By Jonathan Fowler July 15, 2014 4:43 PM
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Geneva (AFP) - Governments have agreed new food standards calling for zero residue of veterinary drugs in meat, and limiting lead pollution in infant formula and toxins in maize, a UN body said Tuesday.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission -- the top global decision-making body for food standards -- made a raft of recommendations at its ongoing annual meeting in Geneva, Angelika Tritscher, the UN's food safety coordinator, told AFP.
While often complex, the decisions of the 186-nation commission run by the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization have real meaning on the ground.
"They really impact on the food we buy in the store and that we eat," said Tritscher.
The body said it was time to ensure that no traces of eight veterinary drugs -- chloramphenicol, malachite green, carbadox, furazolidone, nitrofural, chlorpromazine, stilbenes and olaquindox -- make their way onto consumers' plates via meat, milk, eggs or honey.
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