SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

The summary and conclusions of the 28th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling are as follows: Matters for adoption by the Commission: The Committee: - agreed to advance to Step 8 of the Draft Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods (livestock production) (para. 29, Appendix II); - agreed to advance to Step 8 the Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods - section 4.2.2 on allergens (Draft Recommendations for the Labelling of Foods Obtained through Certain Techniques of Genetic Modification/Generic Engineering) (para. 37, Appendix III); Other Matters of Interest to the Commission - agreed to retain at Step 7 the Draft Amendment to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (declaration of fish core) pending advice from the Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (para. 10); - agreed to return to Step 6 the sections on bees and on additives in the Draft Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods (para. 29, Appendix IV); - agreed to return to Step 6 the Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods - section 2 Definitions (Draft Recommendations for the Labelling of Foods Obtained through Certain Techniques of Genetic Modification/ Generic Engineering) (para. 38, Appendix V) - agreed to return to Step 6 the Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (class names) (para. 53, Appendix VI); - agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Amendment to the Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling (para. 64, Appendix VII); - agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Recommendations for the Use of Health Claims (para. 73, Appendix VIII); - agreed to return to Step 3 for redrafting and comments the Proposed Draft Recommendations for the Labelling of Foods Obtained through Biotechnology (additional mandatory labelling) (para. 49); - agreed to discontinue work on Proposed Draft Guidelines for the Use of the Term “Vegetarian” (para. 77); - endorsed the labelling provisions submitted for consideration, except for those in the Proposed Draft Standard for Aqueous Coconut Products (paras. 15-21).