OTHER BUSINESS
64. The Delegation of New Zealand suggested that the current policy for elaborating species specific MRLs be reconsidered as this policy is not based on any human health rationale and restricts the usefulness of these standards for non-specified species. As the average daily intake of meat and offal used in elaborating MRLs does not differentiate between species, then MRLs should also be species generic, unless a technical justification for a difference exists.
65. New Zealand also reiterated that MRLs should be based not on notional zero risk but on a thorough risk analysis and that strict accept/reject criteria relating to MRLs should only be applied to products when there is evidence of acute toxicological effects. The Delegation of France agreed to consider this issue when developing the discussion paper on risk analysis as related to the establishment of MRLs .[17]
FUTURE WORK[18]
The Committee noted that the proposed elaboration of Guidelines on Residues at Injection Sites[19] was subject to approval by the 43rd Session of the Executive Committee.
