Report of the Twenty-Third Session of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling

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Budapest, Hungary
26 February - 2 March 2001

codex alimentarius commission

FOOD AD 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] Facsimille: 39 06 5705 4593

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

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

Note: This document incorporates Codex Circular Letter CL 2001/5-MAS

CX 4/50.2

CL 2001/5-MAS

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 23rd Session of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (ALINORM 01/23)

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

B. REQUEST FOR COMMENTS AND INFORMATION

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

INTRODUCTION

OPENING OF THE SESSION

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (Agenda Item 1)

MATTERS REFERRED BY THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND OTHER CODEX COMMITTEES (Agenda Item 2)

PROPOSED DRAFT GENERAL GUIDELINES ON SAMPLING (Agenda Item 3)

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING ACCEPTABLE METHODS OF ANALYSIS FOR CODEX PURPOSES (Agenda Item 4)

PROPOSED DRAFT GUIDELINES ON THE APPLICATION OF THE CRITERIA APPROACH (Agenda Item 4a)
CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATING ACCEPTABLE METHODS OF ANALYSIS FOR CODEX PURPOSES (Agenda Item 4b)

CONSIDERATION OF HARMONIZED GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF RECOVERY INFORMATION ON ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT (Agenda Item 5)

HARMONIZATION OF ANALYTICAL TERMINOLOGY IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS: MEASUREMENT LIMITS (Agenda Item 6)

MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY (Agenda Item 7)

PROGRESS REPORT BY RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (Agenda Item 7a)
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ANALYTICAL RESULT, THE MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY AND THE SPECIFICATION IN CODEX STANDARDS (Agenda Item 7b)

IN-HOUSE METHOD VALIDATION (Agenda Item 8)

ENDORSEMENT OF METHODS OF ANALYSIS PROVISIONS IN CODEX STANDARDS (Agenda Item 9)

REPORT OF AN INTER-AGENCY MEETING ON METHODS OF ANALYSIS (Agenda Item 10)

OTHER BUSINESS AND FUTURE WORK (Agenda Item 11)

DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT SESSION (Agenda Item 12)

APPENDIX I. List of Participants/Liste des Participants/Lista de Participantes

APPENDIX II. Proposed Amendments to the Procedural Manual

APPENDIX III. Harmonized IUPAC Guidelines for the Use of Recovery Information on Analytical Measurement

APPENDIX IV. Status of Endorsement of Methods of Analysis and Sampling

APPENDIX V. Proposed Draft Guidelines on Measurement Uncertainty (At Step 3 of the Codex Procedure)