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Codex Working Group Established on Vet Drug Residues in Honey

The Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods is inviting member countries and observer organizations to participate in a working group to prepare a discussion paper and project document for new work on guidelines for the establishment of…

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Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) or other residue limits of veterinary medicines in honey. The goal of the working group is to have several rounds of comments, with the final document to be circulated by the Codex Secretariat by the end of April 2013. Member countries and observer organizations interested in participating in the working group should provide the name(s), official title, and email address of their representative(s) to Dr. Jack Kay (j.kay@vmd.defra.gsi.gov.uk) by Oct. 15.