On June 26th, the 54th annual meeting of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues(CCPR) was held in Beijing. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the 16th meeting hosted by China since it assumed the chairmanship of CCPR. Zhang Xingwang, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Ni Hua, Interim Representative of FAO in China, and Madsen, a WHO official, attended the meeting and delivered speeches. CCPR Chairman Shan Weili presided over the meeting.

    The meeting highly commended the great achievements of the Codex Alimentarius Commission over the past 60 years in protecting the health and safety of global consumers, maintaining the fairness of international food trade, and continuously promoting the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The meeting believes that the Chinese government has always attached great importance to food security and has taken a series of major measures in recent years, achieving significant achievements. The meeting emphasized that ensuring the effective supply, quality and safety of agricultural products and food is a common responsibility that countries around the world must face. It is necessary to strengthen mutual communication and cooperation, and jointly promote global food security and sustainable development.

    This meeting will set 16 agenda items and review 550 draft maximum residue limits for over 30 pesticides in agricultural products, including China's submission of data on difenoconazole/Panax notoginseng and bromofethylflubenzamide/cabbage. More than 300 representatives from 43 member states and 1 member organization (EU), as well as 12 international organizations, attended the meeting.