Transcript Report of the Intersessional Meeting of the IGG on Tea, July 2011

REPORT OF THE INTERSESSIONAL
MEETING OF THE IGG/TEA
MOMBASA, KENYA, 18-19 JULY 2011
At its 19th Session, the IGG agreed that at its next
intersessional meeting, progress of its Working Groups
(WGs) – in examining the issues they were assigned – would
be considered.
The intersessional meeting was held in Mombasa in July
2011 and agreed to the following recommendations:
Working Group on Tea Trade and
Quality
 Work towards ensuring ISO 3720 minimum quality standards
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for black tea.
A mandatory parameter for compliance be ISO 3720 as a
minimum standard for black tea.
Harmonization of the points of application and testing methods.
Consumers to recognize ISO 3720 as a minimum quality
standard.
Recognize the difficulties encountered by producer countries to
implement the ISO 3720 minimum quality standard and assist
them to overcome the problems.
Adopt the proposal on standards for green tea (ISO 11287).
WORKING GROUP ON TEA MAXIMUM
RESIDUE LEVELS IN TEA
 Continue to generate pesticide residue data for fixation of MRLs in tea and
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make submissions to CODEX;
Identify compounds for future field trials;
Continue field trials on priority compounds; and
to develop integrated pest management (IPM) for tea in the member countries.
to work towards achieving the following:
 to develop and implement IPM strategies;
 to continue making MRL submissions in consuming/producing countries
and to the JMPR;
 to develop a programme for replacement of old/banned compounds;
WORKING GROUP ON TEA MRLs
(Cont’d)
 to develop priority list of pesticides;
 to give advance notice of changes in authorization
affecting chemicals in use; and
 to develop an effective communication plan with
stakeholders.
 To achieve the aforementioned, the WG agreed
to identify a focal point from each member
country to cooperate on the above activities.
WORKING GROUP ON RESIDUE IN TEA
BREW
 To generate pesticide residue data for fixation of MRLs in tea
brew for more compounds;
 The tea producing countries should take action to fix MRL
based on tea brew;
 To address processing studies to refine the dietary risk
assessment of tea which arose from the CCPR meeting in
April 2011; and
 To revise and resubmit the policy document to JMPR.
World Tea Model
 Identify focal points
 Provide the Secretariat with individual country projections to
improve the forecasting capability of the FAO World Tea
Model.
PROPOSALS FOR THE FORMATION OF
NEW WORKING GROUPS
 The intersessional meeting agreed in principle to the
formation of two working groups; namely
 Working Group on Organic Tea; and
 Working Group on Climate Change.
 The scope and terms of reference will be presented to IGG
for endorsement.
INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC FORUM ON
TEA (IEFT)
 Well received.
 “Private rooms” be set up for each Working Group.
 The IEFT be presented to the Group at its 20th Session.
 Interested users are requested to provide their name and email
address to the Secretariat.
THANK YOU