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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The summary and conclusions of the 43 rd Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues are as follows:
MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE 34 TH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION
The Committee agreed to forward:
Draft and proposed draft MRLs for pesticides and other related texts
• Draft and proposed draft MRLs for pesticide at Steps 8 and 5/8 with omission of Steps 6/7 (paras. 31 - 81 and Appendix II);
• Proposed draft revision to the Guidelines on the Estimation of Uncertainty of Results for the Determination of Pesticide
Residues (Annex to CAC/GL 59-2006) at Step 5/8 with omission of Steps 6/7 (para. 121 and Appendix X);
• Proposed Draft MRLs for pesticides at Step 5 (paras. 31 - 81 and Appendix IV);
• Proposed Draft Revision of the Codex Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds: Assorted Tropical and Sub-tropical Fruits -
Edible peel and Assorted Tropical and Sub-tropical Fruits - Inedible Peel at Step 5 (para. 100 and Appendix VIII);
Revocation of MRLs for pesticides and other related texts
• Revocation of Codex MRLs for pesticides (paras 31 - 81 and Appendix V); and
• Revocation of CODEX STAN 229-1993 - Analysis of Pesticide Residues: Recommended Methods (para. 123).
Approval of new work
• Priority List for the Establishment of MRLs for Pesticides (para. 140 and Appendix XI);
The Committee:
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSION
• agreed that the revision of the Risk Analysis Principles applied by the Codex Committeed 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 (paras. 8 and 138);
• agreed that further discussion on the revision of the definition of “hazard” was no longer necessary (para. 9);
• noted a number of matters arising from the 2010 JMPR including replies to specific concerns raised by the last session of the
Committee (paras. 11 - 30);
• agreed to retain several draft and proposed draft MRLs for pesticides at Steps 7 and 4 awaiting for the JMPR evaluation (paras.
31 - 81);
• agreed that the 2011 JMPR could elaborate MRLs proposals with and without making use of the concept of proportionality so
that the result could be compared and discussed at the next session of the Committee (para. 86);
• agreed to hold the three commodity groups on tree nuts, herbs and spices at Step 7 pending finalization of the revision of the
Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds (para. 91);
• agreed to return the entry for “Edible Flowers” under the commodity group “Herbs” to Step 6 for comments and consideration at
the next session of the Committee (para. 92 and Appendix VII);
• agreed to proceed with the elaboration of new groups for several types of vegetables for comments and consideration at its next
session (para. 101);
• agreed to hold the draft Principles and Guidance for the Selection of Representative Commodities for the Extrapolation of
Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides for Commodity Groups (including Table 1 on fruit commodities) at Step 7 pending the
finalization of the revision of the Classification of Foods and Feeds as per the fruit commodity groups (para. 111 and Appendix
IX);
• agreed that the IAEA would continue to support the maintenance of the web-based method database with a direct link to the
Codex website (para. 123);