 5 Fungicide  
Pyridaben  0.5 5 5 0.05 5 Acaricide  
Tebuconazole  2 10 2.5 0.5 30 Fungicide  
Triazophos  0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Insecticide  4 
 Note 1 : Residue  limits for Carbofuran  are established for the sum of Carbofuran , 
3-keto Carbofuran and 3 -OH Carbofuran.  
Note 2: Residue  limits for Fipronil  are established for the sum of Fipronil  and 
Fipronil -sulfone . 
Note 3 : The residue  limits refer to the sum of isomers:  
     1.Residue limit s for cypermethrin are established for the sum of 
cypermethrin and  alphacypermethrin.  
     2.Residue limit s for fenvalerate are established  for the sum of fenvalerate 
and esfenvalerate.  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Appendix Table 3 
Extraneous Residue Limits  in Traditional Chinese Medicine Raw M aterials  
Pesticide Name  Limit (ppm)  
Aldrin and Dieldrin (sum)  0.05 
DDT (sum of o,p’-DDE, p,p’-DDE, 
o,p’-DDT, p,p’-DDT, o,p’-DDD and 
p,p’-DDD)  1.0 
Quintozene (sum of quintozene, 
pentachloroaniline and methyl 
pentachlorophenyl sulphide)  1.0 
Hexachlorocyclohexane (sum  of isomers 
α-, β- and δ -) 0.3 
γ- BHC (Lindane)  0.6