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The summary and conclusions of the 24th Session of the Codex
Committee on Fish and Fishery Products are as follows: Matters for adoption by the Commission: The Committee: - advanced to Step 8 the Draft Standard for
Crackers from Marine and Freshwater Fish, Crustacean and Molluscan Shellfish
(para. 108, Appendix II)- advanced to Step 5 of the Accelerated Procedure the Proposed
Draft Amendment to the Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine-Type Products
(inclusion of an additional species: Clupea bentincki) (para. 15, Appendix
III); - advanced to Step 5 sections 1, 2 (partially), 3 to 6 and 13
of the Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products and
returned the other sections to Step 3 for redrafting and further comments (para.
82, Appendix V); - advanced to Step 5 the Proposed Draft Standard for Salted
Atlantic Herring and Salted Sprats (para. 128, Appendix VI ) Other matters of interest to the Commission:The
Committee:- agreed to return to Step 6 the Draft Standard
for Dried Salted Anchovies (para. 96, Appendix IV);- agreed to circulate the Proposed Draft Standard for Live,
Quick Frozen, and Canned Bivalve Molluscs at Step 3 (para. 135, Appendix
VII); - Agreed to circulate the Proposed Draft Model Certificate for
Fish and Fishery Products at Step 3 (para. 140, Appendix
VIII)[1] - agreed that the Proposed Draft Standard for Smoked Fish
should be redrafted to cover all types of smoked fish (para. 132); - decided to proceed with the elaboration of a standards for
scallops (para. 144) and an amendment to the Standard for Quick Frozen Lobsters
in order to extend its scope to Pleuroncodes monodon and Cervimundia johni
(para. 29); - agreed to consider at its next session discussion papers on
the following subjects: 1) fish content in fish sticks (para. 20) and 2)
labelling requirements (name of the product) and the procedure for the inclusion
of additional species (para. 13). |
