Foodmate News: On September 21, 2020, the European Union Food Safety Authority ( EFSA ) announced that it plans to revise the maximum residue limits of potassium phosphate (potassium phosphonates) in various crops.

It is understood that the amendment application was submitted by Tilco-Alginure GmbH, ADAMA Agriculture BV, Lainco SA, Exclusivas Sarabia SA, Biovert SL and Landwirtschaftskammer Steiermark to the national authorities of Germany and France. The specific amendments are as follows:

1) The existing definition of mandatory residues: ethyl phosphoric aluminum (the sum of ethyl phosphoric acid, phosphoric acid and its salts, expressed in ethyl phosphoric acid)

2) Proposed definition of mandatory residues: phosphoric acid and its salts, expressed in phosphoric acid

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