{"term":{"id":"15706","title":"extraneous residue limit","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - extraneous residue limit","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.15706","code":"15706","status":"current","initialism":"<em>initialism<\/em>: ERL","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Refers to a pesticide residue or contaminant arising from environmental sources (including former agricultural uses) other than the use of a pesticide or contaminant substance directly or indirectly on the commodity. It is the maximum concentration of a pesticide residue or contaminant that is recommended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission to be legally permitted or recognized as acceptable in or on food, agricultural commodity, or animal feed.","notes":{"1":"The mass content is expressed in milligrams of pesticide residue or contaminant per kilogram of commodity."},"links":[{"term":"Codex Alimentarius Commission","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/15571"}],"sources":["PAC, 2007, 79, 1153. 'Glossary of terms used in toxicology, 2nd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)' on page 1222 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac200779071153)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/15706\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/15706\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/15706\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'extraneous residue limit' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.15706","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-08-05T06:29:31+00:00"}}