a) to establish maximum limits for pesticide residues in specific food items or in groups of food;

b) to establish maximum limits for pesticide residues in certain animal feeding stuffs moving in international trade where this is justified for reasons of protection of human health;

c) to prepare priority lists of pesticides for evaluation by the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR);

d) to consider methods of sampling and analysis for the determination of pesticide residues in food and feed;

e) to consider other matters in relation to the safety of food and feed containing pesticide residues; and,

f) to establish maximum limits for environmental and industrial contaminants showing chemical or other similarity to pesticides, in specific food items or groups of food.