2021 Volume 71 Issue 1 Pages 21-24
Pesticides are developed and used for the purpose of improving the productivity of agricultural products and reducing overwork. The development of pesticides with high effects of plant disease caused by funji and reduction of mycotoxins is progressing. It is one of the useful materials to control mycotoxin contamination.
Pesticides residue in food are strictly regulated by establishing Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) based on the Food Sanitation Law. Foods are monitored and instructed in accordance with the law, and the infringing foods are disposed of, and the offender is imprisoned or fined. This MRL has been gradually expanded since it was set in 1968, and the positive list system was introduced in 2006, and all pesticides and foods have been subject to regulation. Since then, due to new development, application expansion, import tolerance, safety evaluation review, etc., MRL values have been added, revised, and deleted one after another.
