MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMISSION The Committee recommended to the Commission: - Draft MRLs for
adoption at Step 8, Proposed Draft MRLs at Step 5/8 and Proposed Draft MRLs/EMRL
at Step 5 (Appendices II, IV & V);
- the amended text of the Draft
Revised Recommended Methods of Sampling for the Determination of Pesticide
Residues for Compliance with MRLs for adoption at Step 8 (Appendix
III);
- revocation of certain existing
Codex MRLs (Appendix VI); and
- the Priority List of
Pesticides for new and periodic evaluations by the JMPR for endorsement
(Appendix VII)
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSION MATTER OF INTEREST TO OTHER COMMITTEES The Committee: - concluded that it
was not in a position to take action on the request of the Codex Coordinating
Committee for Africa to elaborate MRLs to address the difficulties in exporting
fish caught in Lake Victoria due to the presence of certain pesticides until
relevant data were submitted (paras. 15-16);
- agreed to support the MRL for
cyfluthrin in milk at 0.04 mg/kg (whole milk basis), which had been advanced by
the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods to Step 5 for
adoption by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (para. 96);
- decided to send the
Agreed CCPR Positions on Setting EMRLs to the Codex Committee on
Food Additives and Contaminants for their consideration to ensure harmonization
and consistency in Codex (para. 110 and Appendix VIII); and
- agreed that once a new paper
became available on in-house method validation, it should be sent to the Codex
Committees on Methods of Analysis and Sampling and on Pesticide Residues for
harmonization purposes (para. 131).
FOR INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION The Committee: - decided to
consider at its next Session the recommendations of an informal JECFA/JMPR
Harmonization Meeting held to resolve differences in residue definitions and
related matters and to ensure harmonization and consistency between the JECFA
and JMPR, pending their consideration by the 1999 JMPR (para. 7-9)
- noted the reports on general
considerations by the 1997 and 1998 JMPR; concluded that maximum residue limits
for monitoring (MRLMs), recommended by the JMPR when the dietary intake
estimate(s) exceeds the ADI, would be treated as normal MRLs which would be
footnoted indicating that assurance could not be provided that intake would not
exceed the ADI (para. 18); and requested the JMPR Secretariat to prepare a short
paper for consideration at the next Session that would provide practical
proposals to address the increasing workload of the JMPR (para. 21);
- agreed to discuss the
methodology for estimating acute dietary exposure at the next Session when
worked examples would be available to assess its usefulness as a screening tool
at the international level (para. 25);
- welcomed the proposal for the
revised diets for estimating chronic dietary intake of pesticide residues and
agreed that they should be sent to governments for comments (paras
27-29);
- decided that a revised
questionnaire on the food processing practices in countries to improve dietary
exposure assessment should be sent to governments for response (paras
35-36);
- agreed to request following
new discussion papers for consideration at the next Session:
i. on the request of the Codex Committee
on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses, i.e., feasibility of
establishing specific MRLs for cereal-based foods and infant formula, in
particular, possible unique toxicological concerns to children (paras
10-14)ii. on the issue of which uses to support when estimated
chronic dietary intake(s) exceeded the ADI (para. 75); and iii. on the feasibility of establishing MRLs for genetically
modified crops and for metabolite residues (para. 105); - agreed on the amended CCPR
positions on treating outliers and violation rates in setting EMRLs (para.
108);
- agreed to seek comments on the
paper on the need for EMRL for camphechlor in fish and to request information on
trade problems caused by camphechlor residues in fish and availability of
monitoring data (para. 114);
- agreed on the process for the
review of the criteria for determining suitability of methods of analysis and
the revision of the list of methods of analysis (para. 128);
- agreed to seek comments on
performance criteria of analytical methods in relation to in-house validation
(para. 129);
- recommended a number of
actions regarding problems relative to pesticide residues in food in developing
countries (paras 139- 148); and
- decided to defer further
consideration on regulatory practices to facilitate use of Codex MRLs for
pesticides pending the outcome of considerations of relevant matters by the
Codex Committee on General Principles and the Codex Alimentarius Commission, and
inputs from Member countries (para. 149).
MATTERS OF GENERAL NATURE REFERRED TO THE JOINT FAO/WHO
MEETING ON PESTICIDE RESIDUES The Committee invited the JMPR to consider or to give advice
on: - physiological and
developmental characteristics of infants and children (para. 13) ;
- susceptibility of infants and
young children to chemicals and validity of the ADIs established for these
populations (para. 14) ;
- the term MRLM, as the term
monitoring is confusing (para. 18);
- the question on minimum data
requirements to establish MRLs and STMRs for post-harvest uses (para. 73);
and
- providing several options when
the JMPR estimates EMRLs to enable the CCPR to make appropriate risk management
decisions (para. 109).
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