Can the Philippines adopt the ASEAN MRLS as national standard?

Issue Date

10-2013

Abstract

The Philippines is a member of the ASEAN and one of the thrust is to generate data for ASEAN MRLs (Maximum Residue Limit) especially fro crops not covered by CODEX international standards. More than 800 MRLs have already been adopted and around 40 regional MRLs were generated for pesticide-crop combinations which are important in the ASEAN region. The next step is to adopt these ASEAN standards as Philippine national standards then further submit it to CODEX as international standard. Prior to national adoption of the ASEAN MRLs a thorough risk assessment based on Filipino diet is necessary to make sure that no dietary risk is forseen for Filipinos. The study has been carried out to calculate the dietary risk for commonly used pesticides registered by the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority on a number of crops using ASEAN and Codex MRLs. This is to assess the possibility and logic of adoption of ASEAN MRLs as national standards.

Source or Periodical Title

The Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

27

Issue

2

Page

205

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

FOOD SAFETY; REGULATIONS; MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS; STANDARDS; ASEAN; PHILIPPINES

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