Report of the 21st Session of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling

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Budapest, Hungary,
10 - 14 March 1997
codex alimentarius commission

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

JOINT OFFICE: Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 ROME Tel.: 52251 Telex: 625825-625853 FAO I Cables: Foodagri Rome Facsimile: (6)5225.4593

ALINORM 97/23A

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Twenty-second Session
Geneva, 23 - 28 June 1997

CX 4/50.2	CL 1997/5-MAS
	March 1997

TO:

- Codex Contact Points
- Participants at the Twenty-first Session of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling
- Interested International Organizations

Chief, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme
FAO, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy

The report of the Twenty-first Session of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS) is attached. It will be considered by the Twenty-second Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission to be held in Geneva from 23 - 28 June 1997.

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PART A: MATTERS FOR ADOPTION OR ENDORSEMENT BY THE 22ND SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

PART B: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND COMMENTS

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

INTRODUCTION

OPENING OF THE SESSION (Agenda Item 1)

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (Agenda Item 2)

APPOINTMENT OF RAPPORTEUR (Agenda Item 3)

PROPOSED DRAFT GENERAL GUIDELINES ON SAMPLING (Agenda Item 4)

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING ACCEPTABLE METHODS OF ANALYSIS FOR CODEX PURPOSES (Agenda Item 5)

Referral from the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF) - Establishing Routine Methods to Meet Codex Maximum Residue Limit Requirements

DEVELOPMENT OF OBJECTIVE CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE COMPETENCE OF TESTING LABORATORIES INVOLVED IN THE OFFICIAL IMPORT AND EXPORT CONTROL OF FOODS (Agenda Item 6)

HARMONIZATION OF ANALYTICAL TERMINOLOGY IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS (Agenda Item 7)

HARMONIZATION OF REPORTING OF TEST RESULTS CORRECTED FOR RECOVERY FACTORS (Agenda Item 8)

MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY (Agenda Item 9)

REVIEW OF METHODS OF ANALYSIS USING OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (Agenda Item 10)

ENDORSEMENT OF METHODS OF ANALYSIS PROVISIONS IN CODEX STANDARDS (Agenda Item 11)

REVIEW OF GUIDELINES FOR THE INCLUSION OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS IN CODEX STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS (Agenda Item 12)

REPORT OF INTER-AGENCY MEETING ON METHODS OF ANALYSIS (Agenda Item 13)

OTHER BUSINESS AND FUTURE WORK (Agenda Item 14)

DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT SESSION (Agenda Item 15)

APPENDIX I: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS - LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS - LISTA DE PARTICIPANTES

APPENDIX II: PROPOSED DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPETENCE OF TESTING LABORATORIES INVOLVED IN THE IMPORT AND EXPORT CONTROL OF FOOD

APPENDIX III: ANALYTICAL TERMINOLOGY FOR CODEX USE

APPENDIX IV: AMENDMENTS OF THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE CODEX COMMITTEE ON METHODS OF ANALYSIS AND SAMPLING

APPENDIX V: METHODS OF ANALYSIS CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE AT THE TWENTY-FIRST SESSION