PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD - 1981
Sponsored jointly by FAO and WHO
EVALUATIONS 1981
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome
FAO PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION PAPER 42
pesticide residues in food:
1981 evaluations
the monographs
data and recommendations
of the joint meeting
of the
FAO panel of experts on pesticide residues
in food and the environment
and the
WHO expert group on pesticide residues
Geneva, 23 November-2 December 1981
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 1982
PROPOXUR
Explanation
A proposal for a maximum residue limit of 0.05 mg/kg for propoxur
in cocoa beans is at step 6 in Codex procedures. This figure was
judged in 1973 to be at the limit of determination of the method
of analysis.* However, experience has shown that the limit is
unrealistically low and available methods of analysis are not suitable
for enforcing this figure.
RESIDUE AND ANALYTICAL ASPECTS
The Meeting was informed of work in progress to improve and
validate a method of residue analysis for propoxur in cocoa beans and
concluded that, although an alternative figure could not yet be
proposed, it was clear that the present figure of 0.05 mg/kg was
invalid and should be withdrawn.
* See Annex II for FAO and WHO documentation.