WHO Pesticide Residues Series, No. 1
1971 EVALUATIONS OF SOME PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD
THE MONOGRAPHS
The evaluations contained in these monographs were prepared by the
Joint Meeting of the FAO Working Party of Experts on Pesticide
Residues and the WHO Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues that met
in Geneva from 22 to 29 November 1971.1
World Health Organization
Geneva
1972
1 Pesticide Residues in Food: Report of the 1971 Joint Meeting of
the FAO Working Party of Experts on Pesticide Residues and the WHO
Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues, Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep.
Ser., No. 502; FAO Agricultural Studies, 1972, No. 88.
These monographs are also issued by the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, Rome, as document AGP-1971/M/9/1.
FAO and WHO 1972
CONTENTS
Introduction
The Monographs:
Chlordimeform
Chlorfenvinphos
2,4-D*
Endosulfan*
Fenthion
Omethoate
Thiabendazole*
Trichlorfon
Trichloronat
Carbon disulfide
Carbon tetrachloride
1,2-Dibromoethane
1,2-Dichloroethane
Ethylene oxide
Hydrogen phosphide
Methyl bromide
Annex I. Index to documentation and summary of recommendations
concerning acceptable daily intakes, tolerances and
practical residue limits, as of November 1971
Annex II. References
Annex III. Additions and amendments to the glossary
Annex IV. Fumigants
Annex V. Membership of the 1971 Joint Meeting of the FAO Working
Party of Experts and the WHO Expert Committee on
Pesticide Residues
Annex VI. Evaluation of Lindane
* Addendum.
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 November 1971. The general considerations, including the
principles adopted for the evaluations and a summary of the results of
evaluations on a number of pesticide residues, appear in the
publication, "Report of the 1971 Joint Meeting of the FAO Working
Party of Experts on Pesticide Residues and the WHO Expert Committee on
Pesticide Residues".1 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unpublished summaries of data considered by the Joint Meeting in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 publication.
Many of the compounds considered at this meeting have been previously
evaluated in earlier publications, If only a limited amount of
additional information on these compounds has become available in the
intervening years, only this latter information 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. Such monograph addenda
are indicated by an asterisk in the "Contents", p. iii. 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 1971, the pertinent monograph is reproduced in its
entirety.
As much relevant information as possible has been included in the
monographs. This has been obtained from the published literature
wherever possible, 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.
1 Pesticide residues in food. Report of the 1971 Joint Meeting of
the FAO Working Party of Experts on Pesticide Residues and the WHO
Expert Group on Pesticide Residues, Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser.,
No. 502; FAO Agricultural Studies, No. 88.
Five annexes are included at the end of this series of monographs.
Annex I is a reproduction of Annex 1 in the Report of the 1971 Joint
Meeting, and is a summary of recommendations concerning acceptable
daily intakes, tolerances and practical residue limits as of December
1971. Annex II gives relevant FAO/WHO publications concerning the
source of all the previous monographs of various compounds. Annex III
comprises amendments and additions to definitions of terms, which were
included in the Report of the 1971 Joint Meeting. Annex IV -
Fumigants. Annex V lists the membership of the 1971 Joint Meeting of
the FAO Working Party of Experts and WHO Expert Committee on Pesticide
Residues.
NOTE TO THE READER
Any comments on evaluation for acceptable daily intakes should be
addressed to:
Food Additives Unit
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Any comments on residues in food and their evaluation addressed to:
Plant Protection Service
Plant Production and Protection Division
Food and Agriculture Organization
Rome, Italy