CODEX GENERAL STANDARD FOR CONTAMINANTS AND TOXINS IN FOODS (Agenda item 13)
111. The 32nd Session of the CCFAC decided to reconvene the ad hoc Working Group on Contaminants and Toxins prior to its 33rd Session[40]. The Working Group was chaired by Dr. Torsten Berg (Denmark). Dr. Luba Tomaska (Australia) and Niels B. Lucas Luijckx (the Netherlands) acted as rapporteurs.
Draft Maximum Levels for Tin
112. The Committee noted that the 23rd Session of the Commission decided[41] to hold the proposed draft maximum levels for tin at Step 5, pending the reevaluation of the acute toxicity of tin by JECFA. In consideration that the 55th Meeting of JECFA (June 2000) had considered toxicology and acute reference doses of tin, the Committee agreed with the recommendation of the Working Group that the proposed draft levels for tin should be reexamined at its 34th Session.
Future Status of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Contaminants and Toxins
113. The Committee decided to reconvene the ad hoc Working Group on Contaminants and Toxins prior to its next Session under the Chairmanship of Denmark.
