131. The delegations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica,
Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru requested the Codex Alimentarius Commission to
improve the CCRVDF decision making process as follows:
- To focus the
objectives of the CCRVDF on its terms of reference, as stipulated in the Codex
Alimentarius Procedural Manual, including:
- To determine
priorities for the consideration of residues of veterinary drugs in
foods;
- To recommend
maximum levels of such substances; and
- To determine
criteria for analytical methods used for the control of veterinary drug residues
in foods.
- To reiterate the
need for the Committee's decisions to be based on scientific/technical
principles, leaving aside any other kind of consideration in this
respect.
- To propose the
establishment of a procedure to move forward CCRVDF decisions when neither
consensus nor argument and/or scientific antecedents opposing the advance of
such decisions are tabled.
These delegations stressed that these proposals would
contribute to a more rapid and efficient work of the Committee, the work of the
people involved and in doing so, improve the quality of life of their
citizens.
132. The Committee had no other business to discuss.
