Conclusion

Pesticide MRLs

Successful Market Entry and Maintaining Compliance

With the array of barriers and risks in managing pesticide MRLs, it is essential to have a comprehensive, strategic plan when expanding to new markets. This guide provided an overview of the critical considerations when entering new markets and for maintaining compliance with current and future regulations.

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FoodChain ID's Regulatory Limits is a suite of regulatory intelligence services providing global pesticide maximum residue levels (MRLs), veterinary drug MRLs and contaminant limit standards.

These accurate and user-friendly tools allow for quick landscape analysis across different markets to easily determine export risks. The databases are backed by a team of global regulatory analysts, ensuring that regulatory changes are consistently monitored and available in the database almost immediately.

Key Features

Provides proposed, pending, and current regulatory values.
MRL information is professionally translated and provided in English.
Built with algorithms which automatically display the actual MRL faced at import into a country, taking into account market-specific deferral pathways.
Standardized commodity terms for searching enables effortless comparison across markets, despite differing terms and crop group definitions.
Our analysts understand food safety regulations and maintain a rigorous regulatory monitoring program covering nearly 1,000 government and international sources.
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Glossary

Current MRLs/Limits: Officially established MRLs/limits that are
in force.

Pending MRLs/Limits: MRLs/limits which have been officially
adopted and will enter into force on a specified future date.

Proposed MRLs/Limits: Draft MRL/limit amendments, proposals, or petitions that are still under consideration in the regulatory process.

Default MRL: Many markets maintain a default MRL that applies
in cases where no other MRL is set.

Deferral Path: Deferral paths are the decision trees used by some
countries to determine acceptable MRLs when a national MRL is
not established or does not apply in a certain circumstance.

Sources

(1) Ingredient Risk Identification by HorizonScan^™

(2) The European Commisson's Alert and Cooperation Network Report, 2022

(3) Food Fraud Database

HorizonScan is a registered trademark of Fera Science Ltd.