FAO/PL:1968/M/9/1
WHO/FOOD ADD./69.35
1968 EVALUATIONS OF SOME PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD
THE MONOGRAPHS
Issued jointly by FAO and WHO
The content of this document is the result of the deliberations of the
Joint Meeting of the FAO Working Party of Experts and the WHO Expert
Committee on Pesticide Residues, which met in Geneva, 9-16 December,
1968.
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Geneva, 1969
This document contains summaries of data considered by the Joint
Meeting of the FAO Working Party of Experts and the WHO Expert
Committee on Pesticide Residues in arriving at recommendations for
acceptable daily intakes, tolerances and methods of analysis.
A summary Report of the 1968 Joint Meeting* has also been published
which contains general considerations, including the principles
adopted for the evaluations and a summary of the results of
evaluations of a number of pesticide residues.
*Pesticide residues in food. Report of the 1968 joint meeting of the
FAO working party of experts on pesticide residues and the WHO expert
committee on pesticide residues, FAO Agricultural Studies, No. 78, WHO
Technical Report Series, No. 417.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Note to the reader
The Monographs
Aldrin - see dieldrin
Arsenic - see lead arsenate
Azinphos-methyl
BHC (Technical grades)
Bromide ion
Calcium arsenate - see lead arsenate
Carbaryl
Carbon disulfide
Carbon tetrachloride
Chlorobenzilate
Chloropropylate
Coumaphos
Crufomate
DDT
Diazinon
Dicofol
Dieldrin
Dioxathion
Endosulfan
Ethion
Ethylene dibromide
Ethylene oxide
Fenchlorphos
Heptachlor
Lead - see lead arsenate
Lead arsenate
Lindane
Malathion
Methyl bromide
Oxydemeton-methyl
Oxythioquinox
Parathion-methyl
Phosphamidon
Pyrethrins
Toxaphene
Trichloroethylene
Annex I - Index to documentation on specific compounds
References to Annex I
Annex II - Glossary
INTRODUCTION
A Joint Meeting of the FAO Working Party of Experts on Pesticide
Residues and the WHO Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues was held
in Geneva in December 1968. The general considerations, including the
principles adopted for the evaluations and a summary of the results of
evaluations on a number of pesticide residues will appear in a
publication entitled "Report of the 1968 Joint Meeting of the FAO
Working Party of Experts on Pesticide Residues and the WHO Expert
Committee on Pesticide Residues".* Additional information, including
previously unpublished summaries of data considered by the Joint
Meeting in arriving at recommendations for acceptable daily intakes,
tolerances and methods of analysis, is to be found in this document.
Many of the compounds considered at this meeting have been previously
evaluated in earlier publications. If only a limited amount of
additional data on these compounds has become available in the
intervening years, only this latter data is summarized in the
pertinent monograph and reference is made to the previously published
evaluation which should also be consulted by the reader who wishes to
obtain a complete evaluation of the compound. If a large amount of
data has become available since the previously published evaluation,
or if the compound was first considered by the Joint Meeting in 1968,
the pertinent monograph is reproduced in its entirety.
As much relevant information as possible has been included in the
monographs. Wherever possible this has been obtained from the
published literature, but other sources of information have also been
used. Early and complete publication of the results of research in
this field is very important, particularly of that part which could
form the basis for estimation of acceptable daily intakes and
appropriate tolerances.
Publication allows the research to be scrutinized and criticized by
scientists from disciplines not necessarily represented at the
meeting. Data contained in unpublished reports, because they may
include more detail than published work, are often acceptable.
However, such reports must be complete and non-confidential and
indicate authorship.
* Pesticide residues in food. Report of the 1968 Joint Meeting of the
FAO Working Party of Experts on Pesticide Residues and the WHO Expert
Committee on Pesticide Residues, FAO Agricultural Studies, No. 78, WHO
Technical Report Series, No. 417.
Two annexes have been included at the end of this series of
monographs. Annex I is a reproduction of Annex I in the Report of the
1968 Joint Meeting* and gives the source of all the previous
monographs of various compounds. Annex II comprises a definition of
terms, most of which were included in the Report of the 1967 Joint
Meeting.** Two additional terms, namely "regulatory" and "referee"
methods of analysis are also defined in this annex.
NOTE TO THE READER
Any comments on residues in food and their evaluation addressed to:
Crop Protection Branch
Plant Production and Protection Division
Food and Agriculture Organization
Rome, Italy
Any comments on evaluations for acceptable daily intakes should be
addressed to:
Food Additives Unit
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
* Pesticide residues in food. Report of the 1968 Joint Meeting of the
FAO Working Party of Experts on Pesticide Residues and the WHO Expert
Committee on Pesticide Residues, FAO Agricultural Studies, No. 78, WHO
Technical Report Series, No. 417.
** Report of the 1967 Joint Meeting of the FAO Working Party on WHO
Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues. FAO Meeting Report No. PL:1967
M/11; WHO Technical Report Series No. 391.