IR-4 is working with the US Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agriculture Service and the Standards Trade Development Facility support the establishment of global hubs to generate pesticide residue data to in support of minor uses.  The protocol or study plan is the key document that needs to be developed to conduct GLP supervised residue trials. There are a multitude of issues that are considered in development of projects and protocols. The selection of active ingredients was primarily based on low risk products that already had existing registrations (on other crops in ASEAN or on these crop but in other countries) but lacked CODEX MRLs. The selection of active ingredients had to be modified to address target pests in the region. Crop selection was focused on tropical fruits but also varied in dietary exposure ranging from crops with relatively little consumption such as Dragon fruit (aka Pitaya) to crops such as banana and pineapple in which there is significant dietary intake.  The major types of challenges include technical, logistical, and legal-phytosanitary aspects, as well as considerations for crop grouping extrapolations. There are also cultural-linguistic and expressive- philosophical challenges when implementing Good Laboratory Practices and Standard Operating Procedures. Despite these challenges, successful GLP residue studies have been achieved through this capacity building process in developing countries. Strategies included unique and repeated forms of communication, standardization of trials to reduce potential errors. Pointed emphasis of educational resources and oversight were utilized to maximize success and assurance of data quality. The way in which these strategies reduced trial variability compared to experienced GLP researchers will be discussed.

Challenges of considering harmonization of GAP and trade in protocol development for magnitude of residue studies in ASEAN and African countries

248th National Meeting (2014)

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