title: Global Harmonization of Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides.
abstract: International trade plays an important role in national economics. The Codex Alimentarius Commission develops harmonized international food standards, guidelines, and codes of practice to protect the health of consumers and to ensure fair practices in the food trade. The Codex maximum residue limits (MRLs) elaborated by the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues are based on the recommendations of the FAO/WHO Joint Meeting on Pesticides (JMPR). The basic principles applied currently by the JMPR for the evaluation of experimental data and related information are described together with some of the areas in which further developments are needed.
authors.affiliation: National Food Chain Safety Office, Tábornok u 2, Budapest 1143, Hungary.
authors.forename: Árpád
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Ambrus
authors.affiliation: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle di Caracalla, 00163 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Yong Zhen
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D005502:Food / Q000592:standards*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis / Q000517:prevention & control; D059022:Food Safety; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010573:Pesticide Residues
keywords: Codex Alimentarius; FAO; JMPR; MRL; global GAP; maximum residue limit; pesticide residues