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MRL SPECIFICATION SUPERMARKETS + EU MINIMUM STANDARD

MAXIMUM RESIDUE LEVELS The traces pesticides leave in treated products are called “residues”. A maximum residue level (MRL) is the highest level of a pesticide residue that is legally tolerated in fruit when pesticides are applied correctly (Good Agricultural Practice). ACUTE REFERENCE DOSE (ARfD) The Acute Reference Dose (ARfD) is an estimate of the amount of a substance in food or drinking water that a person can ingest within 24 hours without significant health effects.

EUROPEAN UNION

MRL

ARFD

ACTIVE

RETAILER

MAX % MAX SUM % MAX %

MAX SUM %

MAX #

ANY

100%

–

100%

–

–

NETHERLANDS

MRL

ARfD

ACTIVE

RETAILER

MAX % MAX SUM % MAX %

MAX SUM %

MAX #

ALDI

70

80

80

80

4

SUPERUNIE

50

–

100

–

BLACKLIST

PLUS

50

–

–

–

–

JUMBO

50

–

50

–

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LIDL

33.3

80

100

–

5

ALBERT HEIJN

50

–

50

–

–

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