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. 2023 Jan 9;21(1):e07717. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7717
Commodity Region/NEU/SEU(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)
Honey NEU (2), SEU (3)

Enforcement residue definition (according to Reg/2019/552): Prothioconazole‐desthio:

5 × < 0.01

[Prothioconazole: 5 × < 0.01]

Prothioconazole‐α‐hydroxy‐desthio: 5 × < 0.01

Prothioconazole‐3‐hydroxy‐desthio: 5 × < 0.01

Prothioconazole‐4‐hydroxy‐desthio: 5 × < 0.01

Prothioconazole‐5‐hydroxy‐desthio: 5 × < 0.01

Prothioconazole‐6‐hydroxy‐desthio: 5 × < 0.01

Combined data set of 2 NEU and 3 SEU semi‐filed (tunnel) trials on oilseed rape with 2 × 200 g prothioconazole/ha at BBCH 63–65 (flowering).

Residue data were provided for fresh and dry honey (> 80% sugar content) separately (Netherlands, 2022).

0.01* Mo: < 0.01 Mo: < 0.01
Residue definition for risk assessment (provisional, pending the investigation of nature of prothioconazole in honey): Sum of prothioconazole‐desthio and all metabolites containing the 2‐(1‐chlorocyclopropyl)‐3‐(2‐chlorophenyl)‐2‐hydroxypropyl‐2H‐1,2,4‐ triazole moiety, expressed as prothioconazole‐desthio (sum of isomers)
RA: 5 × < 0.06 RA: < 0.06 RA: < 0.06
Triazole‐derivate metabolites (TDMs)
Residue definition for risk assessment: Triazole alanine (TA) and triazole lactic acid (TLA)

Triazole alanine (TA): 3 × < 0.01; 0.011 (d); 0.043(e,f)

Triazole lactic acid (TLA): 4 × < 0.01; 0.13(e)

RATA: 0.043

RATLA: 0.13

RATA: 0.01

RATLA: 0.01

Residue definition for risk assessment: Triazole acetic acid (TAA)
Triazole acetic acid: 4 × < 0.01; 0.052(e) RA TAA : 0.052 RA TAA : 0.01
Residue definition for risk assessment: 1,2,4‐triazole (1,2,4‐T)

1,2,4 – triazole:

5 × < 0.01

RA 1,2,4‐T : < 0.01 RA 1,2,4 ‐T: < 0.01

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

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

(a) NEU: Outdoor trials conducted in northern Europe, SEU: Outdoor trials conducted in southern Europe.

(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) Higher residues in dry honey than in fresh honey.

(e) Higher residues in fresh than in dry honey.

(f) Residues in control sample (0.014 mg/kg).