Pesticide Details

120 - Permethrin

Functional Classes

Table Items Commodities MRL Year Symbols Notes
Table Item Strawberry 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Raspberries, red, black 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Citrus fruits 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Spinach 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Cotton seed oil, edible 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Egg plant 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Eggs 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Sunflower seed oil, edible 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Peppers chili, dried 10.0 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Tomato 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Mushrooms 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Poultry meat 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Peppers 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds) 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Coffee beans 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Pome fruits 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Maize fodder (dry) 100.0 mg/Kg dry wt
Table Item Rape seed 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Stone fruits 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Cotton seed 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Peas, shelled (succulent seeds) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Peanut 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Sorghum straw and fodder, dry 20.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Sunflower seed 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Table olives 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Alfalfa fodder 100.0 mg/Kg dry wt
Table Item Cereal grains 2.0 mg/Kg Po
Table Item Carrot 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Almonds 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Horseradish 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Radish, Japanese 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Wheat germ 2.0 mg/Kg PoP
Table Item Potato 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Pistachio nuts 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Wheat flour 0.5 mg/Kg PoP
Table Item Sugar beet 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Asparagus 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Wheat wholemeal 2.0 mg/Kg PoP
Table Item Spices 0.05 mg/Kg 2005 (*)
Table Item Leek 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Soya bean fodder 50.0 mg/Kg dry wt
Table Item Celery 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Broccoli 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Brussels sprouts 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Cabbage, Savoy 5.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Cauliflower 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Cabbages, head 5.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Kohlrabi 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Wheat bran, unprocessed 5.0 mg/Kg PoP
Table Item Milks F
Table Item Cucumber 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Gherkin 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Spring onion 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Kiwifruit 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Squash, summer 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Winter squash 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Melons, except watermelon 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Meat (from mammals other than marine mammals) 1.0 mg/Kg (fat) The MRL accommodates external animal treatment.
Table Item Hops, dry 50.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Sweet corn fodder 50.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Edible offal (mammalian) 0.1 mg/Kg The MRL accommodates external animal treatment.
Table Item Soya bean (dry) 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Tea, green, black (black, fermented and dried) 20.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Beans (dry) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Currants, black, red, white 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Chinese cabbage (type pe-tsai) 5.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Blackberries 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Dewberries (including boysenberry and loganberry) 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Soya bean oil, crude 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Gooseberry 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Grapes 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Kale (including: Collards, curly, Scotch and thousand-headed kale; not including Marrow-stem kele) 5.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Lettuce, head 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Sunflower seed oil, crude 1.0 mg/Kg
(*): At or about the limit of determination.
Po: The MRL accommodates post-harvest treatment of the commodity.
PoP: (for processed foods) The MRL accommodates post-harvest treatment of the primary food commodity. E: (only for MRLs) The MRL is based on extraneous residues.
F: (for milks) The residue is fat soluble and MRLs for milk products are derived as explained in "Codex Maximum Residue Limits/Extraneous Maximum Residue Limits for Milk and Milk Products".
(fat): (for meat) The MRL/EMRL applies to the fat of meat.
dry wt: Dry Weight

JMPR-related informations

ADI/PTDI 0.05 mg/kg bw (1987), confirmed (1999)
Residue definition: Permethrin (sum of isomers) (fat-soluble). ADI applies to technical grade permethrin with cis:trans ratios of 25:75 to 40:60.