In March 2021, the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the State Administration for Market Regulation issued Announcement No. 4 of 2021. Details are as follows:

In accordance with the provisions of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and the review and approval of the National Food Safety Standard Review Committee, five national food safety standards, including the Maximum Residue Limits of Pesticides in Food under the National Food Safety Standard (GB 2763-2021, replacing GB 2763-2019), are hereby issued. Their numbers and names are as follows:

GB 2763-2021Maximum residue limit of pesticides in food

GB 23200.118-2021 National standard for food safety -- Determination of monocyandiamide residues in foods of plant origin -- Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

GB 23200.119-2021 National standard for food safety -- Determination of the residues of agrotoxin pesticides in food of plant origin -- Gas chromatography method

GB 23200.120-2021 National standard for food safety -- Determination of beet residues in foods of plant origin -- Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

GB 23200.121-2021 National standard for food safety -- Determination of residues of 331 pesticides and their metabolites in food of plant origin -- Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.