2. The Session was opened by Mr Grant Meekings, who on behalf of Baroness Hayman, Food Minister of the United Kingdom, welcomed the participants and wished all success in their work in the new Millennium. Mr Meekings reminded the Committee that it had been adjourned sine die since 1974 and emphasised that the main purpose of the current session was to complete an agreed text for the Draft Standard for Honey and, if time allowed, to deal with the proposed amendments to the Standard for Sugars.
