APPENDIX 5

Web sites of organisations providing further information

Organisation Info
AgroInfo https://agrinfo.eu
CAOBISCO: Association of the Chocolate, Biscuit & Confectionery Industries of the EU https://caobisco.eu/
CABI http://www.cabi.org
CABI BioProtection Portal https://www.cabi.org/publishing-products/bioprotection-portal/
Certification bodies involved with cocoa traceability and GAP  
The Fairtrade Foundation http://www.fairtrade.net
The Rainforest Alliance https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
Codex Alimentarius https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/en/
Official standards https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/list-standards/en/
Pesticide MRLs https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/codex-texts/dbs/pestres/en/
Cocoa Merchants Association of America (CMAA) http://www.cocoamerchants.com/
COLEACP (horticultural GAP project) http://www.coleacp.org/
CropLife International http://www.croplife.org/
European Cocoa Association (ECA) www.eurococoa.com
European Commission (Directorate General for Development and Directorate General for Health and Consumer Affairs [DG SANCO])  
EU legislation on MRLs https://ec.europa.eu/food/plants/pesticides/maximum-residue-levels/eu-legis- lation-mrls_en
EU legislation on plant protection products (PPP) https://ec.europa.eu/food/plants/pesticides/legislation-plant-protection-prod- ucts-ppps_en
QC procedure https://www.eurl-pesticides.eu/library/docs/allcrl/AqcGuidance_San- co_2000_3103.pdf
European Initiative for the Sustainable development in Agriculture (EISA) https://leaf-eisa.frb.io/
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Or- ganization (EPPO) https://www.eppo.int/
Extension Toxicology Network, Pesticide Information Profiles http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/ghindex.html
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) http://www.fao.org/
Understanding the Codex http://www.fao.org/docrep/w9114e/W9114e04.htm
Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR): (enhancing national capacities to adapt and transfer knowledge: hosted by FAO) https://www.gfar.net/
JMPR: technical monographs http://www.inchem.org/pages/jmpr.html
Federation of Cocoa Commerce (FCC) http://www.cocoafederation.com/
Health & Safety Executive (UK formerly PSD) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pesticides/
International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) http://www.icco.org/
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Pesticide Properties Database, Hatfield, University of Hertfordshire http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/iupac/
International Pesticide Application Research Centre (IPARC) http://www.dropdata.org
Guidelines on cocoa pests and IPM http://www.dropdata.org/cocoa/cocoa_prob.htm
Japan MRL list was (updated 2018) http://www.m5.ws001.squarestart.ne.jp/foundation/note_en.htm
Joint Cocoa Research Fund (ECA & CAOBISCO) https://jointcocoaresearchfund.eu/
Organic production IFOAM http://www.ifoam.org/
Mars Inc. (sustainability team) http://www.cocoasustainability.mars.com
Pesticide Action Network International http://pan-international.org/
Examples: pesticide residue analysis (contract) available from CEMAS, UK: https://www.cemas.co.uk/services/agrochemical/agrochemical-residues/
The Massachusetts Pesticide Analysis Laboratory (MPAL) http://www.vasci.umass.edu/outreach/umass pesticide laboratory
Resistance Action Committees: useful for MoA classification & information about resistance:  
Fungicides http://www.frac.info
Insecticides https://irac-online.org/
Herbicides https://www.hracglobal.com/
Rodenticides http://www.rrac.info/
USA: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance (2005) on pesticide residues https://www.fda.gov/food/chemicals-metals-pesticides-food/pesticides
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-food-quality-protection-act
World Health Organisation (WHO) http://www.who.int
Guidelines for predicting dietary intake of pesticide residues https://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/chem/en/pesticide_en.pdf