ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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.codexalimentarus.net Email:[email protected] Facsimile: 39 06 5705 4593
CX 5/15.2			CL 2001/4-FO March 2001

TO:	- Codex Contact Points
	- Interested International Organizations
FROM:	- Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, 00100 Rome, Italy
SUBJECT:	Distribution of the Report of the 17th Session of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils (ALINORM 01/17)

A. MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE 24th SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Proposed Draft Standards and Code at Step 5/8 of the Procedure

1. Proposed Draft Amendments to the Standard for Named Vegetable Oils (para. 33, Appendix II)

2. Proposed Draft Lists of Acceptable Previous Cargoes and Banned Immediate Previous Cargoes for inclusion in the Code of Practice for the Storage and Transport of Fats and Oils in Bulk (paras. 76 and 81, Appendix III)

Governments wishing to propose amendments or comments on the above documents 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) to the Secretary, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy before 15 May 2001.

Proposed Draft Standard at Step 5 of the Procedure

3. Proposed Draft Standard for Fat Spreads and Blended Spreads (para. 66, Appendix V)

Governments wishing to submit comments on the implications which the Proposed Draft Standard may have for their economic interests should do so in writing in conformity with the Procedure for the Elaboration of Worldwide Standards at Step 5 to the Secretary, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy before 15 May 2001.

B. REQUEST FOR COMMENTS AND INFORMATION

4. Draft Revised Standard for Olive Oils and Olive Pomace Oils (para. 26, Appendix IV)

5. Proposed Draft List of Acceptable Previous Cargoes (para. 77, Appendix VI)

Government and international organizations are invited to provide comments on the substances listed, and proposals for substances to be further added and/or deleted in the Lists of Acceptable Previous Cargoes and Banned Immediate Previous Cargoes, including supporting documentation on the safety assessment of those substances.

Governments and international organizations wishing to submit comments and information on points 4. and 5. should do so in writing to the Secretary, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, with a copy to Ms. Catriona Stewart, Food Labelling, Standards and Consumer Protection Division - Food Standards Agency PO Box 31037, London SW1P 3WG, UK (Fax: +44 20 7238 5782), E-mail: [email protected] before 15 December 2001.