Allowable Glyphosate Levels by Country and Food Type

 

A field of barley

 

U.S. Allowable Levels

Animal feed (non-grass), Group 18 – 400 ppm

Grass/forage/fodder/hay – 300 ppm

Cotton gin byproducts – 210 ppm

Kenaf/leucaena forage, 200 ppm

Peppermint/spearmint tops – 200 ppm

Grain, cereal, forage/fodder/straw – 100 ppm

Teff, hay/forage – 100 ppm

Oil seeds, Group 20, except canola – 40 ppm

Barley, bran – 30 ppm

Grain cereal (except rice, wild rice, popcorn, sweet corn, field corn) – 30 ppm

Sugarcane molasses – 30 ppm

Almond hulls – 25 ppm

Beet sugar, dried pulp – 25 ppm

Beet sugar, roots or tops – 10 ppm

Dried peas – 8 ppm

Hop, dried cones – 7 ppm

Spice subgroup 19B – 7 ppm

Instant tea – 7 ppm

Carrots – 5 ppm

Quinoa, grain – 5 ppm

Teff, grain – 5 ppm

Legumes, Group 6 (except soybean and dried peas) – 5 ppm

Sweet corn, husk removed – 3.5 ppm

Shellfish – 3 ppm

Sweet potato – 3 ppm

Mexican oregano leaves – 2 ppm

Dokudami – 2 ppm

Sugarcane cane – 2 ppm

Penila tops – 1.8 ppm

Citrus, dried pulp – 1.5 ppm

Epazote – 1.3 ppm

Stevia, dried leaves – 1 ppm

Betelnut – 1 ppm

Pine nut – 1 ppm

Tree nuts – 1 ppm

Pistachios – 1 ppm

Coffee beans, green – 1 ppm

Dried tea – 1 ppm

0.5 ppm:  alfalfa seed; aloe vera;  asparagus; cactus fruit; cactus; fruit (citrus group 10-10); okra; peanut (hay); ugli fruit; vegetable (curcubit group 9).

0.2 ppm: acerola, amberella, artichoke (globe); atemoya; avocado; bamboo shoots; banana; biriba; bimbe; breadfruit; cacao beans; canistei; cherimoya; custard apple; date (dried fruit); durian; feijoa; fig; fruit (stone group 12); galangal roots; ginger (white flower); governor’s plum; gowkee leaves; guava; herbs (subgroup 19A); ilamia; imbe; imbu; jaboticaba; jackfruit; kava roots; longan; lychee; marney apple; mango; mangosteen; marmalade box; mioga flower; noni; olive; palm heart; palm heart leaves; papaya; papaya (mountain); passion fruit; pawpaw; pepper leaf (fresh); persimmon; pomegranate; pulasan; rambutan; rose apple; sapodilla; sapote; soursop; Spanish lime; star apple; star fruit; sugar apple; surinam cherry; tamarind; ti; vegetable (bulb group 3-07); vegetable (foliage of legume, subgroup 7A, except soybeans); vegetable (leafy brassica group 5); vegetables (leaf of root and tuber, group 2, except sugar beet tops); vegetables (root and tuber, group 1, except carrot, sweet potato and sugar beet); wasabi roots; winter spinach (tops); watercress (upland); wax jambu; yacon tuber

0.1 ppm: popcorn; rice; all others

 

U.K. Allowable Levels

Wild fungi -50 ppm

Sorghum – 20 ppm

Sunflower seeds – 20 ppm

Soybeans – 20 ppm

Barley – 20 ppm

Oats – 20 ppm

Sugar beet roots – 15 ppm

Wheat – 10 ppm

Rye – 10 ppm

Canola seeds – 10 ppm

Lentils – 10 ppm

Peas – 10 ppm

Lupins – 10 ppm

Linseeds – 10 ppm

Mustard seeds – 10 ppm

Cotton seeds – 10 ppm

Sweet corn – 3 ppm

Beans – 2 ppm

Tea – 2 ppm

Flowers – 2 ppm

Leaves and herbs – 2 ppm

Roots – 2 ppm

Corn – 1 ppm

Table olives – 1 ppm

Olives for oi production – 1 ppm

 

0.5 ppm – oranges, mandarins, table grapes, wine grapes, potatoes

0.1 ppm – poultry kidney, various spices, sugar cane, chicory root, hops, cocoa beans, coffee, other cereals, buckwheat, various seeds, rice, peanuts, various herbs, various vegetables, various fruits

 

Japan Allowable Levels

Other mushrooms – 30 ppm

Barley – 20 ppm

Other cereal grains – 20 ppm

Soybeans (dried) – 20 ppm

Cotton seeds – 10 ppm

Rape seeds – 10 ppm

Wheat – 5 ppm

Dried peas – 5 ppm

Peas, immature with pod – 3 ppm

Shelled moluses – 3 ppm

Crustaceans – 3 ppm

Other aquatic animals – 3 ppm

Kidney beans, immature with pod – 2 ppm

Broad beans – 2 ppm

Other legumes/pulses – 2 ppm

Other spices – 2 ppm

Cattle (liver, kidney, offal) – 2 ppm

Sugar cane – 2 ppm

Other dried beans – 2 ppm

Corn (including popcorn and sweet corn) – 1 ppm

Nuts (chestnut, pecan, walnut, other nuts) – 1 ppm

Tea – 1 ppm

Coffee beans – 1 ppm

Other terrestrial mammals, liver – 1 ppm

Pig offal – 1 ppm

Chicken/poultry kidney – 1 ppm

0.5 ppm – asparagus; cucumber; pumpkin (including squash); watermelon; melons; other curcurbitaceous vegetables; UNSHU orange pulp; citrus NATSUDAIDAL whole; lemon; orange; grapefruit; lime; other citrus fruits; cattle fat; other terrestrial mammals fat;

0.2 ppm – rye; buckwheat; potato; sweet potato; yam; sugar beet; Japanese radish (roots and leaves; turnips (roots and leaves); horseradish; watercress; cabbage; Chinese cabbage; Brussels sprouts; kale; Japanese mustard spinach; kyona; qing-geng-cai; cauliflower; broccoli; other cruciferous vegetables; burdock; salsify; artichoke; chicory; endive; lettuce; other composite vegetables; onion; Welsh (including leek); garlic; multiplying onion (including shallot); other liliceous vegetables; carrot; parsley; parsnip; celery; tomato; eggplant; oriental pickling melon; makuwauri melon; spinach; bamboo shoots; okra; ginger; green soybeans; button mushrooms; other vegetables; apples; Japanese pear; pear; quince; loquat; peach; nectarine; apricot; Japanese plum; Mume plum; cherry; strawberry; raspberry; blackberry; blueberry; huckleberry; cranberry; other berries; grapes; Japanese persimmon; banana; papaya; avocado; guava; mango; passion fruit; date; other fruits; sesame seeds; gingko nut; cacao beans; other herbs.

0.1 ppm – all others