arab Codex EWG analysis

Proposed review and analysis with respect to CCPR agenda items of relevance to the region.

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54th Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR54)

26 June - 1 July 2023, Beijing, P.R. China

  • Agenda Item 3 – Matters referred to CCPR by CAC and/or other subsidiary bodies: 
  • Agenda Item 4(a) – Matters arising from FAO and WHO:
  • Agenda Item 4(b) – Matters arising from other international organizations:
  • Agenda Item 5(a) – Report on items of general consideration arising from the2022 JMPR meeting and
    Agenda Item 5(b) – Report on responses to specific concerns raised by CCPR arising from the 2022 JMPR meeting :
    Agenda Item 6 – MRLs for pesticides in food and feed (at Steps 7 and 4):
  • Agenda Item 7 – 7 Revision of the Classification of Food and Feed (CXA 4-1989):
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  • Agenda Item 8 – Coordination of work between CCPR and CCRVDF, Joint CCPR/CCRVDF Working Group on Compounds for Dual Use – Status of work :
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53rd Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR53)

4-8, 13 July 2022

Report of the Delegation of the AIDSMO following their participation at CCPR53:  English | Français | العربية 

  • Agenda Item 4(b) – Matters arising from other international organizations: 
  • Agenda Item 5(a) – Report on Items of General Consideration Arising from the 2021 JMPR Extra and Regular Meetings: International Estimate of Short-Term Intakes (IESTI) Equations:
  • Agenda Item 5(b) – Report on responses to specific concerns raised by CCPR arising from the 2021 JMPR regular meeting (at Step 7) AND
    Agenda Item 6 – MRLs for Pesticides in Food and Feed (at Steps 7 and 4):
  • Agenda Item 7(a) – Revision of the Classification of Food and Feed (CXA 4-1989): Establishment of MRLs for Pesticides for Okra:
  • Agenda Item 7(b) – Revision of the Classification of Food and Feed (CXA 4-1989): Class B – Primary Food Commodities of Animal Origin (All Types) (at Step 4):
  • Agenda Item 7(c) – Revision of the Classification of Food and Feed (CXA 4-1989): Class E – Processed Foods of Animal Origin (All Types) (at Step 4):
  • Agenda Item 7(d) – Revision of the Classification of Food and Feed (CXA 4-1989): Coordination of work between CCPR and CCRVDF: Class B – Primary food commodities of animal origin Harmonization of meat mammalian maximum residue limits between CCPR and CCRVDF: Harmonized definition for edible offal and other edible animal tissues:
  • Agenda Item 8 – Joint CCPR/CCRVDF Working Group on Compounds for Dual Use – Status of work:
  • Agenda Item 9 – Guidelines for compounds of low public health concern that may be exempted from the establishment of codex maximum residue limits or do not give rise to residues (at step 7):
  • Agenda Item 11 – Discussion Paper on the Management of Unsupported Compounds without Public Health Concern Scheduled for Periodic Review:
  • Agenda Item 12 – National Registrations of Pesticides:
  • Agenda Item 13 – Establishment of Codex Schedules and Priority Lists of Pesticides for Evaluation/re-Evaluation by JMPR:
  • Agenda Item 14 – Discussion paper on the review of mass spectrometry provisions in the “Guidelines on the use of mass spectrometry for the identification, confirmation and quantitative determination of pesticide residues (CXG 56-2005)” and “the Guidelines on performance criteria of pesticide residues in food and feed (CXG 90-2017)”: 
  • Agenda Item 15 – Discussion paper on monitoring the purity and stability of certified reference material of pesticides during prolonged storage:
  • Agenda Item 16 – Mitigation of trade impacts associated with the use of environmental inhibitors in agriculture: 
  • Agenda Item 17 – Modification of the portion of commodities to which Codex MRLs apply and which is analyzed: Group 14 (Assorted fruits – Inedible peel):