Report of the Twenty-Second Session of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Europe











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Madrid, Spain, 3 - 6 October 2000

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Twenty-fourth Session
Geneva, 2 - 7 July 2001

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

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Summary and Conclusions

Opening of the Session

Adoption of the Agenda (Agenda Item 1)

Matters of Interest arising from the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other Codex Committees (Agenda Item 2)

Report on Food Safety/Food Control Activities of FAO and WHO complementary to the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission since the 21st Session of the Committee (Agenda Item 3)

Proposed Draft Revised Regional Standard for Mayonnaise (Agenda Item 4)

Proposed Draft Revised Regional Standard for Vinegar (Agenda Item 5)

Exchange of views on the following questions (Agenda Item 6)

Questions under consideration in Codex and other international fora, and the need for guidelines of exchange of information and transparency concerning genetically modified foods (Agenda Item 6a)
Work on risk analysis including the precautionary principle and other legitimate factors. The precautionary principle in the European Region, as applied to internal and external trade (Agenda Item 6b)
Food Safety Objectives (Agenda Item 6c)
Recommendations of the Melbourne Conference. International system of rapid alert. Pan-European rapid alert system for food (Agenda Item 6d)
The presence of the parasite Anisakis spp. in fish: Sanitary and commercial implications (Agenda Item 6e)
Gluten-free foods for coeliacs. Analysis of the situation and future action (Agenda Item 6f)

Harmonization and cooperation in food legislation and food control activities in the Region (Agenda Item 7)

Activities of Codex Contact Points and National Codex Committees in the Region (Agenda Item 8)

Consumer participation in Codex work and related matters (Agenda Item 9)

Other Business and Future Work (Agenda Item 10)

Nomination of the Coordinator (Agenda Item 11)

Date and Place of the Next Session (Agenda Item 12)

APPENDIX I. Lista de Participantes/Liste des Participants/List of Participants