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In the post Chernobyl period, awareness of the existence of international standards organizations has increased dramatically. Like the international Red Cross, such organizations are seen to be a source of unbiased and scientific information about public safety. People are reassured when they are told that the radiation in the drinking water conforms to, or exceeds only marginally, the international standard for radiation. Everyone breathes easier if the levels of airborne radiation meet the international standard.
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Secretariat of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Codex Alimentarius Commission: Procedural Manual, 5th ed. (Rome: FAO/WHO, 1981), p. 3.
D. G. Chapman, The Codex Alimentarius Commission: General Overview and Historical Perspective, (unpublished document, not dated), p. 4.
Ibid.
Secretariat of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, Codex Alimentarius Commission, op. cit., p. 21.
Ibid., p. 44.
Ibid.
Kenneth C. Walker, “International Aspects of Pesticides,” Industrial Production and Formulation of Pesticides in Developing Countries, Vol 1: General Principles and Formulation of Pesticides, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, (New York: United Nations, 1972), p. 20.
Ibid., pp. 26–27.
Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Report of the Seventeenth Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, (Rome: FAO/WHO, 1986).
Memorandum to: Codex Contact Points — Participants in the 13th Session of CCPR, from: J. M. Stalker, Associate Director, Technical Services Section, Pesticides Division.
Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Report of the Tenth Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, (Rome: FAO/WHO), 1986.
Working paper of the Joint Management Committee on Pesticide Residues (JMPR), 1978.
See, for example: Reconsideration of Codex Definition of Terms in Light of Definitions Adapted by the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues, paper prepared by the Secretariat, (CX/PR 80/21, April 1980). See also: U.S. Comments to the Ad Hoc Working Group on Regulatory Analysis, (not dated).
Pesticide Residues in Food: Report of the 1983 Joint FAOIWHO Meeting of Experts, op. cit., p. 5.
Codex Alimentarius, Volume XIII: Codex Maximum Limits for Pesticide Residues, (Rome: FAO/WHO, CAC/VOL XIII — Ed 1, 1983), p. 7-iv.
See: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, The OECD and its Chemicals Programme, August, 1983, (W7299A).
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Salter, L. (1988). Alphabet Soup Case Study Two: The Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues. In: Mandated Science. Environmental Ethics and Science Policy, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2711-7_4
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