Submission & evaluation of pesticide residues data for the estimation of maximun residue levels in food & feed.Pesticide residues (prod.& prot.N° 197)2nd Ed

The first version of this manual was printed in 1997 as a working document with the aim of consolidating the procedures used by the FAO Panel of experts on pesticide residues. Since then there have been many developments in the scientific evaluation process of the Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR), administrated by FAO and the World Health Organization. The present manual incorporates all relevant information and principles that are currently used by the JMPR to estimate maximum residue levels (MRLs), supervised trials median residue (STMR) values and dietary risk from pesticide residues. Its aim is also to improve communications between the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) and its member countries and other participants in the CCPR and to explain the procedures being adopted by the FAO Panel of the JMPR.