Summary SPS notifications February 2008 (Compiled by Tebogo – 012 319 6070)

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables / Pesticide or description (ppm) / Notified by or Destination / Date notified / Adoption date
Grape;
Cucurbit; / Fluopicolide / 2.0
0.5 / United States / 1/02/2008 / N/A
Cucurbit;
Broccoli
Cabbage; and
Brussels sprouts / Bensulide / 0.15 / United States / 11/02/2008 / N/A
Grapes
Stone fruit
Pome fruit
strawberries / 2,4-D / 0.05 / United States / 11/02/2008 / N/A
Apple, cabbage, spinach;
Grape
Turnip and Sorghum / Dimethoate / 2
1
0.2 / United States / 15/02/2008 / N/A
Corn, Sorghum / Terbufos / - / United States / 15/02/2008 / N/A
Corn, grain, Soybean, Sorghum, and sugarcane,
potato,
wheat / Phorate / 0.05
0.2
1.5 / United States / 15/02/2008 / N/A
Beet root / Clothianidin / 0.02 / United States / 15/02/2008 / N/A
Peanut,
eggplant,
citrus (grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, / Fenamiphos / 1.0
0.05
0.6 / United States / 15/02/2008 / N/A
Leafy vegetable / DCPA / 5 / United States / 15/02/2008 / N/A
Oat;
Rye;
soybean, seed;
wheat;
stone fruit;and
peanut / Mectoconazole;
cyclopentanol / 1.0
0.25
0.10
0.15
0.2
0.02 / United States / 20/02/2008 / N/A
Cherry, fig, pear, plum/prune / Forchlorfenuron / 0.01 / United States / 20/02/2008 / N/A
Cucumber,
garden beet, turnip, vegetable / Boscalid / 0.5
1.0 / United States / 20/02/2008 / N/A
Fruits, vegetables / The draft establishes and revises the pesticide MRLs for acequinocyl, acetamiprid, bitertanol, boscalid, bupirimate, captan, chromafenozide, clothianidin, cyfluthrin, cymoxanil, diclomezine, dinotefuran, dithianon, ethephon, famoxadone, ferimzone, fipronil, fluazinam, imazalil, iminoctadine, isoxathion, kresoxim-methyl, metalaxyl. methoxyfenozide, oxamyl, pirimicarb, probenazole, pyraclostrobin, spirodiclofen, tebuconazole, thifluzamide, thiadimefon, triadimenol, trifloxystrobin, triflumizole on fruits, vegetables tea or cereals.
2.The MRL for the pesticide dithianon on small berries is proposed to be revoked since the pesticide could only be used on grapes and wax apples in Chinese Taipei, and the MRL of this pesticide on grapes and wax apples is already established. The MRLs for the pesticide fipronil on lotus root and guazatine on citrus are proposed to be revoked since the use of these pesticides on the above-mentioned crops has been cancelled. / - / The separate customs territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu / 22/02/2008 / To be determined