Negligible Residue

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018397",
  "term": "Negligible Residue",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Any amount of a pesticide chemical remaining in or on a raw agricultural commodity or group of raw agricultural commodities that would result in a daily intake regarded as toxicologically insignificant on the basis of scientific judgment of adequate safety data. Ordinarily this will add to the diet an amount which will be less than 1/2,000th of the amount that has been demonstrated to have no effect from feeding studies on the most sensitive animal species tested. Such toxicity studies shall usually include at least 90-day feeding studies in two species of mammals.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 180.1 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/negligible-residue/"
}