Draft Revised Standard for Honey[4]
15) The Committee endorsed the labelling provisions as proposed.
Draft Group Standard for Unripened Cheese including Fresh Cheese[5]
16) The Delegation of the United States pointed out that the use of the term ‘skim’, which corresponded to ‘nonfat’ in its national regulations, was not defined as a nutrition claim in Codex, and proposed to amend the text to ensure that consumers were not misled by the use of this term.
17) The Committee agreed that the second sentence of Section 7.2 Declaration of Milk Fat Content should be amended as follows:’The following terms may be used provided their use is not misleading to consumers in the country of retail sale’
Proposed Draft Revised Standard for Whey Powders[6]
Proposed Draft Revised Standard for Edible Casein Products[7]
18) The Committee endorsed the labelling provisions in the above standards as proposed.
Proposed Draft Standard for Aqueous Coconut Products[8]
19) The Committee recalled that the Proposed Draft, developed by the Coordinating Committee for Asia, would be considered by the Executive Committee for adoption at Step 5, and forwarded to the Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables for finalization as a world-wide standard.
20) The Delegation of the United States, supported by other delegations, pointed out that the use of the term ‘light’ is defined in the Guidelines for Use of Nutrition Claims, that the term ‘skim’ could be misleading for consumers, and that ‘coconut cream concentrate’ and ‘concentrated coconut cream’ should be combined as they appeared to describe the same product. The Delegation of Brazil proposed that coconut water should also be included in the standard.
21) The Committee agreed that the labelling provisions could not be endorsed at this stage and that the concerns mentioned above should be brought to the attention of the CCPFV, to be addressed when finalizing the standard.
