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. 2022 Aug 25;20(8):e07539. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7539
Commodity Region/Indoor (a) Residue levels observed in the supervised residue trials (mg/kg) Comments/Source Calculated MRL (mg/kg) HR (b) (mg/kg) STMR (c) (mg/kg) CF (d)
RD‐Mo and RD‐RA1: thiabendazole
Apples Indoor (post‐harvest)

Mo:

Dipping at 110 g a.s./hL:

1.5; 1.6; 1.7; 1.7; 1.7; 1.7; 1.9; 2.0

Dipping at 120 g a.s./hL:

2.1; 2.3; 2.5; 3.0

8 trials on apples with dipping at 110 g a.i./hL and 4 trials on apples with dipping at 120 g a.i./hL (EFSA, 2016). 4 3.0 1.80 n.r.
Potatoes NEU (seed treatment) < 0.01; < 0.01; < 0.01; < 0.01; < 0.01; 0.01; 0.02; 0.02 Residue trials on potatoes compliant with GAP (EFSA, 2016). 0.04 0.02 < 0.01 n.r.
SEU (seed treatment) < 0.01; < 0.01; < 0.01; < 0.01; < 0.01; < 0.01; < 0.01; 0.02 Residue trials on potatoes compliant with GAP (EFSA, 2016). 0.03 0.02 < 0.01 n.r.
Avocadoes Import tolerance (post‐harvest)

243–250 g a.s./hL:

1.32; 2.4; 2.41, 2.6, 2.71, 3.4, 3.55, 4.5 (whole fruits)

[0.08; 0.027; 0.05; 0.023; 0.16; 0.010, 0.03; 0.012 (pulp)]

Residue trials on mangoes compliant with GAP on avocados considering the 25% tolerance (Spain, 2021; EFSA, 2021). 7

4.5

[pulp: 0.16]

2.66

[pulp: 0.03]

n.r.

194 g a.s./hL:

1.04, 1.07, 2.39, 2.75

[2 × 0.04, 2 × 0.07 (pulp)]

Residue trials on mangoes compliant with GAP on avocados considering the 25% tolerance (Spain, 2021). 6

2.75

[pulp: 0.07]

1.73

[pulp: 0.055]

n.r.
RD‐RA2: total benzimidazole
Apples Indoor (post‐harvest) Not relevant for post‐harvest GAP. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r.
Potatoes NEU (seed treatment) 4 × < 0.01 Residue trials on potatoes compliant with GAP and analysing for benzimidazole and its conjugates (Spain, 2021). n.r. < 0.01 < 0.01 n.r.
SEU (seed treatment) 4 × < 0.01 n.r. < 0.01 < 0.01 n.r.
Avocadoes Import tolerance (post‐harvest)

243–250 g a.s./hL:

4 × < 0.01

Not relevant for post‐harvest GAP but 8 available trials confirm the absence of benzimidazole (Spain, 2021). n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r.

194 g a.s./hL:

4 × < 0.01

n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r.

MRL: maximum residue level; GAP: Good Agricultural Practice; Mo: monitoring; RA: risk assessment.

*

Indicates that the MRL is proposed at the limit of quantification.

n.r.: not relevant (benzimidazole is not considered relevant for enforcement purposes).

In bold the values considered within the risk assessment.

(a)

NEU: Outdoor trials conducted in northern Europe, SEU: Outdoor trials conducted in southern Europe, Indoor: indoor EU trials or Country code: if non‐EU trials.

(b)

Highest residue. The highest residue for risk assessment refers to the whole commodity and not to the edible portion.

(c)

Supervised trials median residue. The median residue for risk assessment refers to the whole commodity and not to the edible portion.

(d)

Supervised trials median residue according to the residue definition for monitoring.

(e)

Conversion factor to recalculate residues according to the residue definition for monitoring to the residue definition for risk assessment.