date:Jun 10, 2014
agreed to the suggestion explaining that Codex has not set any standards for the three pesticides in question. However, the LegCo members insisted that food safety should not be compromised and questioned the governments justification given that not all MRLs on the Hong Kong pesticide list have had international consensus.
To address the concerns of the LegCo members, the CFS decided not to amend the pesticide list before the effective date of August 1. Also, the CFS will have the entire prop