CAC/GL 40-1993 Guidelines on Good Laboratory Practice in Pesticide Residue Analysis
FOREWORD
The Guidelines are intended to assist in ensuring the reliability of analytical results in checking compliance with maximum residue limits of foods moving in international trade. Reliable analytical results are essential to protect the health of consumers and to facilitate international trade.
In addition to the present Guidelines, other relevant Codex recommendations elaborated by the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) in the field of enforcement of Codex maximum limits for pesticide residues are as follows:
1 Recommended Methods of Sampling for the Determination of Pesticide Residues for compliance with MRLs (CAC/GL 33-1999).
2 Portion of Commodities to which Codex Maximum Residue Limits apply and which is analyzed (CAC/GL 41-1993).
3 List of Codex Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides (Maximum residue limits for pesticides as adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission are available at: http://www.codexalimentarius.net).
4 Recommended Methods of Analysis of Pesticide Residues (CODEX STAN 229-1993).
5 Codex Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds (CAC/MISC 4-1993).
1. INTRODUCTION
It was considered that the ultimate goal in fair practice in international trade depended, among other things, on the reliability of analytical results. This in turn, particularly in pesticide residue analysis, depended not only on the availability of reliable analytical methods, but also on the experience of the analyst and on the maintenance of ‘good practice in the analysis of pesticides’.
