Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods

Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods
Host Government: United States

The Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs determines priorities for the consideration of residues of veterinary drugs in foods and recommends Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for veterinary drugs. A Codex Maximum Limit for Residues of Veterinary Drugs (MRLVD) is the maximum concentration or residue resulting from the use of a veterinary drug (expressed in mg/kg or µg/kg on a fresh weight basis) that is recommended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission to be legally permitted or recognized as acceptable in or on a food.

An MRLVD is based on the type and amount of residue considered to be without any toxicological hazard for human health as expressed by the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI)¹, or on the basis of a temporary ADI that utilizes an additional safety factor. An MRLVD also takes into account other relevant public health risks as well as food technological aspects.

When establishing an MRLVD, consideration is also given to residues that occur in food of plant origin and/or the environment. Furthermore, the MRLVD may be reduced to be consistent with good practices in the use of veterinary drugs and to the extent that practical and analytical methods are available.

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 session on the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food is tentatively scheduled for Fall 2011.

The Committee will continue work on the following:

Draft MRLs for Narasin in cattle and pigs
Draft MRLs for Tilmicosin in chicken and turkey
A project document on risk management recommendations for veterinary drugs for which no ADI or MRL has been recommended by JECFA. The United States will lead an electronic Working Group to define the scope for the work.

CHAIRPERSON & DELEGATES

Committee Chairperson
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

U.S. Delegate
Dr. Kevin Greenlees
Senior Advisor for Science & Policy
Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, HFV-100
USFDA Center for Veterinary Medicine
7520 Standish Place
Rockville, MD 20855
Phone: (240) 276-8214
Fax: (240) 276-9538
Email: Kevin.Greenlees@fda.hhs.gov

Alternate Delegate
Charles Pixley, Ph.D.
Director, Laboratory Quality Assurance Division
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food Safety and Inspection Service
USDA-FSIS-OPHS-LQAD
950 College Station Road
Athens, GA 30605
Phone: (706) 546-3559
Fax: (706) 546-3452
Email: charles.pixley@fsis.usda.gov

Document Reference	Subject Matter	Agenda Item
Reference Documents, 18th Session
CX/RVDF 09/18/1 (PDF Only)	Provisional Agenda	1
CX/RVDF 09/18/2 (PDF Only)	Matters Referred by Codex Alimentarius Commission and Other Committees and Task Forces	2
CX/RVDF 09/18/6 (PDF Only)	Guidelines for Design and Implementation of National Regulatory Food Safety Assurance Programmes	6

CX or CL (PDF)	Subject	Comments Due	Send comments to:
Current CCRVDF Documents Requesting Comments
CX/RVDF 09/18/5 (PDF Only)	Proposed Draft MRLs for Veterinary Drugs	Mar 20, 2009	jasmine.matthews @fsis.usda.gov
CX/RVDF 09/18/5 Corrigendum (PDF Only)	Proposed Draft MRLs for Veterinary Drugs	Mar 20, 2009	jasmine.matthews @fsis.usda.gov
CX/RVDF 09/18/7 (PDF Only)	Methods of Analysis and Sampling in CCRVDF	Mar 20, 2009	jasmine.matthews @fsis.usda.gov
CX/RVDF 09/18/8 (PDF Only)	Draft Priority List of Veterinary Drugs requiring Evaluation or Re-Evaluation by JECFA...	Apr 10, 2009	jasmine.matthews @fsis.usda.gov
CX/RVDF 09/18/9 Part 1 (PDF Only)	Current Practices and Needs for Further Work	Apr 10, 2009	jasmine.matthews @fsis.usda.gov
CX/RVDF 09/18/9 Part 2 (PDF Only)	Current Practices and Needs for Further Work	Apr 10, 2009	jasmine.matthews @fsis.usda.gov

Delegate's Report of the 17th Session held in Breckenridge, Colorado, Sep 3-7, 2007

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Last Modified: October 29, 2009

¹Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI): An estimate by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the amount of a veterinary drug, expressed on a body weight basis, that can be ingested daily over a lifetime without appreciable health risk (standard man=60 kg).


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