2022年12月12日，欧盟食品安全局（EFSA）发布消息称，拟修订螺虫乙酯（spirotetramat）在草本植物和食用花卉中的最大残留限量。
根据欧盟条例（EC）No 396/2005第6章的规定，Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Gartenbau (LLG)提交了该修订申请。经过评估，欧盟食品安全局得出结论，根据所报道的农业实践，短期和长期摄入因使用螺虫乙酯而产生的残留物不太可能对消费者健康构成风险。部分原文报道如下：
In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Gartenbau (LLG) submitted a request to the competent national authority in Germany to modify the existing maximum residue levels (MRLs) for the active substance spirotetramat in herbs and edible flowers. The data submitted in support of the request were found to be sufficient to derive MRL proposals for the group of herbs and edible flowers. Adequate analytical methods for enforcement are available to control the residues of spirotetramat and its metabolite spirotetramat-enol on the commodities under consideration at the validated limit of quantification (LOQ) of 0.01 mg/kg for each analyte. based on the risk assessment results, EFSA concluded that the short-term and long-term intake of residues resulting from the use of spirotetramat according to the reported agricultural practice is unlikely to present a risk to consumer health.
