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Dimethoate

Functional Class: Insecticide
CIB&RC Classification: Highly toxic
Highly toxic
List of Major Uses of Pesticides

Other Information

ADI0.001
WHO ClassificationII (Moderately hazardous)
Residue definitionFor Compliance with MRL Dimethoate and omethoate (measured and reported separately). Omethoate ADI is 0.0004, thus it is 2.5 times more toxic than dimethoate.
For Dietary Risk Assessment Dimethoate and omethoate (measured and reported separately)

List of Major Uses of Pesticides

11 records
# Commodity MRL Food Category Year of Adaption Codex MRL Notes
1 Cotton seed NA 04 - Fruits and vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, fresh pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Draft September,2024, LD50 Oral: 245 Registration Status: Clothianidin 50 % WDG NA
2 Cotton seed oil NA 02 - Fats and oils, and fat emulsions Draft September,2024, LD50 Oral: 245 Registration Status: Clothianidin 50 % WDG NA
3 Eggs NA 10 - Eggs and egg products Draft September,2024, LD50 Oral: 245 Registration Status: Clothianidin 50 % WDG 0.001*
4 Mammalian fats(except milk fats) NA 01 - Dairy products and analogues, excluding products of food category 2.0 Draft September,2024, LD50 Oral: 245 Registration Status: Clothianidin 50 % WDG 0.03
5 Meat(from mammals other than marine mammals) 0.05 08 - Meat and meat products including poultry Draft September,2024, LD50 Oral: 245 Registration Status: Clothianidin 50 % WDG 0.001*
6 Milk and Milk Products 0.05 01 - Dairy products and analogues, excluding products of food category 2.0 Draft September,2024, LD50 Oral: 245 Registration Status: Clothianidin 50 % WDG 0.001*
7 Mustard seed 0.01 04 - Fruits and vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, fresh pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds Draft September,2024, LD50 Oral: 245 Registration Status: Clothianidin 50 % WDG 0.15 (Rape seed
8 Poultry fats NA 08 - Meat and meat products including poultry Draft September,2024, LD50 Oral: 245 Registration Status: Clothianidin 50 % WDG 0.001*
9 Poultry meat NA 08 - Meat and meat products including poultry Draft September,2024, LD50 Oral: 245 Registration Status: Clothianidin 50 % WDG 0.001*
10 Poultry, edible offal of NA 08 - Meat and meat products including poultry Draft September,2024, LD50 Oral: 245 Registration Status: Clothianidin 50 % WDG 0.001*
11 Tea NA 14 - Beverages, excluding dairy products To be placed before Food Authority (deferred in 47th FA) LD50 Oral: 245 Registration Status: Clothianidin 50 % WDG NA

Footnotes

*: Maximum Residue Limit fixed at Limit of Quantification (LOQ)

F: Maximum Residue Limit Calculation on Fat Basis

$: The limit shall be for copper in the regulations 2.1 metal contaminants of the Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins And Residues) Regulations, 2011 and as amended from time to time.

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