- advanced the Proposed Draft Revised Standards
for Canned Applesauce and Canned Pears to Step 5 for adoption by the Executive
Committee at its 45th Session (paras. 12-43, 52);- agreed to move toward the elaboration of more generalized
standards and proposed the elaboration of standards for canned stone fruits,
canned citrus fruits, canned berry fruits, and canned vegetables (not including
canned tomatoes or mushrooms) and a single standard covering jam, jellies and
marmalades to replace the relevant existing standards (paras. 9, 50, 63, 66
& 76);
- proposed the elaboration of a standard for soy sauce which
would cover fermented soy sauce, guidelines for packing media for canned fruits,
and guidelines for packing media for canned vegetables (paras. 33-35, 63 &
73-76);
- agreed to seek guidance of the Executive Committee on the
minimum fill provisions in the standards for canned fruits and vegetables in
view of the fact that the provision was not included in the standards for canned
fishery products which had been adopted by the Commission (para. 28);
- agreed to request the Executive Committee to consider
transferring the work on converting the European Regional Standard for Fresh
Fungus "Chanterelle" into a worldwide standard from this Committee to the
Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (para. 68); and
- agreed that it would not be appropriate to undertake the
conversion of the European Regional Standard to a worldwide one and recommended
that the standard be referred to the Codex Coordinating Committee for Europe for
consideration of how to align it with the new format of Codex standards and to
update methods of analysis (paras. 71-72).
- returned the Draft Standard for Bamboo Shoots to
Step 6 for redrafting by Thailand, in collaboration with the Codex Secretariat,
incorporating all the pertinent decisions made at the Session (para.
65);- returned the Proposed Draft Standards for Canned Mangoes,
Canned Pineapple, Canned Fruit Cocktails, Canned Tropical Fruit salad, Canned
Chestnuts and Canned Chestnut Puree, Canned Tomatoes, Canned Mushrooms, Mango
Chutney, Pickled Cucumbers, Table Olives, Processed Tomato Concentrates, Dried
Apricots, Dates, Raisins, Grated Desiccated Coconuts, Unshelled Pistachio Nuts,
Dried Edible Fungi, and Edible Fungi and Fungus Products to Step 3 for
redrafting incorporating all the pertinent decisions made at the Session (paras.
52, 63 & 66-69);
- requested the Codex Committee on Food Additives and
Contaminants to provide guidance on how to deal with maximum levels of
contaminants in individual standards (para. 21);
- requested the Codex Committees on Food Labelling and on
Nutrition and Food for Special Dietary Uses to provide guidance on how to deal
with nutrient fortification issues in commodity standards (para. 29);
- requested the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and
Sampling to provide advice and clarification on the tolerances permitted for the
declaration of net drained weight (para. 42); and
- reviewed methods of analysis for processed fruits and
vegetables, received the proposal for the revised list of methods of analysis,
and agreed to circulate it separately for comments by governments and for
consideration at the next session (para. 70).
