(As of December 1965)
A. SUBSIDIARY BODY UNDER RULE IX.1(a)
1. Joint FAO/WHO Committee of Government Experts on the Code of Principles concerning Milk and Milk Products
This Committee met for the first time in September 1958. It has been convened regularly each year since 1958 and held its latest session, the eighth, in May 1965. The Committee elaborated the “Code of Principles concerning Milk and Milk Products and Associated Standards”. The last edition of the Code was the fourth published in 1963; the fifth edition is scheduled for publication early in 1966. To date seven standards of composition and five standards for methods of sampling and analysis were issued under the Code of Principles. This Code was accepted by 66 countries either in full or in part or for implementation within a given period of time. Standards of composition and standard methods of sampling and analysis for milk and milk products were accepted by many of the countries adhering to the Code of Principles.
B. SUBSIDIARY BODIES UNDER RULE IX.1(b)
I. World-wide general subject Codex Committees
1. Codex Committee on Food Additives
- Host Government: | Netherlands |
- Meetings: | 1st, The Hague, 19–22 May 1964 |
2nd, The Hague, 10–14 May 1965 | |
- Responsibility: | To establish tolerances for individual food additives in specific food items. The preparation of lists of food additives for the guidance of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. |
(Reference ALINORM 64/30, Report of the Second Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, page 27, paragraph 22)
2. Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
- Host Government: | U.S.A. |
- Meetings: | 1st, Washington D.C., 27–28 May 1964 |
2nd, Rome, 14–16 June 1965 |
- Scope of work:
- Terms of reference:
(Reference ALINORM 64/30, page 29, paragraphs 29 and 30)
3. Codex Committee on Food Labelling
(Reference ALINORM 64/30, page 37, paragraph 48)
4. Codex Committee on General Principles
(See Appendix III to this Report)
5. Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling
(Reference: ALINORM 63/12, Report of the First Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, pages 12 and 13, paragraph 27, and ALINORM 64/30, pages 38 and 39, paragraph 55)
6. Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
- Host Government: | Netherlands |
- Meetings: | First to be held from 17 to 22 June 1966 in The Hague |
- Responsibility: | To recommend international tolerances for pesticide residues in specific food products. A further responsibility was the preparation of a list of priorities of those pesticide residues found in food commodities entering international trade for the guidance of the WHO Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues when considering future work. |
(Reference ALINORM 64/30, page 33, paragraph 38(D))
II. World-wide commodity Codex Committees
1. Codex Committee on Cocoa Products and Chocolate
- Host Government: | Switzerland |
- Meetings: | 1st, Neuchâtel, 5–6 November 1963 |
2nd, Montreux, 22–24 April 1964 | |
3rd, Zürich, 10–12 March 1965 |
2. Codex Committee on Sugars
- Host Government: | U.K. |
- Meetings: | 1st, London, 3–5 March 1964 |
2nd, London, 2–4 March 1965 | |
- Coverage: | All types of carbohydrate sweetening matters |
(Reference ALINORM 63/12, page 18, paragraph 62)
3. Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables
- Host Government: | U.S.A. |
- Meetings: | 1st, Washington D.C., 29–30 May 1964 |
2nd, Rome, 8–11 June 1965 | |
- Terms of reference: | To elaborate world-wide standards for all types of processed fruits and vegetables including dried products, canned dried peas and beans, jams and jellies, but not dried prunes or fruit and vegetable juices. |
(Reference ALINORM 64/30, page 35, paragraph 43)
4. Codex Committee on Fats and Oils
- Host Government: | U.K. |
- Meetings: | 1st, London, 25–27 February 1964 |
2nd, London, 6–8 April 1965 | |
- Coverage: | Fats and oils of animal, vegetable and marine origin including margarine and olive oil. |
(Reference ALINORM 63/12, page 14, paragraph 33 as amended by ALINORM 64/30, page 26, paragraph 19)
5. Codex Committee on Meat and Meat Products
- Host Government: | Federal Republic of Germany |
- Meetings: | Kulmbach, 28–30 October 1965 |
- Terms of reference: |
To elaborate world-wide standards for
(Reference ALINORM 64/30, page 31, paragraph 33)
- Subcommittees: | I | On Cutting Methods and Cuts of Carcasses. Host Government: Federal Republic of Germany. |
II | On Transportation and Storage of Carcasses and Cuts. | |
III | Classification and Evaluation of Carcasses and Cuts of Lamb and Sheep. | |
IV | On Meat Products. Host Government: Denmark | |
V | On Meat Hygiene. Host Government: Federal Republic of Germany. | |
VI | On Additives used in the Production of Meat Products. Host Government: Federal Republic of Germany. | |
- Meetings: | Subcommittees I and II: Munich, 7–9 December 1965. |
6. Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products
- Host Government: | Norway |
- Terms of reference: | To elaborate world-wide standards for fresh, frozen (including deep and quick-frozen) or otherwise processed fish, crustaceans and molluscs. |
(See this Report, page 30, paragraph 59)
7. Codex Committee on Poultry Meat
- Host Government: | U.S.A. |
- Terms of reference: | |
1) To elaborate world-wide standards of identity and quality for fresh, frozen (including deep and quick-frozen) and otherwise processed poultry and poultry meat products; | |
2) to elaborate definitions, labelling and other requirements for such processed poultry and poultry meat products as the Codex Committee might think desirable. |
(See this Report, page 31, paragraph 62)
III. Regional Codex Committees
Codex Committee on Dietetic Foods
Terms of reference: (See this Report, page 3, paragraph (d) (1))
Codex Committee on Natural Mineral Waters
C. SUBSIDIARY BODY UNDER RULE IX. 1(b) (2)
1. FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Europe
This Committee exercises general co-ordination in the preparation of standards relating to the region of Europe and exercises such other functions as may be entrusted to it. To date the Coordinating Committee for Europe held two meetings, 1–2 July 1965 in Berne and 20 October 1965 in Rome.
JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAM - (NOVEMBER 1965)