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Table 1 Maximum residue limits for glyphosate defined by FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius [90]

From: Review of GMO safety assessment studies: glyphosate residues in Roundup Ready crops is an ignored issue

Commodity

MRL (mg/kg)

Year of adoption

Meat (from mammals other than marine mammals)

0.05

2006

Poultry meat

0.05

2006

Milks

0.05

2006

Banana

0.05

2006

Eggs

0.05

2006

Poultry, edible offal of

0.5

2006

Pig, edible offal of

0.5

2006

Sugar cane

2

2006

Beans (dry)

2

2006

Sweet corn (corn-on-the-cob)

3

2012

Edible offal (mammalian)

5

2006

Lentil (dry)

5

2012

Peas (dry)

5

2006

Maize

5

2006

Sunflower seed

7

2006

Sugar cane molasses

10

2006

Sugar beet

15

2012

Wheat bran, unprocessed

20

2006

Soya bean (dry)

20

2006

Cereal grains

30

2006

Rape seed

30

2014

Cotton seed

40

2006

Sorghum straw and fodder, dry

50

2006

Oat straw and fodder, dry

100

2006

Maize fodder (dry)

150

2006

Bean fodder

200

2006

Wheat straw and fodder, dry

300

2006

Barley straw and fodder, dry

400

2006

Hay or fodder (dry) of grasses

500

2006

Pea hay or pea fodder (dry)

500

2006

Alfalfa fodder

500

2006