FAO/PL:1969/M/17/1
WHO/FOOD ADD./70.38
1969 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
Group on Pesticide Residues, which met in Rome, 8 - 15 December 1969.
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Rome, 1970
HEPTACHLOR
Explanation
This pesticide was evaluated at the 1966 Joint Meeting (FAO/WHO
1967b).* Particular points about it have been discussed at subsequent
Joint Meetings and monograph addenda have been issued for each
(FAO/WHO, 1968b and 1969b).*
The Fourth Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues asked
for clarification whether the recommendation for a temporary tolerance
of 0.1 ppm for root vegetables included sugar beets. After discussion
it was decided to issue the following monograph addendum:
RECOMMENDATION FOR TEMPORARY TOLERANCE FOR ROOT VEGETABLES
The monograph on the 1968 Joint Meeting (FAO/WHO, 1969b)* did not
clearly indicate whether sugar beets should be included or excluded
from the category of root vegetables for which a temporary tolerance
had been recommended. It was decided that sugar beets should be
excluded, because insufficient data had been available in 1968 and
none had been received since that time.
Attention was drawn to the fact that the monograph issued from the
1968 Meeting (FAO/WHO 1969b)* on p. 197 had asked for data pertaining
to sugar beets.
* See Appendix II