Appendix II: Proposed Amendments to the Procedural Manual

SECTION III OF THE PROCEDURAL MANUAL
SUBSIDIARY BODIES UNDER RULE IX.1 (B) (I)

Terms of Reference of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene

Add the following provisions:

• To suggest and prioritize areas where there is a need for microbiological risk assessment at the international level and to develop questions to be addressed by the risk assessors

• To consider microbiological risk management matters in relation to food hygiene and in relation to the microbiological risk assessment activities of FAO and WHO

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GUIDELINES FOR THE INCLUSION OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS IN CODEX STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS

PRINCIPLES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CODEX METHODS OF ANALYSIS[20]

Addition of a new subsection at the end of General Criteria for the Selection of Methods of Analysis as follows:

General Criteria for the Selection of Methods of Analysis using the Criteria Approach

In the case of Codex Type III methods, method criteria may be identified and values quantified for incorporation into the appropriate Codex commodity standard. Method criteria which are developed will include the criteria in section Methods of Analysis, paragraph (c) above together with other appropriate criteria, e.g., recovery factors."

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RELATIONS BETWEEN COMMODITY COMMITTEES AND GENERAL COMMITTEES METHODS OF ANALYSIS AND SAMPLING[21]

Addition of new paragraphs at the end of "Normal Practice" section as follows:

"The Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling will assess the actual analytical performance of the method which has been determined in its validation. This will take account of the appropriate precision characteristics obtained in collaborative trials which may have been carried out on the method together with results from other development work carried out during the course of the method development. The set of criteria that are developed will form part of the report of the endorsement by the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling and will be inserted in the appropriate Codex Commodity Standard.

In addition, the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling will identify numeric values for the criteria for which it would wish such methods to comply."