SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Codex Alimentarius Commission was established in 1963. Through adoption of food standards, codes of practice, and other guidelines developed by its committees, and by promoting their adoption and implementation by governments, Codex seeks to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade.

The Terms of Reference of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) are:

(a) to establish maximum limits for pesticide residues in specific food items or in groups of food;

(b) to establish maximum limits for pesticide residues in certain animal feeding stuffs moving in international trade where this is justified for reasons of protection of human health;

(c) to prepare priority lists of pesticides for evaluation by the Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR);

(d) to consider methods of sampling and analysis for the determination of pesticide residues in food and feed;

(e) to consider other matters in relation to the safety of food and feed containing pesticide residues; and,

(f) to establish maximum limits for environmental and industrial contaminants showing chemical or other similarity to pesticides, in specific food items or groups of food.

The CCPR is hosted by China. The United States attends the CCPR as a member country of Codex.

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting

The following items from the agenda for the 57th Session of the CCPR will be discussed during the public meeting:

• Adoption of the Agenda
• Appointment of Rapporteurs
• Matters referred to CCPR by CAC and/or other subsidiary bodies
• Matters arising from other international organizations
• Report on items of general consideration arising from the 2025 JMPR meeting
• Report on responses to specific concerns raised by CCPR arising from the 2025 JMPR meeting
• Proposed Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for pesticides in food and feed
• Other matters related to MRLs in the Codex Pesticide Residues
• Alignment of adopted Codex MRLs (CXLs) in the Codex Pesticide Residues Database following revision of theClassification of foods and animal feeds (CXA 4-1989)
• Management of unsupported compounds without public health concern scheduled for periodic review
• Establishment of Codex Schedules and Priority Lists of Pesticides for Evaluation/Re-Evaluation by JMPR
• Coordination of work between CCPR and the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF): Joint CCPR/CCRVDF Working Group on Dual Use Compounds—Status of work
• Other Business

Public Meeting

At the August 26, 2026, public meeting, agenda items and draft U.S. positions will be described and discussed, and attendees will have the opportunity to pose questions and offer comments. Written comments may be offered at the meeting or sent to U.S Delegate, Mr. Aaron Niman, niman.aaron@epa.gov. Written comments should state that they relate to activities of the 57th Session of the CCPR.

Additional Public Notification

Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy development is important. Consequently, the U.S. Codex Office will announce this Federal Register publication on-line through the USDA Codex web page located at: www.usda.gov/​codex.

(Authority: 19 U.S.C. 2578; Pres. Proc. 6780; 7 CFR 2.602.)

91 FR 53839