PREFACE

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
	FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
JOINT OFFICE: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 ROME Tel: 39 06 57051 www.codexalimentarius.net Email: [email protected] Facsimile: 39 06 5705 4593
CX 4/40.2		CL 2001/14-PR
		April 2001

TO:

- Codex Contact Points
- Interested International Organizations

Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission
FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy

The report of the Thirty-third Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues will be considered by the 24th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Geneva, 2 - 7 July 2001).

PART A: MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE 24TH SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

The following matters will be brought to the attention of the 24th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission for adoption:

1. DRAFT AND DRAFT REVISED MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS AT STEP 8 (ALINORM 01/24A, APPENDIX II); AND

2. PROPOSED DRAFT AND PROPOSED DRAFT REVISED MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS AT STEP 5/8 (ALINORM 01/24A, APPENDIX III)

Governments wishing to propose amendments or to comment on the Draft MRLs and Proposed Draft MRLs, including revised MRLs, should do so in writing in conformity with the Guide to the Consideration of Standards at Step 8 of the Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards Including Consideration of Any Statements Relating to Economic Impact (Codex Alimentarius Procedural Manual, Eleventh Edition, pp. 26-27) to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (fax, +39 06 57054593; e-mail, [email protected]), not later than 31 May 2001.

3. PROPOSED DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE CODEX CLASSIFICATION OF FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS (ALINORM 01/24A, APPENDIX V) AT STEP 5 OF THE ACCELERATED PROCEDURE

Governments are invited to comment on the above Proposed Draft Amendments to the Codex Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds (Codex Alimentarius, Volume 2, Section 4, pp. 75-78), including the revised definitions of “meat”, “mammalian fats”, “poultry fats” and “milks”, at Step 3 of the Accelerated Procedure. Comments should be sent to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (fax, +39 06 5705 4593; e-mail, [email protected]), not later than 31 May 2001.

3. PROPOSED DRAFT AND PROPOSED DRAFT REVISED MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS AT STEP 5 (ALINORM 01/24A, APPENDIX V)

Governments wishing to propose amendments or to submit comments regarding the implications which the Proposed Draft Maximum Residue Limits may have for their economic interest should do so in writing in conformity with the Procedures for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts (at Step 5) (Codex Alimentarius Procedural Manual, Eleventh Edition, p. 22) to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (fax, +39 06 57054593; e-mail, [email protected]), not later than 31 May 2001.

4. REVOCATION OF CODEX MRLS (ALINORM 01/24A, APPENDIX VI)

Governments wishing to comment on the proposed revocation (not including that of Codex MRLs replaced by the revised MRLs) should do so in writing to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (fax, +39 06 57054593; e-mail, [email protected]), not later than 31 May 2001.

PART B: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS

1. DRAFT AND PROPOSED DRAFT MRLS AT STEPS 6 AND 3[1]

Governments and interested international organizations are invited to comment on the draft MRLs and proposed draft MRLs as contained in Annex II of this report at Steps 6 and 3. Comments should be sent in writing in conformity with the Uniform Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts at Steps 3 and 6 including possible implications of the proposed draft MRLs for their economic interests (Codex Alimentarius Procedural Manual, Eleventh Edition, pp. 21-22) preferably by an email to Dr Wim H. Van Eck, Dr Ministery of Health, Welfare and Sport, Postbox 20350, 2500 EJ Den Haag, The Netherlands, (Fax: + 31 70 340 5554, e-mail: [email protected]), with a copy to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (fax: +39 06 57054593; e-mail: [email protected]), not later than 4 January 2002.

2. DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROTOXICITY

While considering the appropriateness of the current ADI and MRL setting in relation to infants and children (see paras 67-82), the Committee concluded that the possible increased vulnerability of infants and children was an important issue which needed to be explicitly integrated into the work of the CCPR and JMPR and agreed to request Member governments to provide information to the JMPR Secretariat on the availability of studies on developmental neurotoxicity that have been submitted to them, along with contact details on the data owners. This information should be sent to Dr J.L. Herman, International Programme on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland, (Fax: +41 22 791 4848, E-mail: [email protected]) with a copy to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (fax: +39 06 57054593; e-mail: [email protected]), not later than 1 November 2001.

3. REVISION OF THE CODEX CLASSIFICATION OF FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS

While considering the Discussion paper on the Need for the Revision of the Codex Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds (see paras 245 - 249), the Committee agreed to ask information to what extent the Classification should be updated and what new commodities should be added. This information should be sent to Dr Wim H. Van Eck, Dr Ministery of Health, Welfare and Sport, Postbox 20350, 2500 EJ Den Haag, The Netherlands, (Fax: + 31 70 340 5554, E-mail: [email protected]), with a copy to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (fax: +39 06 57054593; e-mail: [email protected]), not later than 30 November 2001.

PART C: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND DATA TO BE SENT TO JOINT FAO/WHO MEETING ON PESTICIDE RESIDUES

RESIDUES AND TOXICOLOGICAL DATA REQUIRED BY JMPR FOR PESTICIDES SCHEDULED FOR EVALUATION OR PERIODIC RE-EVALUATION

Governments and interested international organizations are invited to send inventory of data for pesticides on the agenda of the JMPR. Inventories of information on use patterns or good agricultural practices, residue data, national MRLs, etc. should be sent to Dr Amelia Tejada, Plant Protection Service, AGP, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, well before 30 November of a year before a JMPR meeting where a pesticide of concern is scheduled to be evaluated and, submission of residue data should be well before the end of February of the same year as the JMPR meeting. Toxicological data should be sent to Dr J.L. Herrman, International Programme on Chemical Safety, WHO, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland not later than one year before the JMPR meeting (see Appendix IX of ALINORM 01/24A).

Those countries specified under individual compounds in the ALINORM 01/24A concerning matters related to the FAO Panel of the JMPR (GAP, residue evaluation, etc.) on specific pesticide/commodity(ies) or concerning toxicological matters are invited to send information of data availability and/or toxicological data (for deadlines see the paragraph above).