This inventory summarizes evaluations of pesticides that have been performed by the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR). It does not include the maximum residue levels (MRLs) that have been recommended by JMPR.
Maximum residue limits adopted by Codex Alimentarius Commission are available on: https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/pestres/tr/
The most up-to-date information concerning JMPR meetings, reports and toxicological monographs is available at: Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR)
DDT
General Information
| CAS number: | 50-29-3 |
| Chemical Class: | organochlorine |
| Use: | contaminant |
| EHC: | 9 83-241 |
| IARC: | 5 Suppl.7 53 |
| Specs: | * |
Evaluations
| Year |
ADI (mg/kg bw) |
ARfD (mg/kg bw) |
Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.01 (PTDI) | UNNECESSARY | CONFIRMED BY 2002 JMPR |
Report : FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper, 163, 2001 - Pesticide residues in food - 2000. Report of the Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and the WHO Core Assessment Group |
| 1994 | 0.02 (PTDI) |
Report : FAO Plant Production and Protection Paper, 127, 1995 - Pesticide residues in food - 1994. Report of the Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and a WHO Expert Group on Pesticide Residues. |
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| 1984 | 0-0.02 | |||
| 1983 | 0-0.005 CONDITIONAL | |||
| 1979 | 0-0.005 CONDITIONAL | |||
| 1977 | 0-0.005 CONDITIONAL | |||
| 1974 | 0-0.005 CONDITIONAL | |||
| 1971 | 0-0.005 CONDITIONAL | |||
| 1969 | 0-0.005 CONDITIONAL | |||
| 1967 | 0-0.01 | ANY COMBINATION OF DDT, DDD & DDE | ||
| 1966 | 0-0.01 | |||
| 1965 | 0-0.01 | |||
| 1963 | 0-0.005 |