PREFACE

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
	FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
JOINT OFFICE: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 ROME Tel: 39 06 57051 www.codexalimentarius.net Email: [email protected] Facsimile: 39 06 5705 4593
CX 5/40.2		CL 2000/45-NMW December 2000

TO:	Codex Contact Points
	Interested International Organizations

FROM:	Secretary, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme
	FAO, 00100 Rome, Italy

SUBJECT:	DISTRIBUTION OF THE REPORT OF THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE CODEX COMMITTEE ON NATURAL MINERAL WATERS (ALINORM 01/20)
	The report of the Seventh Session of the Codex Committee on Natural Mineral Waters will be considered by the 24^th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Geneva, 2-7 July 2001)

MATTERS:	MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE TWENTY FOURTH SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AT STEP 8 OR 5/8

1. PROPOSED DRAFT GENERAL STANDARD FOR BOTTLED/PACKAGED DRINKING WATERS (OTHER THAN NATURAL MINERAL WATERS) AT STEP 5/8 (ALINORM 01/20 - APPENDIX II)

Governments and interested international organizations wishing to submit comments or to propose amendements to the above standard should do so in writing in conformity with the Uniform Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts and the Guide to the Consideration of Standards at Step 8 (See Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Eleventh Edition, pages 23-27) to the Secretary of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, Fax: +39 06570 54593, Email: [email protected] before 1^st February 2001

2. AMENDEMENT TO THE STANDARD ON NATURAL MINERAL WATERS-SECTION 3.2 HEALTH RELATED LIMITS FOR CERTAIN SUBSTANCES AT STEP 8 (ALINORM 01/20 - APPENDIX III)

Governments and interested international organizations are invited to comment on the above amendment to the standard and should do so in writing in conformity with the Guide to the Consideration of Standards at Step 8 (See Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Eleventh Edition, pages 26-27) to the Secretary of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla,00100 Rome, Italy, Fax: +39 06570 54593, Email: [email protected] before 1^st February 2001