- Draft MRLs for
adoption at Step 8, Proposed Draft MRLs at Step 5/8 and Proposed Draft MRLs at
Step 5 (Annex II);- Proposed Draft Revised Recommended Methods of Sampling for
the Determination of Pesticide Residues for Compliance with MRLs for adoption at
Step 5 (Appendix II);
- Priority List of Pesticides for new and periodic evaluations
by he JMPR for endorsement (Appendix III);
- deletion of certain existing Codex MRLs (Annex II);
and
- initiation of work on "national regulatory practices to
facilitate the Use of Codex Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides" which would
replace "Recommended National Regulatory Practices to Facilitate Acceptances and
Use of Codex Maximum Limits for Pesticide Residues in Foods (CAC/PR 9-1985)"
(para. 102).
- agreed that at
present there was no need to establish MRLs/EMRLs for fish (paras.
5-7);- requested the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for
Special Dietary Uses to clarify their concerns about the pesticide residue
provision of the Proposed Draft Revised Standard for Processed Cereal-Based
Foods for Infants and Young Children and to provide the exact wording it wished
to include in the standard for consideration by this Committee (para.
8);
- recognized the need for further coordination between the
JMPR and JECFA, and the CCPR and CCRVDF, as well as at the national level, for
elaborating MRLs for compounds used both as pesticides and veterinary drugs
(paras. 9-12);
- agreed not to pursue the elaboration of harmonized
guidelines for the establishment of temporary tolerances at the national level,
or any of the other recommendations or proposals outlined in the document on
residue management initiatives in Codex (paras. 13-16);
- noted the brief oral summaries of the Joint FAO/WHO
Consultations on Risk Management and on Food Consumption and Exposure Assessment
of Chemicals and agreed to discuss the final report of the latter at its next
session (paras. 17-18, 32-33);
- noted the report on general considerations by the 1996 JMPR
and recommended that FAO and WHO give a high priority to the work of the JMPR
and publish reports and evaluations in a timely manner (paras. 19-22);
- welcomed the publication of the Revised Guidelines for
Predicting Dietary Intake of Pesticide Residues, supported the general
principles of the Guidelines and agreed that the revised Guidelines should be
reviewed in the future in the light of experience from operating them and
developments in the area of exposure assessment (paras. 23-28);
- encouraged the JMPR and governments to perform IEDI and NEDI
calculations respectively on a routine basis (para. 31);
- agreed that if best possible dietary intake estimates of a
pesticide using 5 regional diets do not exceed the ADI, the Committee should
advance MRLs for this pesticide; and if they exceed the ADI, hold the MRLs and
request additional information needed to refine dietary intake estimates to
enable the Committee to decide what actions should be taken (para.
40);
- agreed that a discussion paper for consideration at the next
session, which should examine the need for criteria for setting EMRLs and what
need to be considered if criteria were to be established (paras.
80-81);
- agreed to bring to the attention of the CCMAS and CCRVDF the
Proposed Draft Revised Recommended Methods of Sampling for the Determination of
Pesticide Residues for Compliance with MRLs as amended by the Committee (para.
84);
- agreed to maintain MRLs for abamectin set at or about the
limit of determination at 0.01 mg/kg (para. 87);
- supported the proposal of the CCRVDF that the Commission
request FAO and WHO to give consideration to convening an expert consultation on
method validation for food control purposes (para. 88); and
- endorsed several recommendations regarding problems relative
to pesticide residues in food in developing countries (paras. 96-99)
