The Eighteenth Session of the Codex Committee on Cocoa Products and Chocolate reached the following conclusions:
The Codex Committee agreed to:
Part A: MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMISSION
a) Advance the revised Draft Standard for Cocoa Butter to Step 8 of the Codex Procedure for final adoption by the Commission. (Para. 16 and Appendix II);Part B: MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE CODEX COMMITTEE ON FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTSb) Advance the revised Draft Standard for Cocoa (Cacao) Mass (Cocoa/Chocolate Liquor) and Cocoa Cake to Step 8 of the Codex Procedure for final adoption by the Commission. (Para. 27 and Appendix III);
c) Advance the revised Draft Standard for Cocoa Powders (Cocoas) and Dry Mixtures of Cocoa and Sugars to Step 8 of the Codex Procedure for final adoption by the Commission (Para. 46 and Appendix IV)
d) Ask the Commission to revoke all the existing standards on Chocolate and Chocolate products for which that are covered by the Draft Standards above proposed for adoption.
e) Advance the revised Proposed Draft Standard for Chocolate and Chocolate Products for consideration by the Commission at Step 5 of the Codex Procedure (Para. 75 and Appendix V), noting that considerable progress had been made on the most difficult issues surrounding this standard.
f) Invite Member Countries to provide data on Lead levels in products obtained from good agricultural and manufacturing practices, and to submit these data to CCFAC to either confirm the levels of Lead or to justify higher levels established in Cocoa Products and Chocolate (See paras. 11-13; 24 and 40);g) Seek the advice of the CCFAC on a list of food additives intended to be used in the preparation of Cocoa Powders (Cocoas) and Dry Mixtures of Cocoa and Sugars-based Beverages. (See para. 35)
h) Submit complete lists of food additives intended to be endorsed in the preparation of Cocoa Products and Chocolate in the above standards.
