Pesticide Details

120 - Permethrin

Functional Classes

Table Items Commodities MRL Year Symbols Notes
Table Item Cereal grains (group) 2.0 mg/Kg Po
Table Item Currants, black, red, white 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Blackberries 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Dewberries (including boysenberry and loganberry) 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Gooseberry 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Grapes 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Raspberries, red, black 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Strawberry 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Citrus fruits (group) 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Kiwifruit 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Stone fruits (group) 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Pome fruits (group) 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Table olives 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Melons (except watermelon) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Winter squash 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Carrot 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Horseradish 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Potato 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Radish, Japanese 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Soya bean (dry) 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Sugar beet 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Bean (dry) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Asparagus 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Celery 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Chinese cabbage (type pe-tsai) 5.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Kale (including among others: Collards,curly,Scotch,thousand-headed; not including Marrow-stem kale) 5.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Lettuce, head 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Spring onion 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Spinach 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Eggplant 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Peppers chili, dried 10.0 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Leek 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Tomato 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Broccoli 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Mushrooms 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Peppers (subgroup) 1.0 mg/Kg 2024 MRL provisionally applies to okra, martynia, and roselle.
Table Item Brussels sprouts 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Cabbage, Savoy 5.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds) 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Cauliflower 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Kohlrabi 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Cabbages, head 5.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Cucumber 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Gherkin 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Peas, shelled (succulent seeds) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Squash, summer 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Spices 0.05 mg/Kg 2005 (*)
Table Item Coffee beans 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Cotton seed 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Rape seed 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Peanut 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Sunflower seed 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Almonds 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Pistachio nuts 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Milks (group) F
Table Item Muscle (from mammals other than marine mammals) (group) 1.0 mg/Kg (fat) The MRL accommodates external animal treatment. The MRL refers to “meat” for which the portion of the commodity to which the MRL applies, and which is analysed, is the whole commodity (without bones). For fat-soluble pesticides, a portion of the adhering fat is analysed, and MRLs apply to the fat.
Table Item Edible offal (mammalian) (group) 0.1 mg/Kg The MRL accommodates external animal treatment.
Table Item Eggs (group) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Avian muscle (group) 0.1 mg/Kg The MRL refers to “meat” for which the portion of the commodity to which the MRL applies, and which is analysed, is the whole commodity (without bones). For fat-soluble pesticides, a portion of the adhering fat is analysed, and MRLs apply to the fat.
Table Item Wheat bran, unprocessed 5.0 mg/Kg PoP
Table Item Hops, dry 50.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Wheat germ 2.0 mg/Kg PoP
Table Item Wheat flour 0.5 mg/Kg PoP
Table Item Wheat wholemeal 2.0 mg/Kg PoP
Table Item Tea, green, black (black, fermented and dried) 20.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Soya bean oil, crude 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Sunflower seed oil, crude 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Cotton seed oil, edible 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Sunflower seed oil, edible 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Sweet corn fodder 50.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Alfalfa, hay and/or straw 100.0 mg/Kg (dw)
Table Item Soya bean, hay and/or straw 50.0 mg/Kg (dw)
Table Item Maize fodder (dry) 100.0 mg/Kg (dw)
Table Item Sorghum straw and fodder, dry 20.0 mg/Kg
(*): At or about the limit of determination.
Po: The MRL accommodates post-harvest treatment of the commodity.
F: (for milks) The residue is fat soluble and MRLs for milk products are derived as explained in "Codex Maximum Residue Limits/Extraneous Maximum Residue Limits for Milk and Milk Products".
(fat): (for meat) The MRL/EMRL applies to the fat of meat.
PoP: (for processed foods) The MRL accommodates post-harvest treatment of the primary food commodity. E: (only for MRLs) The MRL is based on extraneous residues.

JMPR-related informations

ADI/PTDI 0.05 mg/kg bw 1987, confirmed (1999)
Residue definition: For plant and animal commodities (for compliance with the MRL): Permethrin (sum of cis and trans isomers). For plants and animals for dietary risk assessment: JMPR (2023) was unable to conclude on a residue definition for risk assessment.