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EPA PROPOSES REVOKING METHYL PARATHION TOLERANCES
Release Date: 06/01/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2000
EPA PROPOSES REVOKING METHYL PARATHION TOLERANCES
EPA is proposing to revoke or amend the maximum pesticide residue limits (called tolerances) for the organophosphate insecticide methyl parathion on many fruits and vegetables children frequently eat, including apples, broccoli, brussels sprouts, carrots, celery, cherries, grapes, nectarines, peaches, pears and plums. EPA will announce this in a Federal Register notice on Fri., June 2. This proposal follows up on the cancellations by the registrant of the use of methyl parathion on these and other commodities that EPA announced on Aug. 2, 1999. This decision was based on EPA’s determination that showed acute dietary risks from methyl parathion in food did not meet current requirements for an extra margin of safety to protect children under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). EPA made that determination after completing a comprehensive review of methyl parathion’s uses. EPA proposes to make these revocations and amendments effective upon publication of the final rule. EPA is working with the Food and Drug Administration, who also on June 2 issued guidance on how it will handle situations involving methyl parathion residues in foods that were legally treated with methyl parathion before January. The Federal Register is available at: https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST. For more information on EPA’s reassessment of methyl parathion, visit https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op.
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