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

REP11/PR 5
39. The Committee agreed to recommend the revision of the existing CXL for fruiting vegetables; cucurbits, to exclude cucumber;
squash, summer and melons, except watermelons, and to recommend higher proposed draft MRLs at Step 5/8 for cucumber; melon,
except watermelon and squash, summer to support uses of meptyldinocap (244), following the evaluation for meptyldinocap by the
JMPR.
40. The Committee also agreed that the source of the residue should be indicated for each proposed draft MRL.
CHLORPYRIFOS-METHYL (90)
41. The Committee decided to advance the draft MRLs for edible offal (mammalian); eggs; grape pomace, dry; meat (from
mammals other than marine mammals); milk fats; milks; poultry meat and poultry, edible offal of for adoption to Step 8 and to delete
the CXLs for cattle fat; cattle meat; cattle, edible offal of; chicken fat; chicken meat and chicken, edible offal of as they would be
replaced by commodity group MRLs.
42. The Committee also agreed to retain the draft MRLs for barley; oats; rice; wheat; wheat bran, unprocessed and wheat, germ
at Step 7 awaiting the 2012 JMPR review of alternative GAP for cereal grains.
43. The Committee noted that the Delegation of Egypt would provide data for JMPR evaluation to support a higher MRL of
0.1 mg/kg for potato.
CYPERMETHRINS (including alpha- and zeta- cypermethrin) (118)
44. The Committee was informed by the Delegation of Thailand that data supporting the draft MRL for asparagus had been
already submitted to JMPR.
TRIAZOPHOS (143)
45. The Committee was informed by the JMPR Secretariat that a short-term intake concern for rice, husked could not be excluded
based on the 2010 JMPR evaluation and that there were no data available to support a review of an alternative GAP. The Delegation
of China informed the Committee that processing data for rice, husked would be submitted next year for the 2013 JMPR evaluation.
The Committee agreed to hold the proposed draft MRL of 2 mg/kg for rice, husked at Step 4 due to short term intake concern.
46. The Committee decided to advance the proposed draft MRL for soya bean (immature seeds) to Step 5/8 and the draft MRL
for soya bean (young pod) with a new commodity code VP 0546 to Step 8, as these commodities were not considered animal feeds
and therefore not affected by the lack of animal metabolism studies and no residue definition for animal commodities.
CADUSAFOS (174)
47. The Committee decided to advance the proposed draft MRL for banana to Step 5/8 with the subsequent revocation of the
associated CXL, and to recommend the withdrawal of the CXL for potato as recommended by the 2010 JMPR.
BIFENTHRIN (178)
48. The Committee decided to advance the proposed draft MRLs for banana; blackberries; brassica (cole or cabbage)
vegetables, head cabbage, flowerhead brassicas; citrus fruits; cotton seed; dewberries (including boysenberry and loganberry);
edible offal (mammalian); eggplant; hops, dry; maize; maize fodder (dry); meat (from mammals other than marine mammals); milk
fats; milks; mustard greens; pea hay or pea fodder (dry); peppers; peppers chilli, dried; pulses; radish leaves (including radish tops);
rape seed; rape seed oil, edible; raspberries, red, black; root and tuber vegetables; tea, green, black (black, fermented and dried);
tomato; tree nuts; wheat; wheat bran, unprocessed and wheat germ to Step 5/8.
49. The Committee noted that the Delegations of the EU and Norway expressed their reservation on the advancement of the
proposed draft MRLs for brassica (cole or cabbage) vegetables, head cabbage, flowerhead brassicas and pulses due to the data
extrapolation used by JMPR and for hops, dry; tea, green, black (black, fermented and dried) due to insufficient number of trials.
50. The Committee also noted that the manufacturer would submit supporting data for barley, barley straw and fodder, dry, and
decided to retain these CXLs under 4 years Periodic Review Procedure.
51. The Committee decided to recommend the revocation of the CXLs for cattle fat; cattle kidney; cattle liver; cattle meat; cattle
milk; chicken eggs; chicken fat; chicken meat; chicken, edible offal of; grapefruit; hops, dry; lemon; maize; orange, sweet; pear;
potato; wheat flour; wheat bran, unprocessed; wheat straw and fodder, dry; wheat wholemeal, as some of them were being replaced
by group MRLs.