Haloxyfop was evaluated for the first time by the 1995 JMPR. That Meeting received data on residues in beans and peas but the exact Codex commodities to which the data referred were not clear. The 1995 Meeting agreed not to estimate maximum residue levels until the commodity descriptions were clarified. Supplementary information on the commodity described as "peas" has now been made available.
The 1995 Meeting could not complete the evaluation of the ruminant and poultry metabolism studies in the time available and reviewed the residue data on ruminants and poultry on the assumption that metabolism in these species is essentially the same as indicated in the metabolism studies on rats, mice, dogs, monkeys and humans. The present Meeting completed the evaluation of the studies of ruminant and poultry metabolism.
The 1995 JMPR estimated a number of maximum residue levels, but agreed not to recommend their use as MRLs because of the lack of critical supporting data on the uptake of soil degradation products by crops. Studies on the uptake of haloxyfop or its degradation products from soil treated with haloxyfop have been made available to the present Meeting.
