REQUEST FOR COMMENTS AND INFORMATION

Governments and interested international organizations wishing to submit comments on the following subject matter are invited to do so no later than 31 December 1999 to Dr. Stephen F. Sundlof, Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, HFV-1, MPN-2, 7500 Standish Place, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A. (telefax no. 301.594.1830), with a copy to the Chief, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.

1. Discussion Paper on Risk Analysis in the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods; ALINORM 99/31, paras. 41 - 44 and Appendix IX.

The Committee agreed to append the above document to its report for circulation and comment, with the understanding that France would take the lead in revising the paper on the basis of the Committee's discussions and comments submitted for further consideration at its next meeting.