Setting of import tolerance for folpet in bananas and modification of the existing maximum residue level in honey.

In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant ADAMA Agriculture BV submitted a request to the competent national authority in Austria to set an import tolerance for the active substance folpet in bananas. Within the submitted application the applicant requested as well to modify the existing maximum residue level (MRL) for folpet in honey. The data submitted in support of the requests were found to be sufficient to derive an MRL proposal for bananas according to the current residue definition for enforcement. For honey however, the submitted trials were not compliant with good agricultural practice (GAP) and therefore not appropriate to derive an MRL proposal. Adequate analytical methods for enforcement, based on liquid and gas chromatography, are available to quantify residues of folpet and phthalimide in bananas and honey with lowest validated limit of quantification (LOQ) of 0.01 mg/kg (both compounds). Based on the risk assessment results, EFSA concluded that the short-term and long-term intake of folpet residues expected in bananas and honey is unlikely to present a risk to consumer health. However, uncertainties remain regarding the long-term exposure assessment due to missing residue data for phthalamic acid (in root crops) and phthalic acid (in all commodities except bananas and honey).