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

(Submitted to the Commission for adoption)

Amended paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of the Terms of Reference of the Committee (Codex Alimentarius Commission Procedural Manual, Ninth Edition, page 134) are as follows (struck-out text to be deleted and italicized text to be inserted):

(a) to serve as a coordinating body for Codex with other international groups working in method of analysis and sampling and quality assurance systems for laboratories to define the criteria appropriate to Codex Methods of Analysis and Sampling;

(b) to serve as a coordinating body for Codex with other international groups working in method of analysis and sampling and quality to serve as a coordinating body for Codex with other international groups working in method of analysis and sampling and quality assurance systems for laboratories;

(d) to consider, amend, if necessary, and endorse, as appropriate, methods of analysis and sampling proposed by Codex (Commodity) Committees, except that methods of analysis and sampling for residues of pesticides or veterinary drugs in food, the assessment of micro-biological quality and safety in food, and the assessment of specifications for food additives, and those methods elaborated by the Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products, do not fall within the terms of reference of this Committee[36].