Report of the Seventeenth Session of the Codex Committee on Cocoa Products and Chocolate













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Bern, Switzerland
16 - 18 November 1998

codex alimentarius commission

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

WORLD HEALTH

ORGANIZATION

ORGANIZATION

OF THE UNITED NATIONS


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ALINORM 99/14

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Twenty-third Session
Rome, 28 June - 3 July 1999

NOTE: This document includes Codex Circular Letter CL 1998/43

CX 5/1.2

CL 1998/43-CPC


December 1998


TO:

- Codex Contact Points


- Interested International Organizations


- Participants at the 17th Session of the Codex Committee on Cocoa Products and Chocolate.


FROM:

- Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Vialle delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.


SUBJECT: Distribution of the Report of the 17th Session of the Codex Committee on Cocoa Products and Chocolate (ALINORM 99/14)

The report of the Seventeenth Session of the Codex Committee on Cocoa Products and Chocolate (CCCPC) is attached. It will be considered by the Twenty-third Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Rome, 28 June - 3 July 1999).


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PART A: MATTERS FOR PROVISIONAL ADOPTION BY THE 23rd SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

PART B: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS AND INFORMATION

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

OPENING OF THE SESSION

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (Agenda Item 1)

CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED DRAFT STANDARD FOR CHOCOLATE AND CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS AT STEP 4 (Agenda Item 2)

REVISION OF CODEX STANDARDS FOR: (A) COCOA BUTTERS, (B) COCOA (CACAO) NIB, COCOA (CACAO) MASS, COCOA PRESS CAKE AND COCOA DUST (COCOA FINES), FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS, (C) COCOA POWDERS (COCOAS) AND DRY COCOA-SUGAR MIXTURES AT STEP 4 (Agenda Item 3)

(A) PROPOSED DRAFT REVISED STANDARD FOR COCOA BUTTERS
(B) PROPOSED DRAFT REVISED STANDARD FOR COCOA (CACAO) MASS (COCOA/CHOCOLATE LIQUOR) AND COCOA CAKE FOR THE USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS
(C) PROPOSED DRAFT REVISED STANDARD FOR COCOA POWDERS (COCOAS) AND DRY COCOA-SUGAR MIXTURES

OTHER BUSINESS AND FUTURE WORK (Agenda Item 4)

DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT SESSION (Agenda Item 5)

APPENDIX I. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS - LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS - LISTA DE PARTICIPANTES

APPENDIX II. PROPOSED DRAFT REVISED STANDARD FOR COCOA BUTTERS

APPENDIX III. PROPOSED DRAFT REVISED STANDARD FOR COCOA (CACAO) MASS (COCOA/CHOCOLATE LIQUOR) AND COCOA CAKE, FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS

APPENDIX IV. PROPOSED DRAFT REVISED STANDARD FOR COCOA POWDERS (COCOAS) AND DRY COCOA-SUGAR MIXTURES

APPENDIX V. PROPOSED DRAFT STANDARD FOR CHOCOLATE AND CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS