Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR)

The Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) was established in 1963 with a remit to establish maximum limits for residues of pesticides in food. Initially, this work was carried out in collaboration with the FAO Working Party on Pesticide Residues and the WHO Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues. Those two groups were brought together in 1965 to become the Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR).

CCPR was also mandated to compile the priority list of pesticides for which JMPR would establish acceptable daily intakes (ADIs).

In 1969, it was accepted that pesticide residues in animal feed also warranted the attention of JMPR and CCPR. In 1981, CCPR was further mandated "to establish maximum limits for environmental and industrial contaminants showing chemical or other similarity to pesticides, in specific food items or groups of food".

CCPR was hosted by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands until 2005, when China took over.