Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods standards, definitions, and references are located in Volume 3 of the
Codex Alimentarius, Veterinary Drugs in Foods.
The next meeting of the Committee is tentatively scheduled to be held in 2009 in the United States,
subject to further discussion between the Codex and United States Secretariats and taking into consideration
the schedule and the availability of the report of the next JECFA
meeting on veterinary drugs residues in foods.
Matters to be considered at the next meeting include:
Consideration of veterinary drugs in the Codex step process including:
- Melengeatrol acetate
- Triclabendazole
Other Work
- Draft guidelines for the design and implementation of national regulatory food safety assurance programs associated with the use of veterinary drug residues in foods
- Proposed draft risk management recommendation/guidance for veterinary drugs for which no ADI and MRL has been recommended by JECFA due to specific health concerns
- Priority list of veterinary drugs requiring evaluation of re-evaluation by JECFA
- Consideration of methods of analysis and sampling in CCRVDF
- Current practices and needs for further work by the Committee on the use of the Estimated Daily Intake (EDI) concept; utilization of full ADI; starter culture; and appending risk management recommendation(s) to MRLs
CHAIRPERSON & DELEGATES
Committee Chairperson
Dr. Stephen F. Sundlof
Director
FDA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
HFS-1
College Park, MD 20740-3835
Phone: (301) 436-1600
Fax: (301) 436-2668
Email: Stephen.Sundlof@fda.hhs.gov
U.S. Delegate
Steven D. Vaughn, D.V.M.
Director, Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation
Center for Veterinary Medicine
Food and Drug Administration
7500 Standish Place
Rockville, MD 20855
Phone: (301) 827-1796
Fax: (301) 594-2297
Email: Steven.Vaughn@fda.hhs.gov
Alternate Delegate
Emilio Esteban, Ph.D.
Director, Western Laboratory
Food Safety and Inspection Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
620 Central Avenue, Building 2-A
Alameda, CA 95501
Phone: (510) 337-5031, ext. 3004
Fax: (510) 337-5036
Email: Emilio.Esteban@fsis.usda.gov
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