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Implications of Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) on tea trade

Year of publication 2015

Pages 17 p.

Author Chang, K.;Trade and Markets Division

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) A major achievement of the Intergovernmental Group on Tea (IGG/Tea) is its submission to, and acceptance by, CODEX Alimentarius of a list of priority chemicals detailing the correlation between field trial protocol and good laboratory practices (GLP) supervised protocol. The Working Group (WG) on Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) produced a document explaining how the submission could facilitate the achievement of global harmonization of MRLs, including the communication plan and the Decision Tree f or discussion and endorsement by the Group. Document CCP:TE 14/3 was written by the Secretariat to complement the effort of the WG by examining the implication of MRL harmonization on international trade patterns of tea. Food safety standards have different effects on consumption and trade flows. Primarily they aim to maintain consumer safety through defined sets of limits and regulations, but these regulations could have a trade deterring effect when exporters cannot comply with the standards. As one of the food safety standards, MRLs set maximum levels of pesticide residue that can be traced in food and food products to ensure food safety. CODEX Alimentarius (2011) defines CODEX maximum limit for pesticide residues as “the maximum concentration of a pesticide residue (expressed as mg/kg), recommended by the CODEX Alimentarius Commission to be legally permitted in or on food commodities and animal feeds. MRLs are based on good agriculture practice (GAP) data, and foods derived from co mmodities that comply with the respective MRLs are intended to be toxicologically acceptable”.

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