Modification of the existing maximum residue level for quizalofop (resulting from the use of quizalofop‐P‐ethyl) in caraway

. 2021 Dec 20;19(12):e06957. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6957

Code⁽ ^a ⁾	Commodity	Existing EU MRL (mg/kg)	Proposed EU MRL (mg/kg)	Comment/justification
Enforcement residue definition: Quizalofop (sum of quizalofop, its salts, its esters (including propaquizafop) and its conjugates, expressed as quizalofop (any ratio of constituent isomers))
0820030	Caraway	0.05^* (Ft)	0.04/Further risk managers’ consideration	The submitted data are sufficient to derive an MRL proposal for the NEU use. Risk for consumers unlikely. EFSA notes that the current MRL for quizalofop in caraway is set as tentative at 0.05^* mg/kg, a higher level than the MRL of 0.04 mg/kg proposed in the present application. It is noted that an application to address all the Art.12 confirmatory data set for quizalofop has not been submitted yet and the deadline to provide such data is now expired. Nevertheless, the confirmatory data requirements on residue trials, analytical methods and storage stability for caraway could be considered as sufficiently addressed and the footnote can be removed for this crop. EFSA therefore considers the proposed MRL derived in the context of the present application as acceptable, also taking into account the availability of an enforcement method with an LOQ at 0.01 mg/kg for caraway.

Code⁽ ^a ⁾

Commodity

Existing EU MRL (mg/kg)

Proposed EU MRL (mg/kg)

Comment/justification

Enforcement residue definition: Quizalofop (sum of quizalofop, its salts, its esters (including propaquizafop) and its conjugates, expressed as quizalofop (any ratio of constituent isomers))

0820030

Caraway

0.05^* (Ft)

0.04/Further risk managers’ consideration

The submitted data are sufficient to derive an MRL proposal for the NEU use. Risk for consumers unlikely.

EFSA notes that the current MRL for quizalofop in caraway is set as tentative at 0.05^* mg/kg, a higher level than the MRL of 0.04 mg/kg proposed in the present application. It is noted that an application to address all the Art.12 confirmatory data set for quizalofop has not been submitted yet and the deadline to provide such data is now expired. Nevertheless, the confirmatory data requirements on residue trials, analytical methods and storage stability for caraway could be considered as sufficiently addressed and the footnote can be removed for this crop. EFSA therefore considers the proposed MRL derived in the context of the present application as acceptable, also taking into account the availability of an enforcement method with an LOQ at 0.01 mg/kg for caraway.

MRL: maximum residue level; NEU: northern Europe; SEU: southern Europe; GAP: Good Agricultural Practice.

Commodity code number according to Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.

Indicates that the MRL is set at the limit of analytical quantification (LOQ).

(ft): Footnote in Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/973 for caraway: The European Food Safety Authority identified some information on residue trials, analytical methods and storage stability as unavailable for quizalofop‐P‐ethyl. When re‐viewing the MRL, the Commission will take into account the information referred to in the first sentence, if it is submitted by 14 June 2021, or, if that information is not submitted by that date, the lack of it.