Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

PROCEDURAL MANUAL
Eighteenth edition

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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2008

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
SECTION I - FOUNDATION TEXTS AND DEFINITIONS
SECTION II - RELATIONS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
SECTION III - ELABORATION OF CODEX STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS
SECTION IV - OPERATION OF SUBSIDIARY BODIES AND WORKING GROUPS
SECTION V - WORKING PRINCIPLES FOR RISK ANALYSIS
SECTION VI - PROVISIONS APPLYING TO SPECIFIC AREAS OF WORK
SECTION VII - CODEX INTERGOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE AND SESSION HISTORY
SECTION VIII - MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION
APPENDIX
GENERAL DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSION