Upcoming Codex Meeting to Discuss Veterinary Drug Residues

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
and the Food and Drug Administration have announced an August 5, 2013,
public meeting in Washington, D.C., to provide information and receive public
comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions for discussion during the
21st Session of the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs of the
Codex Alimentarius Commission in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 26-30,
2013.

Agenda items include a report on World Organization for Animal Health
activities; proposed draft maximum residue limits (MRLs) for veterinary drugs;
proposed draft guidelines on performance characteristics for multi-residue
methods; and a discussion paper on MRLs and other limits in honey. See
Federal Register, June 20, 2103.

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