Pesticide Details

120 - Permethrin

Functional Classes

Table Items Commodities MRL Year Symbols Notes
Table Item Melons (except watermelon) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Winter squash 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Coffee beans 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Sweet corn fodder 50.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Carrot 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Wheat germ 2.0 mg/Kg PoP
Table Item Wheat flour 0.5 mg/Kg PoP
Table Item Horseradish 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Cotton seed 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Rape seed 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Wheat wholemeal 2.0 mg/Kg PoP
Table Item Potato 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Radish, Japanese 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Soya bean (dry) 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Currants, black, red, white 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Sugar beet 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Peanut 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Bean (dry) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Blackberries 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Sunflower seed 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Asparagus 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Celery 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Dewberries (including boysenberry and loganberry) 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Gooseberry 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Chinese cabbage (type pe-tsai) 5.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Grapes 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Wheat bran, unprocessed 5.0 mg/Kg PoP
Table Item Raspberries, red, black 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Strawberry 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Kale (including among others: Collards,curly,Scotch,thousand-headed; not including Marrow-stem kale) 5.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Lettuce, head 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Citrus fruits (group) 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Spring onion 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Hops, dry 50.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Kiwifruit 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Tea, green, black (black, fermented and dried) 20.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Milks (group) F
Table Item Stone fruits (group) 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Pome fruits (group) 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Muscle (from mammals other than marine mammals) (group) 1.0 mg/Kg (fat) The MRL accommodates external animal treatment. The MRL refers to “meat” for which the portion of the commodity to which the MRL applies, and which is analysed, is the whole commodity (without bones). For fat-soluble pesticides, a portion of the adhering fat is analysed, and MRLs apply to the fat.
Table Item Table olives 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Edible offal (mammalian) (group) 0.1 mg/Kg The MRL accommodates external animal treatment.
Table Item Alfalfa, hay and/or straw 100.0 mg/Kg (dw)
Table Item Cereal grains (group) 2.0 mg/Kg Po
Table Item Almonds 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Spices 0.05 mg/Kg 2005 (*)
Table Item Soya bean, hay and/or straw 50.0 mg/Kg (dw)
Table Item Spinach 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Pistachio nuts 0.05 mg/Kg (*)
Table Item Soya bean oil, crude 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Eggplant 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Peppers chili, dried 10.0 mg/Kg 2006
Table Item Leek 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Sunflower seed oil, crude 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Tomato 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Broccoli 2.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Mushrooms 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Peppers (subgroup) 1.0 mg/Kg 2024 MRL provisionally applies to okra, martynia, and roselle.
Table Item Brussels sprouts 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Cabbage, Savoy 5.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Common bean (pods and/or immature seeds) 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Cotton seed oil, edible 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Cauliflower 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Kohlrabi 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Cabbages, head 5.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Maize fodder (dry) 100.0 mg/Kg (dw)
Table Item Sunflower seed oil, edible 1.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Eggs (group) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Cucumber 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Gherkin 0.5 mg/Kg
Table Item Sorghum straw and fodder, dry 20.0 mg/Kg
Table Item Avian muscle (group) 0.1 mg/Kg The MRL refers to “meat” for which the portion of the commodity to which the MRL applies, and which is analysed, is the whole commodity (without bones). For fat-soluble pesticides, a portion of the adhering fat is analysed, and MRLs apply to the fat.
Table Item Peas, shelled (succulent seeds) 0.1 mg/Kg
Table Item Squash, summer 0.5 mg/Kg
(*): At or about the limit of determination.
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.
Po: The MRL accommodates post-harvest treatment of the commodity.

JMPR-related informations

ADI/PTDI 0.05 mg/kg bw 1987, confirmed (1999)
Residue definition: For plant and animal commodities (for compliance with the MRL): Permethrin (sum of cis and trans isomers). For plants and animals for dietary risk assessment: JMPR (2023) was unable to conclude on a residue definition for risk assessment.