Italy
EFSA Panel on EFSA Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR)
The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessment carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State the Netherlands, for the pesticide active substance pyridaben are reported. The context of the peer review was that requested by the European Commission following the submission and evaluation of confirmatory ecotoxicology data. The conclusions were reached on the basis of the evaluation of the representative uses of pyridaben as an insecticide on citrus and tomatoes. The reliable endpoints concluded as being appropriate for use in regulatory risk assessment, derived from the available studies and literature in the dossier peer reviewed, are presented. Concerns are identified.
© European Food Safety Authority, 2016
Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance pyridaben
