DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
No. R. 2017
FOODSTUFFS, COSMETICS AND DISINFECTANTS ACT, 1972 (ACT 54 OF1972)
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE MAXIMUM LIMITS FOR PESTICIDERESIDUES THAT MAY BE PRESENT IN FOODSTUFFS: DRAFT AMENDMENT
I, Dr A Motsoaledi, the Minister of Health intends, in terms of section 15 (1) of theFoodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972), to make theRegulations in the Schedule.
Interested persons are invited to submit, within three months of the publication of thisNotice, any comments or representations on the proposed amendment to theRegulations to the Director -General: Department of Health, Private Bag X 828,Pretoria, 0001 (for the attention of the Director: Food Control) or by e -mail toAluwani .Madzivhandila @heafth.gov.za.
SCHEDULE
1.in these regulations, the Regulations, means the regulations published underGovernment Notice No. R. 246 of 11 February 1994, as corrected byGovernment Notice No. R. 1148 of 26 August 1994 and amended by theGovernment Notices No. R. 494 of 8 June 2001, No. R. 525 of 3 May 2002,No. R. 247 of 24 March 2005, No. R. 1047 of 20 October 2006, No. R. 548 of17 June 2010 and No. R. 46 of 19 January 2012.
Amendment of Schedule to the Regulations
2.Regulation 1 of the Regulations is hereby amended by-(a)the insertion of the following definitions-
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"berries group" means blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, dewberries(includingboysenberryandloganberry),gooseberries,raspberries,blackcurrants and currants, unless otherwise stated;
"brassica vegetables or cruciferae" means Brussels sprouts, broccoli,cabbage (includingallvarieties),kale,kohlrabi,cauliflower, pakchoi andcollards, unless otherwise stated;
"citrus group" means lemons, limes, grapefruits or pomelos, oranges,mandarins(including clementines, satsumas, naartjies and tangerines) andtangelos, unless otherwise stated;
"cucurbits group" means melons, musk melons, butternuts, cantaloupes,watermelon, pumpkins, squashes (including summer and winter squash),patty pans, gourds, zucchini, cucumbers and gherkins, unless otherwisestated;
"leafy vegetables" means Chinese spinach, endive, celery, fennel, parsley,rhubarb, Swiss chard, mustard and rape, unless otherwise stated;
"leguminous beans group" means beans, broad beans, cow peas, chickpeas, garden peas, pigeon peas, and peas (peas or beans means shelled,with pods, whole, unshelled, without pods or dry), unless otherwise stated;
"onion bulb group" means all varieties of bulb onions, spring onions,shallots, chives, garlic and leeks, unless otherwise stated;
"pepper group" means peppers, paprika, chillies, okra, pepino and eggplants, unless otherwise stated;
"root and tuber vegetables group" means artichoke, parsnips, sugar beet,garden beet, beetroot, yams, turnips, sweet potatoes, cassava, garden radish,radishes, horseradish and chicory, unless otherwise stated;
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"stone fruits" means apricots, cherries (sweet and sour), nectarines,peaches, plums and prunes, unless otherwise stated;
"tree nuts" means almonds, cashews, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamianuts, pecans, pistachio nuts, walnuts, coconuts, Brazil nuts and pine nuts,unless otherwise stated;
(b)the deletion of the following definitions-"beans" means, in the case of green beans, the bean plus the pod and, in thecase of dry beans, the bean without the pod;
"citrusfruits" means lemons,limes,grapefruit,oranges,mandarins(including lementines and tangerines) and tangelos, unless otherwise stated;
"cruciferae" means cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and Brussels sprouts;
"cucurbits" means melons, squashes, cucumbers and pumpkins;
"peas" means peas without the shell;
"peas(whole) "means the unshelled peas; and
"stone fruits" means apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, plums andprunes, unless otherwise stated.
3.The Annex to the Regulations is hereby amended by-.(a)the insertion of the following particulars-IChemical SubstancelIFoodstuffHIMRL (mg /kg)Abamectin Brassica vegetables or cruciferae 0.01Soya beans 0.02Stone fruits 0.01Sugar cane 0.01Acephate Avocados 0.01
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1Chemical SubstancelIFoodstuffUIIMRL (mg /kg)Citrus group 0.2Acetamiprid Potatoes 0.02Roo ibos 0.01Soya beans 0.15Stone fruits 0.2Sugar cane 0.05Alpha -Cypermethrin (sum ofisomers)Rooibos 0.05
Amicarbazone Sugar cane 0.01Aminopyralid Barley 0.01Maize 0.02Wheat 0.01Atrazine Canola 0.02Azoxystrobin Barley 1.5Brassica vegetables or cruciferae 5.0Canola 0.1Celery 5.0Cucurbits group 1.0Leguminous beans group 3.0Mange tout 0.5Olives 0.05Onion bulb group 10.0Root and tuber vegetables group 0.03Sorghum 3.0Soya beans 0.05Stone fruits 2.0Strawberries 5.0Sugar cane 0.5Sunflower 0.01Tree nuts 0.01Wheat 0.2Beta cyfluthrin Rooibos 0.05Bifenthrin Soya beans 0.5Bixafen Maize 0.01Boscalid (boscalid) Berries group 0.5Onion bulb group 0.2Pepper group 2.0
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IChemical SubstanceIIFoodstuffIllMRL (mg /kg)Persimmons 0.04Strawberries 5.0Sunflower' 1.0Tomatoes 3.0Tree nuts 1.0Chlorantraniliprole Brassica vegetables or cruciferae 2.0Citrus group 0.5Cotton 1.0 **Cucurbits group 0.3Ginger 0.02Hops 40.0Leguminous beans group 0.01Lettuce 5.0Pepper group 0.5Pomegranates 0.4Potatoes 0.05Root and tuber vegetables group 0.02Sorghum 0.3Stone fruits 1.0Sugar cane 0.2Sweet corn 1.0 **Tomatoes 0.5Tree nuts 0.1Chlorothalonil Carrots 1.0Celery 10.0Leguminous beans group 3.0Onion bulb group 0.5Pepper group 1.0Chlorpyrifos Canota 0.3Clethodim Apples, citrus group, grapes, pearsand stone fruits0.01
Canota 0.1Clomazone Sugar cane 0.01Clothianidin Bananas 0.02Sugar cane 0.02Cyflufenamid Cucurbits group 0.1Cymoxanil Leguminous beans group 0.05
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IChemical SubstanceIfFoodstuffIIIMRL (mg /kg)Cypermethrin(sumofisomers)Canola 0.5
Cyproconazole Canola 0.1Sorghum 0.2Sugar cane 0.01Cyprodinil Avocados 0.05Basil, borage, chamomile, chive,coriander, parsley and rosemary0.5
Berries group 3.0Brassica vegetables or cruciferae 0.05Carrots, onion bulb group, rootand tuber vegetables group0.05
Cucurbits group 0.5Kiwi 2.0Leguminous beans group 0.05Lettuce and spinach 0.5Litchis 0.5Mangoes 0.5Papayas 2.0Stone fruits 0.5Strawberries 3.0Tree nuts 1.0Cyromazine(sumofcyromazine and melamine)Amaranthussp, cress, lettuce, leafyvegetables and spinach0,5
Brassica vegetables or cruciferaeand turnips1.0
Cucurbits group 1.0Leguminous beans group 0.5Onion bulb group 1.0Pepper group 0.5Potatoes 1.0Dífenoconazole Brassica vegetables or cruciferae 0.5Cucurbits group 0.1Gingerandrootandtubervegetables group0.01
Olives and onion bulb group 0.05Pepper group 0.5
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IChemical Substance11FoodstuffIIIMRL (mg /kg)Sorghum 0.05Stone fruits 2.0Strawberries 0.1Tree nuts 0.01Dimethomorph Onion bulb group 0.3Dimethyl didecyl ammoniumchlorideAvocados 5.0Citrus group 6.0Dithianon Grapes 3.0Emamectin benzoate Brassica vegetables or cruciferae 0.01Canola 0.05Celery, lettuce and spinach 0.01Pepper group 0.01Strawberries 0.04Sweet corn 0.1Tree nuts 0.01Epoxiconazole Wheat 0.05Esfenvalerate(sumofisomers)Rooibos 0.01
Etoxazole (etoxazole) Citrus group 0.2Fenazaquin* Grapes 0.2Fenpyroximate Citrus group 0.2a Fluazinam Potatoes 0.01Flubendiamide Basil, coriander and parsley 15.0Brassica vegetables or cruciferae
excluding cabbage3.0
Chinese cabbage and mustard 10.0Cucurbits group 0.2Endive, lettuce and spinach 10.0Leafy vegetables (except parsleyand endive)5.0
Pepper group 2.0Flucarbazone- sodium Wheat 0.01Fludioxonil Apples and pears 5.0Avocados 0.05Basil,borage, chamomile, chive,coriander, parsley and rosemary0.5
Berries group 3.0
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Chemical SubstanceIIFoodstuffIIIMRL (mg /kg)Brassica vegetables or cruciferae 0.05Carrotsandrootandtubervegetables group (except sweetpotatoes)0.05
Citrus group 10.0Cucurbits group 0.5Kiwi 15.0Leguminous beans group 0.05Lettuce and tomatoes 0.05Litchis 0.05Mangoes 0.5Onion bulb group 0.5Papayas 0.05Pomegranate 3.0Spinach 0.5Stone fruits 5.0Strawberries 3.0Sweet potatoes 10.0Tree nuts 0.5Fluopicolide Tomatoes 0.5Fiuopyram Apples 0.6Berries group 5.0Carrots 0.3Grapes 2.0Lettuce 5.0Onion bulb group 0.7Pears 0.5Strawberries 1.0Fluquinconazole Canola 0.01Fluroxypyr Barley 0.1Maize 0.05Wheat 0.1Fluxapyroxad Apples and pears 0.05Barley and wheat 0.01Citrus 0.3Fosetyl -Al(phosphorousacid)Citrus 50.0
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IChemical SubstanceIiFoodstuffIII
MRL (mg /kg)Furfural Apples 0.1Hops 0.1Glufosinate ammonium Potatoes 0.05Giyphosate(includingitsmetaboliteaminomethlyphosphoric acid)Soya beans 10.0
Imidacloprid Barley 0.2Oats 0.02Persimmons and pomegranates 0.01Sugar cane 0.03Indoxacarb Berries group 0.1Cotton 1.0 **Hops 5.0Lettuce 2.0Pepper group 0.1Sorghum ,0.01 **Stone fruits 0.2Soya beans 0.2Sugar cane 0.1Lambda -Cyhalothrin Canola 0.5Cucurbits group 0.05Gingerandrootandtubervegetables0.02
Lettuce 0.05Pepper group 0.5Rooibos 0.05Stone fruits 0.5Sugarcane 0.05Tree nuts 0.1Lufenuron Potatoes 0.05Mandipropamid* Grapes 1.0Tomatoes 0.5Metalaxyl -M (mefanoxam) Artichoke 0.1Basil,bay,camomile,chive,coriander, curry leaf, dill, lavender,lemongrass,marigold,parsely(dried),rosemary, thyme and0.05
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IChemical SubstanceIIFoodstuffIIIMRL (mg /kg)wintergrassBerries group 1.5Carrots 0.05Cucurbits group 1.0Hops 0.05Kiwi 0.1Leguminous beans group 0.05Lettuce 1.0Onion bulb group 0.05Pepper group 1.0Spinach 1.0Stone fruits 1.0Sugar beets 2.0Tree nuts 0.5Metamitron* Apples 0.01Pears 0.01Methamidophos Avocados 0.1Methomyi Hops 10.0Peas 0.2Novaluron Apples and pears 0.5Citrus group 0.5Leguminous beans group 0.2Potatoes 0.1Sorghum 0.2Soya beans 1.0Stone fruits 0.5Oxamyl Stone fruits 0.01Penconazole Brussels sprouts 0.02Phosphorous acid Mangoes 50.0Picoxystrobin Potatoes 0.01Soya beans 0.05Wheat 0.2Pinoxaden Barley 0.5Wheat 0.5Pirimicarb(sumofpirimicarb,
demethylpirimicarbandArtichokes 5.0Asparagus 1.0Berries group 1.0
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IChemical SubstanceIIFoodstuffIII
MRL (mg /kg)demethyl- formamido-pirimicarb)Canala 1.0Cucurbits group 1.0Leafy vegetables 2.0Leguminous beans group 1.0Lettuce 5.0Okra 1.0Onion bulb group 2.0Pepper group 1.0Root and tuber vegetables (exceptartichokes)1.0
Spinach 2.0Stone fruits 3.0Strawberries 3.0Prometryn Peas 0.5Propamocarb hydrochloride Tomatoes 0.5Propiconazole Citrus group 6.0Oats 0.2Sorghum 0.2Stone fruits 0.2Prosulfocarb Barley 0.01Prothioconazole Canola 0.02Maize 0.05Soya beans 0.05Pymetrozine Tree nuts 0.02Pyraclostrobin Berries group 1.0Onion bulb group 4.0Pepper group 0.4Persimmons 0.02Strawberries 1.0Sunflower 0.3Tree nuts 0.02Wheat 1.0Pyrasulfotole Barley 0.02Wheat 0.02Pyridalyldichloropropene -derivativeCabbage 0.2Lettuce 17.0Pyrimethanil Apples 5.0
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IChemical SubstanceIIFoodstuffIIIMRL (mg /kg)Citrus group 10.0Onion bulb group 0.5Potatoes 0.05Pyriproxyfen Tomatoes 0.5Pyroxasulfone Wheat 0.02Pyroxsulam Wheat 0.01Quinoxyfen Strawberries 0.5Spinetoram Berriesgroup,figs,treenuts,persimmons and pomegranates0.01
Grapes 0.5Olives 0.01Potatoes 0.01Rooibos 0.01Spinosad Berries group 0.05Spirodiclofen Citrus group 0.1Spirotetramat Apples and pears 0.7Brassica vegetables or cruciferae 10.0Citrus group 1.0Cucurbits group 1.0Grapes 1.0Leafy vegetables and spinach 5.0Lettuce 5.0Pepper group 1.0Potatoes.0.1Sulfoxaflor Apples 0.3Grapes 1.0Pears 0.3Tomatoes 1.5Tebuconazole Apples 0.3Brassica vegetables or cruciferae 0.1Canola 2.5Carrots 0.02Maize 0.02Onion bulb group 0.18Pears 0.3Sorghum 5.0Stone fruits 1.0
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IChemical SubstanceIlFoodstuffIllMRL (mg /kg)Terbutryn Carrots 0.05Thiacloprid Brassica vegetables or cruciferae 0.1Carrots 0.1Potatoes 0.2Thiamethoxam(sumofthiamethoxamanditsmetabolite CGA 322704)Bananas 0.05Barley 0.01Berries group 0.2Cucurbits group 0.2Leguminousbeansgroup,sunflower and groundnuts0.02
Oats and rye 0.1Pepper group 0.1Potatoes 0.1Sugar cane 0.05Thiram (mg CS21kg) Rooibos 0.01Trifloxystrobin Barley 0.1Brassica vegetables or cruciferae 0.02Carrots 0.02Onion bulb group 0.02Soya beans 0.05*Provisional maximum residue limits pending final risk assessment by the Department of Health.** Provisional maximum residue limits pending data to confirm the proposed maximum residue limits.
(b)the deletion of the following particulars-IChemical SubstanceIlFoodstuffIllMRL (mg /kg)Reason
Abamectin Plums 0.01Grouped as stone fruitsAldicarb (sum of aldicarb,itssulphoxideandsulphone, expressed as
aldicarb)Bananas and coffee0.5Prohibited- Notice862of 29 July 2016 Citrus,grapesandtomatoes0.2
Cotton seed and sugarcane0.1
Hops (dry)2.0Sweetpotatoesandgroundnuts0.1
Macadamianuts,mealies (green), pecan0.05
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IChemical SubstanceIIFoodstuffillMRL (mg /kg)Reason
nuts and pineapplesPotatoes 1.0Aidrin (HHDN) (sum ofHHDN and HEOD)See dieldrin Prohibited- Notice 862of 29 July 2016Azoxystrobin Broccoli0.20GroupedasBrassicavegetables or cruciferae Brussel sprouts0.05Cabbage 0.01Cauloflower0.20Boscalid (boscalid) '.Tomatoes 0.01MRL revisedChlorothalonil Beans3.0Grouped as Leguminousbeans group Peas0.3Cyromazine Potatoes0.05MRL revisedDimethyldidecylammonium chlorideAvocadoes2.0MRL revisedCitrus2.0MRL revisedDinoseb Mealies (green)0.05Prohibited- Notice 862of 29 July 2016Endosulfan(sumofalpha -andbeta-endosulfanandendosulfan sulphate)Apples0.5Prohibited - Notice 853of 2012 Apricots0.5Beans 1Boysenberries 1Cherries 0.5Citrus 1Coffee0.5Cotton seed0.2. Cruciferae 1Cucurbits0.5Granadillas0.05Grapes0.5Groundnuts0.2Hops (dry)20.0Macadamia nuts0.05Mealies (green) 0.5Onions 0.1Paprika (dry) 1.0Peaches0.5Pears0.5Peas0.5
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IChemical SubstanceIIFoodstuffIIIMRL (mg /kg)Reason
Pineapples0.05Plums0.5Potatoes0.05Quinces0.5Sorghum0.5Sugar cane 0.1Sunflower seed 0.1Tomatoes 0.5Wheat0.5Youngberries 1.0Fosetyl -Al (phosphorousacid) Citrus 15.0MRL revised
IndoxacarbPeaches0.20MRLrevisedandgrouped as stone fruitsLambda -cyhalothrin Apricots0.5Grouped as stone fruitsPeaches0.5Plums0.2Macadamia nuts 0.01Grouped as tree nutsMethomyl Hops 0.1MRL revisedNovaluron Apples and pears0.05MRLs revisedCitrus (orange)0.50Dry beans (seed), soyabeans (seed)0.10
Peaches, nectarines0.05Potatoes 0.01Sorghum0.02Pirimicarb(sumofpirimicarb,demethylpirimicarbanddemethyl- formamido-pirimicarb) Peaches0.5Grouped as stone fruits
Prometryn Peas0.05MRL revisedPyraclostrobin(sumofpyraclostrobinanditsmetabolite BF 500 -3) Citrus 0.1MRL revised
Pyrimethanil Apples0.5MRL revisedCitrus (orange)10.0Grouped as citrus
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IChemical SubstanceIIFoodstuffIIIMRL (mg /kg)Reason
Spirodiclofen(spirodiclofen) Citrus 0.01MRL revised
Tebuconazofe Onions0.05MRL revised
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