South Korea amended the "Residual Standards for Hazardous Substances in Agricultural Products at the Production Stage"
On November 24, South Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Notice 2021-96, modified "production phase of agricultural products and other harmful substance residue standard part", the following key elements:
1. Add and modify the pesticide residue limit standards for agricultural products in the production stage.
Newly added 14 pesticide residue limit standards including azoxystrobin and revised 29 pesticide residue limit standards including boscalid.
2. Newly added the applicable standards for the degradation rate constants of 14 kinds of residual pesticides, including azoxystrobin.