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. 2021 Aug 25;19(8):e06782. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6782
Primary crops (available studies) Crop groups Crop(s) Application(s) Sampling (DAT) Comment/Source
Fosetyl
Fruit crops Oranges 3–4 × 1 g a.s./15 trees (paintbrush application) 75 The initial step of fosetyl‐Al metabolism proceeds through dissociation and the hydrolytic cleavage of the ethyl ester bond with phosphonic acid and ethanol as the major plant metabolites. Ethanol, when not lost by volatilisation, is further incorporated into natural products
Apples 2 × unknown dose/ha 0–; 0+; 7; 14
Pineapples 1 dipping treatment of crowns (2.4 g/L solution) 0; 7; 14; 28; 56; 120
and 1 spraying treatment (2.4 g/L solution) 115; 122
Tomatoes 2 × 4.4 kg a.s./ha –14; 0; 14; 42
Grape leaves 1 × 3,024 μg a.s. per plant 7, 14, 21
Potassium phosphonate
Metabolism studies are not available but information from public literature was considered sufficient to conclude on the residue definition in all plant commodities following foliar and soil application (EFSA, 2012b).
Disodium phosphonate
Fruit crops Tomato plantlets Roots soaking: 1 × 3 mmol/L 2–120 min Tritiated phosphonic acid (3HNa2PO3)
Root crops Information from public literature was considered sufficient to evaluate the behaviour and distribution of disodium phosphonate in plants (EFSA, 2013; France, 2020b).
Rotational crops (available studies) Crop groups Crop(s) Application(s) PBI (DAT) Comment/Source
Fosetyl
Root/tuber crops Radishes Bare soil application of non‐radiolabelled phosphonic acid at a target concentration of 4.9 mg/kg. 32; 182 Residues of phosphonic acid are observed in plants grown only one month after application to the soil.
Radish root: 0.8 mg/kg
Lettuce: 0.76 mg/kg
In all other crop parts phosphonic acid residues < LOQ (0.5 mg/kg).
Leafy crops Lettuces 32
Cereals (small grain) Barley 32
Potassium phosphonate
No study on nature of residues in rotational crops is available for potassium phosphonate. However, the available study conducted with fosetyl (see above) is considered sufficient to assess the behaviour of potassium phosphonate in rotational crops (France, 2020c).
Disodium phosphonate
No study on nature of residues in rotational crops is available for disodium phosphonate. However, the available study conducted with fosetyl (see above) is considered sufficient to assess the behaviour of disodium phosphonate in rotational crops (France, 2020b).
Processed commodities (hydrolysis study) Conditions Stable? Comment/Source
Pasteurisation (20 min, 90°C, pH 4) Yes Studies evaluated during the peer review for the renewal of fosetyl, showed that fosetyl and phosphonic acid are stable following processing (EFSA, 2018e). In the peer review of disodium phosphonates a case was made that the only expected behaviour would be a change in the conversion rate to phosphonic acid (EFSA, 2013).
Baking, brewing and boiling (60 min, 100°C, pH 5) Yes
Sterilisation (20 min, 120°C, pH 6) Yes