4. The Committee adopted the Provisional Agenda and the Supplementary List to the Provisional Agenda as its Agenda for the Session. It agreed to discuss proposals for the elaboration of new Codex standards for soy sauce, canned artichokes, canned potatoes and canned cherries under Agenda Item 10 Other Business and Future Work.
5. On the suggestion of the Chairperson, the Committee agreed to establish a small working group on methods of analysis and sampling to review all the methods of analysis and sampling for standards for processed fruits and vegetables contained in document CX/PFV 98/7, so that references to methods could be updated and brought into line with the new format of Codex standards. The working group consisted of delegates from France, Japan, Spain, Thailand, the United States of America and a representative of AOAC International.