Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
| Published date | 03 February 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 5929 |
| Record Number | 2020-01937 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | U.s. Codex Office |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 22 (Monday, February 3, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5929-5931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01937]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Pesticide Residues
AGENCY: U.S. Codex Office, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on
February 27, 2020. The objective of the public meeting is to provide
information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft
United States (U.S.)
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positions to be discussed at the 52nd Session of the Codex Committee on
Pesticide Residues (CCPR) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, in
Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, March 30-April 4, 2020. The U.S.
Manager for Codex Alimentarius and the Under Secretary for Trade and
Foreign Agricultural Affairs recognize the importance of providing
interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on
the 52nd Session of the CCPR and to address items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 27, 2020
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place at the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Room PYS-4370/80, One Potomac Yard
South, 2777 South Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. Documents related
to the 52nd Session of the CCPR will be accessible via the internet at
the following address: http://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/committees/committee/related-meetings/en/?committee=CCPR. CAPT David
Miller, U.S. Delegate to the 52nd Session of the CCPR, invites U.S.
interested parties to submit their comments electronically to the
following email address: [email protected].
Call-In-Number: If you wish to participate in the public meeting
for the 52nd Session of the CCPR by conference call, please use the
call-in-number: 1-888-844-9904 and participant code 5126092.
Registration: Attendees may register to attend in-person the public
meeting by emailing [email protected] by February 26, 2020. Early
registration is encouraged because it will expedite entry into the
building. The meeting will take place in a Federal building. Attendees
should bring photo identification and plan for adequate time to pass
through the security screening systems. Attendees who are not able to
attend the meeting in person, but who wish to participate, may do so by
phone, as discussed above.
For Further Information about the 52nd Session of the CCPR Contact:
U.S. Delegate, CAPT David Miller, Chief, Chemistry and Exposure Branch
and Acting Chief, Toxicology and Epidemiology Branch, Health Effects
Division, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20460. Telephone: (703) 305-5352, Fax: (703) 305-5147, Email:
[email protected]
For Further Information about the Public Meeting Contact: Marie
Maratos, U.S. Codex Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 4861,
South Agriculture Building, Washington, DC 20250. Phone: (202) 690-
4795, Fax: (202) 720-3157, Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Codex was established in 1963 by two United Nations organizations,
the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health
Organization (WHO). Through adoption of food standards, codes of
practice, and other guidelines developed by its committees, and by
promoting their adoption and implementation by governments, Codex seeks
to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the
food trade.
The Terms of Reference of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
(CCPR) are:
(a) To establish maximum limits for pesticide residues in specific
food items or in groups of food;
(b) to establish maximum limits for pesticide residues in certain
animal feeding stuffs moving in international trade where this is
justified for reasons of protection of human health;
(c) to prepare priority lists of pesticides for evaluation by the
Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR);
(d) to consider methods of sampling and analysis for the
determination of pesticide residues in food and feed;
(e) to consider other matters in relation to the safety of food and
feed containing pesticide residues; and,
(f) to establish maximum limits for environmental and industrial
contaminants showing chemical or other similarity to pesticides, in
specific food items or groups of food.
The CCPR is hosted by China. The United States attends CCPR as a
member country of Codex.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
The following items on the Agenda for the 52nd Session of the CCPR
will be discussed during the public meeting:
Adoption of the Agenda
Appointment of Rapporteurs
Matters referred to CCPR by CAC and/or other subsidiary bodies
Matters of interest arising from FAO and WHO
Matters of interest arising from other international
organizations
Report on items of general consideration by the 2019 JMPR
extraordinary and regular meetings--Section 2 of the 2019 JMPR Reports
Report on responses to specific concerns raised by CCPR
arising from the 2019 JMPR extraordinary and regular meetings--Section
3 of the 2019 JMPR Reports
Proposed MRLs for pesticides in food and feed
Revision of the Classification of Food and Feed (CXM 4/1989)
for selected commodity groups:
(i) Class C-- Primary feed commodities (Type 11: Primary Feed
commodities of plant origin, taking into account silage, fodder, and a
separate group for grasses) and the fodder discussion paper.
(ii) Class D-- Processed Food commodities of plant origin (all
Types in Class D).
(iii) Tables on examples of representative commodities for
commodity groups in different types under Class C and Class D, for
inclusion in the Principles and Guidance for the Selection of
Representative Commodities for the Extrapolation of MRLs for Pesticides
to Commodity Group (CXG 84-2012).
(iv) Impact of the revised types in Class C and D on CXLs.
(v) Class B--Primary food commodities of animal origin--
Harmonization of meat mammalian maximum residue limits between CCPR and
the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF).
Impact of revised types in Class A (in the Classification of
Food and Feed (CXM 4/1989)) on CXLs
Proposed draft Guidelines for compounds of low public health
concern that could be exempted from the establishment of Codex Maximum
Residue Limits (MRLs or also referred to as CXLs)
Discussion paper on the opportunity to revise the Guidelines
on the use of mass spectrometry for the identification, confirmation
and quantitative determination of residues (CXG 56-2005)
Discussion paper on the monitoring of purity and stability of
certified reference material (CRM) of multi-class pesticides during
prolonged storage
Discussion paper on the review of the International Estimated
Short-term Intake (IESTI) equations
Discussion paper on opportunities and challenges for the JMPR
participation in an international parallel review of a new compound
Discussion paper on the management of unsupported compounds
(without public health concerns) scheduled for periodic review
Information on national registrations databases of pesticides
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Establishment of Codex Schedules and Priority Lists of
Pesticides for evaluation by the 2020 JMPR
Other Business and Future Work
Public Meeting
At the February 27, 2020, public meeting, draft U.S. positions on
the agenda items will be described and discussed, and attendees will
have the opportunity to pose questions and offer comments. Written
comments may be offered at the meeting or sent to CAPT David Miller,
U.S. Delegate for the 52nd Session of the CCPR (see ADDRESSES). Written
comments should state that they relate to activities of the 52nd
Session of the CCPR.
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Done at Washington, DC, on January 14, 2020.
Mary Lowe,
U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 2020-01937 Filed 1-31-20; 8:45 am]
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