REP11/PR JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME ...

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REPORT ON 2010 JMPR RESPONSES TO SPECIFIC CONCERNS RAISED BY CCPR (Agenda Item 4b) 5
29. The Committee noted that specific concerns raised by CCPR at its last meeting will be considered when discussing the
relevant chemicals under Agenda Item 5.
30. The Committee expressed its appreciation to JMPR for their work and pointed out that the work of JMPR was essential and
important for the CCPR.
DRAFT AND PROPOSED DRAFT MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS FOR PESTICIDES IN FOODS AND FEEDS AT STEPS 7 AND 4
(Agenda Item 5) 6
GENERAL
31. The Delegation of the EU, supported by Norway, informed the Committee that they had concerns regarding the extrapolations
used by the 2010 JMPR to propose crop group MRLs. The Delegation also informed the Committee that an updated version of its
extrapolation guidance was published on the European Commission website 7 . While supporting the use of extrapolation, the EU
considered that in some cases the key elements for extrapolation (existing, comparable GAP and similar residue behaviour) did not
exist. In such cases the EU considered that individual commodity MRLs were preferable to setting group MRLs to avoid setting
MRLs higher than necessary. The Committee agreed to consider these concerns when discussing the relevant compounds.
ENDOSULFAN (32)
32. The Committee decided to advance the proposed draft MRL for tea, green, black (black, fermented and dried) for adoption at
Step 5/8 and to recommend subsequent revocation of the associated CXL.
PARAQUAT (57)
33. The Committee noted that JMPR had responded to the concern form submitted by the EU in 2010 on their acute intake
concern for dried beans and potatoes, and that JMPR had confirmed that the short term dietary intake of paraquat from its uses on
pulses and potato was unlikely to present a public health concern.
CHLOROTHALONIL (81)
34. The Committee decided to retain the CXLs for banana; cherries; common bean (pods and/or immature seeds); cranberry;
onion, bulb; peach; peppers, chilli, dried; peppers, sweet (including pimento or pimiento) and tomato for four years under the periodic
review, noting the manufacturers would submit supporting data for these commodities.
35. The Committee noted the reservations of the Delegations of the EU and Norway on the proposed draft MRLs for brussels
sprouts due to a lower MRL of 5 mg/kg derived from use of the OECD calculator, for cucumber due to an insufficient data set, for
gherkin; summer squash and root and tuber vegetables due to the extrapolation used by JMPR.
36. The Committee also noted the request from the EU for JMPR to conduct a short term dietary intake risk assessment for
chlorothalonil in leeks.
37. The Committee agreed to advance all the proposed draft MRLs to Step 5/8 and to recommend revocation of the CXLs for
barley; barley straw and fodder, dry; beans (dry); broccoli; brussels sprouts; cabbages head; carrot; cauliflower; celery; celery
leaves; cucumber; currants, black, red, white; grapes; melon, except watermelon; parsley; peanut; potato; squash, summer; sugar
beet; sweet corn (corn on the cob); wheat; wheat straw and fodder, dry and winter squash as recommended by 2010 JMPR, noting
that the manufacturer will submit new data for carrots.
DINOCAP (87)
38. The Delegation of Australia informed the Committee that dinocap and meptyldinocap were closely related compounds and
that the CXL for dinocap needed to be revised to accommodate residues from the use of meptyldinocap, as recommended by the
2010 JMPR.
5 Section 3 of the 2010 JMPR Report.
6 CX/PR 11/43/3; CX/PR 11/43/3-Corrigendum; CX/PR 11/43/3-Add.1 (comments from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Iran and Thailand). Additional comments from
Kenya (CRD 5); EU (CRDs 14, 16, and 17); and China (CRD 19).
7 http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/protection/resources/publications_en.htm