177. At its last Session, the Committee accepted the offer of the Delegation of the United States to prepare a Discussion Paper on Definitions for Terms used in Codex Standards with a view to considering potential definitions for various terms used by the Committee in the establishment of fresh produce standards.
178. The questionnaire listing those terms was introduced by the Delegation of the United States, indicating that it had been drawn up to solicit comments with the objective of reaching a common interpretation of the different terms used in Codex standards for fresh produce.
179. The Committee was invited to provide definitions for the terms listed in the questionnaire and to discuss this matter at its next session. The Committee thanked the Delegation of the United States for the preparation of this document and agreed to consider this issue at the next Session.
