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The
word “Toxic Residue”, according to the royal food convention (yr
2522), and announced by the heal ministry (case no. 153, yr 2538)
defines the word to be “pesticide” or its variants, such as conversion
products, metabolites, reaction products or poisonous contaminants
in food.
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The word “Pesticides” refers to “chemicals that are used to protect,
kill, destroy, attract, fend off or control unwanted animals or plant-enemies,
insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, nematocides, fumigants, plant
growth regulators, including chemicals used in the food manufacturing
process. Starting with the growth of agricultural products, storage,
transportation and selling. This includes chemicals used before and
after harvesting to prevent deterioration during transportation.
From the meaning of toxic residue and pesticide, it is clear that
these meaning covers chemicals that are used in every process. Starting
from the manufacturing process until it reaches the consumer. When
these chemicals are used, there must not be any residue, or if there
are some residues, they must not exceed the safety limit according
to the Consumer protection law.
The Health Ministry announced in their 163th announcement (year
2538) that the standard value account are as follow:
1.) Account 1:
Limits the amount of toxic residue that occurs due to unavoidable
reasons (ERL = Extraneous Residue Limit). This applies in the Chlorine
group with 4 chemicals: Chlordane, DDT, Aldine, Dildrin Heptachlor
2.) Account 2:
Limits the amount of toxic residue from usage (MRL = Maximum Residue
Limit). This applies to 11 types of chemicals, categorized based
on the types of each agricultural products, summing up to 250 values.
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