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EU issues new use conditions for sulfuryl fluoride
Feb. 23, 2017
According to new regulation issued by the European Commission as regards the conditions of approval of fumigant, sulfuryl fluoride, the users and the food business operators should ensure that only the food or feed commodities compliant with the existing maximum residue levels for sulfuryl fluoride and fluoride ion may enter the food and feed chain.
The users shall identify the critical control point at which control is essential to prevent maximum residue levels to be exceeded, and establish and implement effective monitoring procedures at that critical control point.
The EU member states were informed that they shall amend or withdraw existing authorisations for products containing sulfuryl fluoride as active substance by 9 September 2017.
Any grace period granted by member states shall be as short as possible and shall expire 12 months after restriction or withdrawal of the respective authorisation at the latest.
They also must pay particular attention to: the risk posed by inorganic fluoride through contaminated products, such as flour and bran that remained in the mill machinery during fumigation, or grain stored in silos in the mill; the risk to operators and the risk to workers, such as when re-entering a fumigated structure after aeration. Measures are required to ensure that they wear self-containing breathing apparatus or other appropriate personal protective equipment; and the risk to bystanders by applying an appropriate exclusion zone around the fumigated structure. Conditions of authorisation shall also include risk mitigation measures, where appropriate.
The notifier shall submit to the Commission, Member States and the Authority monitoring data on tropospheric concentrations of sulfuryl fluoride every fifth year, starting from 30 June 2017. The limit of detection for the analysis shall be at least 0.5 ppt (equivalent to 2.1 ng sulfuryl fluoride/m3 of tropospheric air).
Source: EUR-Lex
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