WTO notification · SPS
United KingdomProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Official title
New GB MRL for flubendiamide amending the GB MRL Statutory Register
The United Kingdom notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 8 December 2025.
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Published here:
Teas (0610000) - for reference, the full list of GB commodity codes is set out in Part 1 of the GB pesticides Maximum Residue Level Statutory Register – see link)
The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/GBR/113; it forwards comments to the United Kingdom.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Flubendiamide is not an approved active substance in Great Britain. An application was received by the Health and Safety Executive to set a new Maximum Residue Level (MRL) for teas. Following assessment, the following CXL has been introduced to set an Import Tolerance: Teas (50 mg/kg) The Evaluation Report/Reasoned Opinion supporting the new MRL is available at the following link: The evaluation of a new MRL for flubendiamide in or on tea.pdf The residue levels arising in food from the notified uses result in consumer exposures below the toxicological reference values and therefore harmful effects on human health are not expected. As the residue levels exceed the current MRL in force, a new MRL is being adopted.
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