AGP:1970/M/12/1

    WHO/FOOD ADD/71.42

    1970 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, 9-16 November, 1970.

    FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

    WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

    Rome, 1971

    ETHION

    Explanation

    The questions concerning tolerances for ethion residues in tea
    referred to in paragraph 114 of the Report of the Fifth Session of the
    Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues were considered. It was agreed
    that, because of the variation in the residue levels in tea from
    different sources, it was impossible to administer more than one
    tolerance for each pesticide residue.

    Recommendation

    The Meeting agreed to delete the recommended tolerances of 1 ppm for
    ethion residues in tea (blended) and to retain the recommendation of 5
    ppm for tea without reference to "tea from particular estate for
    blending only". It was accepted that the produce of certain individual
    localities had to be catered for, provided it had been treated under
    good agricultural practice. The recommended tolerance provided for
    this.
    

    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Ethion (ICSC)
       Ethion (FAO/PL:1968/M/9/1)
       Ethion (FAO/PL:1969/M/17/1)
       Ethion (WHO Pesticide Residues Series 2)
       Ethion (WHO Pesticide Residues Series 5)
       Ethion (Pesticide residues in food: 1982 evaluations)
       Ethion (Pesticide residues in food: 1983 evaluations)
       Ethion (Pesticide residues in food: 1986 evaluations Part II Toxicology)
       Ethion (Pesticide residues in food: 1990 evaluations Toxicology)