TY - BOOK
T1 - Potential presence of pesticide residues in animal feed
T2 - Potential exceedances of EU legal residue limits in feed materials imported from non-EU countries due to differences in legislation between these countries and the EU
AU - Hoffmans, Y.
AU - Mol, J.G.J.
AU - Bikker, P.
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - WFSR report 2021.001 | 7 Summary The production and use of animal feed in the Netherlands is based on the import of a large volume of agricultural materials, both from EU and non-EU countries. During the cultivation and post-harvest treatment of crops, pesticides are used for the control of pests and diseases and residues may be present on crops used for food and/or feed. EU Member States apply the same MRLs for pesticides, based on EU legislation, but non-EU import countries may apply other MRLs. Use of higher MRLs in a country of origin may increase the chance that residue levels in a feed commodity exceed EU MRLs, although the residue levels are considered acceptable in the country of origin. To facilitate risk-based monitoring, this study was conducted to provide a priority list of pesticide residues potentially present in the most relevant feed materials imported from non-EU countries. Based on the use in animal feed from 2015 to 2019, materials with an annual usage of at least 50,000 tonne were selected and countries of origin were derived from the Eurostat database. These feed materials included wheat, maize, barley, oats, triticale, soya beans, rapeseed, palm kernel, sunflower seed, lupins, linseed, sugar beet, sugar cane, citrus, peas and derived products. For countries that contributed at least 3% to the non-EU import, pesticide MRLs for the relevant materials were derived from databases based on national law. These MRLs were compared with EU MRLs obtained from the EU pesticide database. For each commodity, an overview was made of MRLs in relevant non-EU import countries that exceeded EU MRLs. Subsequently, these results were combined in a list of over 600 pesticides for which the MRL in one or more non-EU import countries exceeded EU MRLs (see Annex 15). These results give an indication of which pesticide residues may be expected in feed materials from non-EU countries. It was recommended to compare this list with the present residues included in the National Plan Animal Feed and expand the methods used for the National Plan Animal Feed with the prioritised pesticide residues as included in Annex 15. In addition, this list can be used by feed businesses involved in the import and use of feed materials to strengthen their monitoring of pesticide residues. Finally, some suggestions were given to expand and repeat this study after three to five years.
AB - WFSR report 2021.001 | 7 Summary The production and use of animal feed in the Netherlands is based on the import of a large volume of agricultural materials, both from EU and non-EU countries. During the cultivation and post-harvest treatment of crops, pesticides are used for the control of pests and diseases and residues may be present on crops used for food and/or feed. EU Member States apply the same MRLs for pesticides, based on EU legislation, but non-EU import countries may apply other MRLs. Use of higher MRLs in a country of origin may increase the chance that residue levels in a feed commodity exceed EU MRLs, although the residue levels are considered acceptable in the country of origin. To facilitate risk-based monitoring, this study was conducted to provide a priority list of pesticide residues potentially present in the most relevant feed materials imported from non-EU countries. Based on the use in animal feed from 2015 to 2019, materials with an annual usage of at least 50,000 tonne were selected and countries of origin were derived from the Eurostat database. These feed materials included wheat, maize, barley, oats, triticale, soya beans, rapeseed, palm kernel, sunflower seed, lupins, linseed, sugar beet, sugar cane, citrus, peas and derived products. For countries that contributed at least 3% to the non-EU import, pesticide MRLs for the relevant materials were derived from databases based on national law. These MRLs were compared with EU MRLs obtained from the EU pesticide database. For each commodity, an overview was made of MRLs in relevant non-EU import countries that exceeded EU MRLs. Subsequently, these results were combined in a list of over 600 pesticides for which the MRL in one or more non-EU import countries exceeded EU MRLs (see Annex 15). These results give an indication of which pesticide residues may be expected in feed materials from non-EU countries. It was recommended to compare this list with the present residues included in the National Plan Animal Feed and expand the methods used for the National Plan Animal Feed with the prioritised pesticide residues as included in Annex 15. In addition, this list can be used by feed businesses involved in the import and use of feed materials to strengthen their monitoring of pesticide residues. Finally, some suggestions were given to expand and repeat this study after three to five years.
UR - https://edepot.wur.nl/540872
U2 - 10.18174/540872
DO - 10.18174/540872
M3 - Report
T3 - WFSR-report
BT - Potential presence of pesticide residues in animal feed
PB - Wageningen Food Safety Research
CY - Wageningen
ER -