Source: European Parliament
Priority question for written answer P-000761/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Eric Sargiacomo (S&D)
Further to the Commission’s reply (E-002397/2024)[1] to a question on the European Food Safety Authority’s 2022 annual report on pesticide residues in food, it is necessary to bring to the Commission’s attention the last paragraph of section 4.2.2 of the report, on glyphosate:
‘In crops or parts of crops exclusively used for animal feed production, where MRLs are not set, the following substances were quantified: glyphosate (40.8 %), AMPA (10 %) and trimethyl-sulfonium cation (4.5 %); no results were reported as above LOQ on N-acetyl glyphosate and no AMPA-N-acetyl result was reported. According to the MRL review (EFSA, 2019), there are uses authorised on grass and other feed items with very high application rates. With the new restrictions of approval, these uses will not be authorised any longer in the EU and concentrations found in feed items are likely to decrease.’
- 1.Does the Commission maintain that there is a maximum residue limit (MRL) for glyphosate and its metabolites for animal feed soybeans?
- 2.Is there a tolerance for imports?
- 3.How often are soybean imports tested?
Submitted: 19.2.2025
- [1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-002397-ASW_EN.html.