On August 1, the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Notice No. 2022-350, which intends to revise part of the Standards for Residues of Hazardous Substances in Agricultural Products during the Production Stage. The main contents are as follows:
 
1. Set new residue limit standards for 20 pesticides, including flufenoxuron, and modify residue limit standards for 44 pesticides, including chlorpyrifos.
 
2. The degradation rate constants of 20 pesticides such as flufenoxuron were set.
 
The above comments will be solicited until August 22, 2022.