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AgVetLink April 2005 

MRL update

Currently the annual MRL process has one amendment round containing five MRLs to be set and three MRL exemptions out for public consultation. The duration of the consultation has been extended to six weeks because of SPS reporting requirements.

 We are nearing the time to consult upon a second amendment to the MRL standards. This amendment is considerably larger than any other put forward before and contains several changes to the standard including:

• a reformatting of the MRL table,

• a proposal to include limit of quantification MRLs for 40 plant compound active ingredients, and

• removal of three obsolete plant compounds and their MRLs from the standard.

We hope the proposed changes will aid in updating the standard to meet every requirement of it within the food industry. As well as the above changes, this amendment will also propose to set one MRL and one MRL exemption.