PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD - 1981


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    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    invalid and should be withdrawn.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.

    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Propoxur (ICSC)
       Propoxur (WHO Pesticide Residues Series 3)
       Propoxur (Pesticide residues in food: 1983 evaluations)
       Propoxur (Pesticide residues in food: 1989 evaluations Part II Toxicology)