Report of the Forty-Seventh Session of the Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission













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JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Twenty-Fourth Session, Geneva, 2-7 July 2001

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION


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July 2000

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Summary of the Forty-Seventh Session of the Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

Introduction

Statement by the Director-General, World Health Organization

Statement by the Chairperson

Adoption of the Agenda (Agenda Item 1)

Matters arising from the 30th Session of FAO Conference and the 53rd Session of the World Health Assembly of WHO (Agenda Item 2)

Financial and Budgetary Matters (Agenda Item 3)

Consideration of the Recommendations and Other Matters arising from the International Conference on Food Trade Beyond 2000: Science-Based Decisions, Harmonization, Equivalence and Mutual Recognition (Agenda Item 4)

Report on Developments in other International Organizations and Implications for the Work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Agenda Item 5)

Preparation of Medium Term Plan 2003-2007 (Agenda Item 6)

Implementation of the Commission’s Programme of Work (Agenda Item 7)

Draft Provisional Agenda for the 24th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Agenda Item 8)

Other Business (Agenda Item 9)

Appendices

Appendix I. List of Participants
Appendix II. Implementation of the Commission’s Recommendations concering Risk Analysis
Appendix III. Proposals for New Work (Step 1), Accelerated New Work and Discontinuation of Work
Appendix IV. Consideration of Proposed Draft Standards and Related Texts at Step 5