Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Feed and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. 567 of 1997)

Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 567 file:///D/HTML/uk8798.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:06] Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 567 The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 © Crown Copyright 1997 All Crown Copyrights are reserved. The following are concessions. Individuals are authorised to download this text to file or printer for their own individual use. Reproduction of the text for the purpose of developing and publishing value-added products is also allowed, without prior permission or charge, provided reproduction is accurate, not malicious and is accompanied by an acknowledgment of Crown copyright. Any other proposed reproduction requires the consent of the Copyright Unit at Her Majesty's Stationery Office. For more details on the reproduction of Crown and Parliamentary copyright material, see the latest Her Majesty's Stationery Office Dear Publisher letter. 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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1997 No. 567 AGRICULTURE PESTICIDES The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 Made 4th March 1997 Laid before Parliament 5th March 1997 Coming into force 30th April 1997 The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[2] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations: Title, commencement and interpretation file:///publet.htm#crown-value-added file:///copy.htm file:///publet.htm file:///publet.htm http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/publicat/obtain/obtain.htm http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/publicat/obtain/obtain.htm Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 567 file:///D/HTML/uk8798.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:06] 1 . - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 30th April 1997. (2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) Regulations 1994[3]. Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 . The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6 of these Regulations. 3 . In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (a) there shall be inserted in column 1 in their appropriate alphabetically ordered positions the pesticides stated in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations and, in relation to each such pesticide, there shall be entered in column 2 the residues stated in column 2 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations opposite that pesticide; (b) for the residues stated in column 2 opposite the pesticide Dicofol there shall be substituted the words "sum of P, P' and O, P' isomers". 4 . In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (a) all of the maximum levels of the pesticide Diazinon per kilogramme of the products specified in that Part shall be deleted, except for the maximum levels per kilogramme stated opposite the names of the products Early potatoes, Ware potatoes, Meat, fats and preparations of meats, Milk and Dairy produce, (b) all of the maximum levels of the pesticide Dicofol per kilogramme of the products specified in that Part shall be deleted, except for the maximum levels per kilogramme stated opposite the names of the products Apricots, Peaches (including nectarines and similar hybrids), Plums, Currants (red, black and white), Garlic and Cultivated mushrooms, (c) all of the maximum levels of the pesticide Endosulfan per kilogramme of the products specified in that Part shall be deleted, except for the maximum levels per kilogramme stated opposite the names of the products Strawberries (other than wild), Blackberries, Currants (red, black and white), Gooseberries, Early potatoes and Ware potatoes, and (d) all of the maximum levels of the pesticide Triazophos per kilogramme of the products specified in that Part shall be deleted, except for the maximum levels per kilogramme stated opposite the names of the products Garlic, Onions, Shallots, Brussels sprouts, Head cabbage, Early potatoes and Ware potatoes. 5 . In Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted, in the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical ordering from left to right, references to each pesticide stated at the head of a column in Schedule 2 to these Regulations together with the figures stated below the statement of that pesticide so that those figures will appear opposite such groups of products or such individual products in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations as they appear opposite those products in Schedule 2 to these Regulations. 6 . The maximum levels of pesticides per kilogramme of the individual products stated Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 567 file:///D/HTML/uk8798.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:06] opposite the names of such products in Schedule 3 to these Regulations shall be substituted for the corresponding maximum levels specified for those products in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations. Angela Browning Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 3rd March 1997 Lindsay Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 4th March 1997 SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 3 Column 1 Column 2 Pesticide Residues Chlormequat chlormequat Disulfoton sum of disulfoton, disulfoton sulphoxide and disulfoton sulphone expressed as disulfoton Fenbutatin oxide fenbutatin oxide Fentin fentin expressed as triphenyltin cation Mecarbam mecarbam Phorate sum of phorate, its osygen analogue and their sulfoxides and sulphones expressed as phorate Propoxur propoxur Propyzamide propyzamide Triforine triforine Notes: [1] S.I. 1972/1811. [2] 1972 c.68. [3] S.I. 1994/1985, amended by S.I. 1995/1483 and 1996/1487. Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 567 file:///D/HTML/uk8798.htm[16.01.2025 11:24:06]