managementandregulationofagrochemicalresiduesandheavy（managementandregulationofagrochemicalresiduesandheavy）.doc

07-AG-23-GE-STM-B Study Meeting on Quality and Safety Standards for Fruit and Vegetables 12-16 November 2007, Taiwan, ROC Taiwan Country Report PART1： Establishment of maximum residue levels of agro-pesticides and regulation of pesticide usage in Taiwan PART2： Non-Pesticide Control of Insect Pests PART3： Quarantine Treatments for Taiwan’s Fruits Exporting to Other Countries Yu-Ting Huang1, Yu-Tang Hung1, Pei-Chi Kuo1, Shu-Jen Tuan2, Hong-Ping Li2 1. Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, Council of Agriculture. 2. Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute, Council of Agriculture. Abstract In recent years, the growing international trade in agricultural products has motivated farmers to pay close attention to pest quarantine problems and agrochemical residues in foods. Agrochemical residues in agricultural products are a major consumer health concern and can seriously damage trade between countries. The Taiwan government has established a comprehensive system for monitoring agrochemical residues on products. To ensure that chemical residue monitoring becomes a standard and widespread practice and that the results are sufficiently representative, AFA, TACTRI and various corresponding offices in city and county governments now routinely conduct annual consultations to plan for crop types, areas, sample numbers and division of sampling work. To ensure international trade and consumer’ safety, TACTRI must continuously inspect for pesticide residues and heavy metals in agro-products. Further, TACTRI must continue to implement modern detection methods comparable to those of other developed countries. As the general public has become more concerned than before about environmental conservations, attention has been paid to the use of chemical pesticides especially the effect of their residue. Integrated pest management (IPM) has been regarded as an important approach to reduce the application of the agrochemica