Pesticide Details

57 - Paraquat

Functional Classes

Table Items Commodities MRL Year Symbols Notes
Table Item Maize 0.03 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Rice 0.05 mg/Kg 2010
Table Item Sorghum grain 0.03 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Berries and other small fruits 0.01 mg/Kg 2006 (*)
Table Item Citrus fruits (group) 0.02 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits - inedible peel 0.01 mg/Kg 2006 (*)
Table Item Stone fruits (group) 0.01 mg/Kg 2006 (*)
Table Item Pome fruits (group) 0.01 mg/Kg 2006 (*)
Table Item Table olives 0.1 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Fruiting vegetables, cucurbits (group) 0.02 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Root and tuber vegetables (group) 0.05 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Pulses (group) 0.5 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Leafy vegetables (group) 0.07 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Fruiting vegetables, other than cucurbits (group) 0.05 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Cotton seed 2.0 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Sunflower seed 2.0 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Tree nuts (group) 0.05 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Milks (group) 0.01 mg/Kg 2006 (*)
Table Item Muscle (from mammals other than marine mammals) (group) 0.01 mg/Kg 2006 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) 0.05 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Avian, edible offal of (group) 0.01 mg/Kg 2006 (*)
Table Item Eggs (group) 0.01 mg/Kg 2006 (*)
Table Item Avian muscle (group) 0.01 mg/Kg 2006 (*) 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 Hops, dry 0.1 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Maize flour 0.05 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Tea, green, black (black, fermented and dried) 0.2 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Soya bean, hay and/or straw 0.5 mg/Kg 2006 dry wt
Table Item Almond hulls 0.01 mg/Kg 2006 (*)
Table Item Maize fodder (dry) 10.0 mg/Kg 2006 dry wt
Table Item Rice, hay and/or straw 0.05 mg/Kg 2010
Table Item Sorghum straw and fodder, dry 0.3 mg/Kg 2006 dry wt
(*): At or about the limit of determination.
dry wt: Dry Weight

JMPR-related informations

ADI/PTDI 0-0.005 mg/kg bw mg paraquat ion/kg body weight (2003)
Residue definition: For compliance with the MRL and for estimation of dietary intake for plant and animal commodities: Paraquat cation.