Report of the Eleventh Session of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Montevideo, Uruguay, 8 - 11 December 1998

codex alimentarius commission

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE	WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION	ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

JOINT OFFICE: Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 ROME Tel.: 57051 Telex: 625825-625853 FAO Email: [email protected] Facsimile: 3906.5705.4593

ALINORM 99/36

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Twenty-third Session
Rome, 28 June - 3 July 1999

Note: This document incorporates Circular Letter CL 1998/46-LAC

CX 3/15.2	CL 1998/46-LAC
	December 1998

TO:	- Codex Contact Points
	- Interested International Organizations
FROM:	- Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, 00100 Rome, Italy
SUBJECT:	Distribution of the Report of the Eleventh Session of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean

MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE 23^RD SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Proposed Draft Code at Step 5

Proposed Draft Revised Regional Code of Hygienic Practice for the Preparation and Sale of Street-Vended Foods (Latin America and the Caribbean) (para. 74, Appendix II)

Governments and international organizations wishing to submit comments in the implications which the Proposed Draft may have for their economic interests should do so in writing in conformity with the Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts at Step 5 to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, before 15 March 1999.

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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

INTRODUCTION

OPENING OF THE SESSION (Agenda Item 1)

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (Agenda Item 2)

MATTERS ARISING FROM THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND OTHER CODEX COMMITTEES (INCLUDING ACTIVITIES RELATING TO RISK ANALYSIS) (Agenda Item 3)

REPORT ON FOOD SAFETY/FOOD CONTROL ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WHO COMPLEMENTARY TO THE WORK OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION SINCE THE 10th SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE (Agenda Item 4)

REPORT ON ACCEPTANCES OF CODEX STANDARDS AND MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMITS FOR PESTICIDES IN FOODS BY COUNTRIES IN THE REGION (Agenda Item 5)

REPORT OF ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND HARMONIZATION OF FOOD LEGISLATION IN THE REGION (Agenda Item 6)

FOOD CERTIFICATION AND INSPECTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (Agenda Item 7)

REPORT ON FOOD SAFETY MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE REGION INCLUDING CONTAMINATION BY SALMONELLA AND EMERGING PATHOGENS (Agenda Item 8)

REPORT OF THE WORKSHOP ON RISK ANALYSIS AND FOOD STANDARDS (Agenda Item 9)

PROPOSED DRAFT REVISED CODE OF PRACTICE FOR STREET-VENDED FOODS (Agenda Item 10)

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION IN CODEX WORK AND RELATED MATTERS (Agenda Item 11)

ACTIVITIES OF CODEX CONTACT POINTS AND NATIONAL CODEX COMMITTEES IN THE REGION (Agenda Item 12)

NOMINATION OF THE COORDINATOR (Agenda Item 13)

OTHER BUSINESS, FUTURE WORK, AND DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT SESSION (Agenda Item 14)

APPENDIX I. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS / LISTA DE PARTICIPANTES

APPENDIX II. PROPOSED DRAFT REVISED CODE OF HYGIENIC PRACTICE FOR THE PREPARATION AND SALE OF STREET-VENDED FOODS

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION
SECTION 2. OBJECTIVES
SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS
SECTION 4. REQUIREMENTS FOR INPUTS AND INGREDIENTS

4.1 Purchase of Inputs and Ingredients.
4.2 Transport, Reception and Storage of Inputs and Ingredients.

SECTION 5. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AREA OR PLACE OF PREPARATION

5.1 Area where the food is prepared

5.1.1 Indoor areas
5.1.2 Out door areas
5.1.3 Hygienic Facilities

5.2 Hygienic Practice

SECTION 6. REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD PREPARATION

6.1 Hygienic handling of fresh foods

6.1.1 Fruits and vegetables
6.1.2 Fresh meat and fish
6.1.3 Other foods

6.2 Requirements for final preparation

SECTION 7. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANSPORT OF PREPARED FOOD
SECTION 8. REQUIREMENTS FOR STREET FOOD MARKETING
SECTION 9. HANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE AND PEST CONTROL