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Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits - edible peel
95. Some delegations proposed to transfer jujube, Chinese to the group for stone fruit as it was more similar to that group and
grew in temperate climates. It was retained in square brackets for further consideration.
96. Some delegations proposed to transfer kumquats and limequats to the citrus fruits group as they are classified as citrus
taxonomically and they are traded as such in Asia. Other delegations did not support this amendment as this would result in many
MRLs for citrus becoming applicable to kumquat although it has an edible peel, which is not the case of other citrus species. The
Committee agreed to retain kumquats and limequats in square brackets for further consideration.
97. Some delegations proposed to transfer persimmon to the pome fruits group in view of their botanical characteristics, climatic
growing conditions, trade and pesticide residue pattern, and noted that the inclusion in the group for tropical fruits would result in a
decrease in the number of MRLs available. The Committee agreed that further consideration should be given to the consequences of
such a change as regards the establishment of MRLs and persimmon was retained in square brackets for further consideration.
98. It was proposed to transfer tamarind to the “inedible smooth peel-large” group as tamarind peel is hard and inedible, and it
was placed in square brackets for further discussion.
Assorted tropical and sub-tropical fruits - inedible peel
99. The following species was placed in square brackets for further consideration: Madras thorn, which has a pod similar to
tamarind; two additional synonyms for the scientific name of langsat; and sapodilla. Baobab fruit was inserted as an alternative to
monkey bread. It was also agreed to insert a specific entry for coconut, young in the sub-group for palms.
STATUS OF THE PROPOSED DRAFT REVISION OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF FOODS AND ANIMAL FEEDS: ASSORTED TROPICAL AND SUB-
TROPICAL FRUITS - EDIBLE PEEL AND ASSORTED TROPICAL AND SUB-TROPICAL FRUITS - INEDIBLE PEEL
100. The Committee agreed to advance the Proposed Draft Revision to Step 5 for adoption by the 34 th Session of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission (Appendix VIII).
101. The Committee agreed to reconvene the electronic working group led by the Netherlands and the United States to proceed
with the elaboration of new drafts of the groups for several types of vegetables for comments at Step 3 and consideration at the next
session.
DRAFT PRINCIPLES AND GUIDANCE FOR THE SELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVE COMMODITIES FOR THE
EXTRAPOLATION OF MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS FOR PESTICIDES FOR COMMODITY GROUPS (Agenda Item 8a) 12
PROPOSED DRAFT ADDENDA TO THE DRAFT PRINCIPLES AND GUIDANCE FOR THE SELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVE
COMMODITIES FOR THE EXTRAPOLATION OF MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS FOR PESTICIDES FOR COMMODITY GROUPS
(Agenda Item 8b) 13
102. The Committee recalled that at its last session it had revised the Principles and Guidance including Table 1 – Example of the
Selection of Representative Commodities and had forwarded the revised text to the 33 rd Session of the Commission for adoption at
Step 5. The Commission adopted the document as proposed by the Committee and advanced it to Step 6 for comments and
finalization by the next session of the Committee. It was also recalled that Addendum I – Justification on bulb vegetables and fruiting
vegetables other than cucurbits and Addendum II – Background information regarding representative commodities had been
returned to Steps 2/3 for revision, comments and further consideration by the next session of the Committee. The Committee had
also agreed to re-establish the electronic working group led by the Netherlands and the United States of America to revise Table 1
and the Addenda based on the comments submitted and the considerations made in plenary.
12 CX/PR 11/43/7; CX/11/43/7-Add.1 (comments from Canada, Cuba and Japan). Additional comments from Kenya (CRD 5); Colombia (CRD 9); European
Union (CRD 15); China (CRD 19); and Mali (CRD 21).
13 CX/PR 11/43/8.