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INTRODUCTION
1. The Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) held its 43 rd Session in Beijing, China, from 4 to 9 April 2011 at the kind
invitation of the Government of the People’s Republic China. Professor Xiongwu Qiao, Vice-Director of the Shanxi Academy of
Agricultural Sciences chaired the session, assisted by Dr Weili Shan, Director of Residue Division of Institute for Control of
Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture. The Session was attended by 189 delegates representing 58 Member Countries, 1 Member
Organization and Observers from 7 international organizations. The list of participants is attached as Appendix I.
OPENING OF THE SESSION
2. The Session was opened by Mr Chen Xiaohua, Vice-Minister of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China. Mr Xiaohua
extended his sincere appreciation to FAO and WHO for their support and assistance and welcomed all delegates. He indicated that
China, as host country of Committee on Pesticide Residues, will continuously enhance cooperation with other countries and make its
due contribution to advancing agricultural development in the world.
Division of Competence 1
3. The Committee noted the division of competence between the European Union (EU) and its Member States, according to
paragraph 5, Rule II of the Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, as presented in CRD 2.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (Agenda Item 1) 2
4. The Committee agreed to consider Agenda Item 11 Revision of the Risk Analysis Principles Applied by the Codex Committee
on Pesticide Residues after Agenda Item 5 Draft and Proposed Draft Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Foods and Feeds
and adopted the Provisional Agenda as the Agenda for the Session.
In-session working groups
5. The Committee agreed to establish an in-session Working Group on Methods of Analysis, chaired by Australia to consider: 1)
the revision of the Guidelines on the Estimation of Uncertainty of Results for the Determination of Pesticide Residues (Agenda Item
10a); 2) the recommendations of the Discussion Paper on how to address Methods of Analysis for Pesticide Residues by the CCPR
(Agenda Item 10b); and 3) the opportunity to convene an expert consultation to provide scientific guidance on the development of
performance characteristics for multi-residue analysis and proposed terms of reference for the consultation as requested from the
Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (Agenda Item 3).
6. The Committee also agreed to establish an in-session Working Group on Priorities, chaired by Australia, to consider the
revision of the Priority List (Agenda Item 12a) as well as the recommendations on the status of Codex MRLs for Lindane (Agenda
Item 12b).
APPOINTMENT OF RAPPORTEURS (Agenda Item 2)
7. The Committee appointed Mr David Lunn (New Zealand) and Mr Kevin Bodnaruk (Australia) to act as rapporteurs.
MATTERS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE BY THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND CODEX COMMITTEES
(Agenda Item 3) 3
8. The Committee noted matters for information and agreed that the revision of the Risk Analysis Principles applied by the
Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues in relation to their consistency with the Working Principles for Risk Analysis and their
applicability to animal feed should be considered in the framework of the ongoing revision of the Risk Analysis Principles (Agenda
Item 11).
9. As regards the revision of the definition of “hazard” in the Procedural Manual, the Committee noted that this proposal was
related to nutrient risk assessment and that the 32 nd Session of the Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses
(CCNFSDU) had already decided not to amend the definition. The Committee agreed that further discussion on this matter was no
longer necessary.
1 CRD 2 (EU Division of Competence).
2 CX/PR 11/43/1.
3 CX/PR 11/43/2 and CX/PR 11/43/2-Add.1. Comments from Kenya (CRD 5) and Argentina (CRD 18). Report of the in-session Working Group on Methods of
Analysis (CRD 30).