The United States as member of the Codex Alimentarius Commission has been involved in the work of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) since the formation of this Committee. However, up to this point, no national policy has been established concerning what constitutes an acceptance of a Codex international tolerance. The United States commitment to the Codex pesticide work depends, in large part, on what is meant by acceptance of a Codex tolerance. At present, or at least until recently, a Codex general standard may be accepted by a country in accordance with its established legal and administrative procedures in respect to the distribution of products to which the general standard applies, whether imported or home-produced, within its territorial jurisdiction.