Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for flupyradifurone and DFA in rapeseeds/canola seeds and mustard seeds

Abstract

In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Bayer SAS-Crop Science Division submitted a request to the competent national authority in the Netherlands to modify the existing maximum residue levels (MRL) for the active substance flupyradifurone and its metabolite DFA in rapeseeds/canola seeds and mustard seeds. The data submitted in support of the request were found sufficient to derive MRL proposals for both compounds in rapeseeds and mustard seeds. Adequate analytical methods for enforcement are available to control the relevant residues in plant matrices under consideration. Based on the risk assessment results, EFSA concluded that the short-term and long-term intake of residues of flupyradifurone and of its metabolite DFA resulting from the use of flupyradifurone is unlikely to present a risk to consumer health.

Modification of the existing maximum residue levels and setting of import tolerances for flupyradifurone and DFA in various crops and animal commodities

“…For processed feed commodities of wheat and barley grain the processing factors applied were as derived in the previous EFSA assessment (2020a). –For millet, oat and rye, for which an import tolerance was requested for USA uses and for which also EU uses are intended, the DFA residues in grain as primary crop (EU and USA use, respectively) were added to residue levels of DFA estimated in the respective rotational crop (barley grain or maize grain) when grown in the soil with flupyradifurone residues at EU or USA plateau levels (Table E.1, Appendix E). The highest STMR and HR value (either EU or USA) was selected as input value. –For imported rye, oat and barley the data on straw and stover from authorised US uses were not considered in the dietary burden as it is not expected that these bulky commodities will be imported in the EU. –In the remaining feed commodities the input values were as reported in the previous EFSA outputs, considering also feed crops on which primary crop uses are not known, but residues might occur from the soil uptake only (EFSA, 2020a,b). …”

Modification of the existing maximum residue levels and setting import tolerances for flupyradifurone and difluoroacetic acid (DFA) in various crops

“…EFSA has assessed uses of flupyradifurone on rape seeds, mustard seeds and okra/lady's finger (EFSA, 2020a , 2021 ). The proposals from these reasoned opinions have been considered in MRL regulations.…”

“…EFSA based its assessment on the evaluation report submitted by the EMS (Netherlands, 2023 ), the draft assessment report (DAR) and its addenda (Netherlands, 2014 , 2015 ) prepared under Regulation (EC) 1107/2009, the Commission review report on flupyradifurone (European Commission, 2015 ), the conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance flupyradifurone (EFSA, 2015a ), as well as the conclusions from previous EFSA opinions on flupyradifurone (EFSA, 2016 ; 2020a , 2020b , 2021 , 2023a , 2023b ).…”

“…For mangoes, residues in pulp were considered for calculations. For the remaining commodities of plant and animal origin, the risk assessment values as reported in the previous EFSA assessments (EFSA, 2015a , 2016 , 2020a , 2020b , 2021 , 2023b ) and by the JMPR (FAO, 2019 ) were available to refine the exposure calculation. For citrus and watermelons, input values correspond to the residues in the edible portion.…”

“…The exposure assessment as calculated in the previous EFSA outputs (EFSA, 2020a , 2020b , 2021 , 2023b ) was updated by adding the estimated residues in sugar beet roots and chicory roots from the uptake from soil, when grown in rotation in soil containing plateau residue concentrations. Residues were expressed as flupyradifurone equivalents, using the molecular weight conversion factor (3).…”