(RASFF) Annual Report 2009 - European Commission - Europa

Annual Report 2009
dose 13 for triazophos. An intake above the acute reference dose could lead to
acute poisoning effects. Consumption data are used to calculate the short
term intake. For okra however, consumption data do not exist in Europe. It is
therefore common practice to use intake data of a comparable vegetable, in
this case e. g. green beans. At the levels found, the intake calculated exceeded
the acute reference dose considerably.
Another problem with the enforcement of safe pesticide residue levels in
food on the market is the short shelf life of fresh fruit and vegetables. When
samples are taken from produce, usually the produce is not detained pending
the results. When the results are available, the produce is often already sold
and consumed.
Market notifications are only transmitted if the levels found present a risk to
the consumer. A calculation is made comparing short term intake with acute
reference dose. However, when the product is stopped at the EU border and
sampled for pesticide residues, it remains blocked until results are available. If
the results are unfavourable, meaning that one or more residues were found
above the MRL, then the consignment is destroyed or redispatched according
to the decision of the competent authority and a border rejection notification
is transmitted.
Veterinary drug residues
VETERINARY DRUG RESIDUES
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
poultry meat
milk and milk products
meat (other than poultry)
honey and royal jelly
fish
eggs and egg products
crustaceans
other/not identified
chloramphenicol
malachite green
nitrofuran (metabolite)
oxytetracycline
streptomycin
sulfonamides
tetracycline
tylosin
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13 The acute reference dose is the quantity of an active substance below which acute effects can be excluded.