Surveillance by authorities
As you decided your country has high resources, it is suggested to implement a monitoring and surveillance system and feedback into a registration system by authorities. It consists of 5 activities:
- Surveillance by suppliers: monitoring, evaluation of data trends for own products and decisions on necessary changes to products used or additional mitigation measures
- Suppliers report information on pesticide levels to the authorities
- Monitoring of pesticide levels in the environment and pesticide residue levels in food and water by the authorities
- Evaluation data trends and feedback into a registration system
- Decisions on necessary changes to registrations according to the Codex Maximum Residue Limits (Codex MRLs) and taking into account the Acceptable Daily Intakes (ADIs) provided by the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR) and adjusted to the specificity of regional diets or according to national MRLs and ADIs.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- IPCS : Programme on Poisoning Prevention and Management Description:
- IPCS : Chemicals in Food
- FAO : Manual on the submission and evaluation of pesticide residues data for the estimation of maximum residue limits in food and feed [2009]
- FAO : Guidelines on post-registration surveillance and other activities in the field of pesticides [1988]
- Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR)
- WHO : Guidelines for drinking-water quality