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In the Asia/Pacific
region, Australia’s tolerance levels for pesticide residues in fish are
commonly referred to as extraneous residue limits, the term used
specifically for pesticide residues arising from environmental sources other
than the use of a pesticide directly or indirectly on food (FSANZ, 2006). In
Japan, currently their residue tolerances are mostly available as
provisional maximum residue limits (pMRLs). In establishing the pMRLs,
Japan considered the Codex standards first. Where Codex’s standards were
lacking, Japan used the mean value of the standards available from multiple
countries. In the case of pesticide residues in fish, Japan’s pMRLs tended
to rely heavily on U.S. FDA’s action levels. |