Proposal from Chile on Squat Lobster
102. The Committee considered CRD 1, a partial translation of the information provided by Chile on the taxonomy and trade importance of the species Pleuroncodes monodon and Cervimundia johni. The Delegation of Chile pointed out that these species had been exported for a long time, and that the Codex standard did not presently cover Galatheidae; it would therefore be necessary to develop a standard for such products. Some delegations felt that the trade in these products was not important enough to justify the development of a separate standard. It was also proposed to consider the opportunity of including both species in the Standard for Quick-Frozen Lobsters with specific labelling requirements. The Committee however could not come to a conclusion on how to address the proposal from Chile on the species of "squat lobster" at this stage and agreed that the information provided by Chile would be circulated and translated in order to allow more time for comments and due consideration of this question at the next session.
Fish Core in Fish Sticks
103. The Delegation of the United Kingdom indicated that the EC had amended its Directive on the declaration of quantitative ingredients since the Committee had asked the Committee on Food Labelling to consider the declaration of fish core. The percentage of fish (excluding water and additives) which had to be declared in the EC did not any longer correspond to "fish core" as described in the Standard for Fish Sticks. The Delegation proposed to prepare a paper for consideration by the next session on this question.
Future Work
104. The Committee agreed to consider the above proposals and discussion documents at its next session. The Delegation of the Russian Federation proposed to prepare a discussion paper with a view to developing a standard for granular sturgeon caviar.
105. The Delegation of Canada proposed to prepare a paper concerning the development of a standard for scallops, and pointed out the specificity of this product, while agreeing to discuss the matter with the Delegation of the Netherlands which was preparing a standard for bivalve molluscs (see also paras. 95-96).
106. The Committee noted that its future work would include all the matters discussed at the current session, with the exception of the Sensory Evaluation Guidelines which had been finalized, and agreed that any proposal for new standards would have to be considered in the light of its considerable workload.
Date and Place of the Next Session
107. The Committee noted that its next session would be held in Norway in the first half of 2000, the exact arrangements to be determined between the Host Government and Codex Secretariats.
SUMMARY STATUS OF WORK
|
Subject Matter |
Step |
Action by |
Document Reference in ALINORM 99/18 |
|
Draft Guidelines for the Sensory Evaluation of Fish and
Shellfish in Laboratories |
8 |
Governments 23rd CAC |
para. 34 |
|
Inclusion of additional species (Proposed Draft Amendment to
the Canned Sardines Standard) |
5[15] |
Governments 23rd CAC |
para. 22 |
|
Draft Standard for Dried Salted Anchovies |
6 |
Governments 24th CCFFP |
para. 76 |
|
Draft Standard for Fish Crackers |
6 |
Governments 24th CCFFP |
para. 85 |
|
Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery
Products |
3 |
Governments 24th CCFFP |
para. 65 |
|
Proposed Draft Standard for Salted Atlantic Herring and Salted
Sprats |
3 |
Governments 24th CCFFP |
para. 93 |
|
Model Certificate for Fish and Fishery Products |
3 |
Norway/Canada Governments 23rd CCFFP |
para. 101 |
|
Proposed Draft Standard for Smoked Fish |
3 |
Denmark Governments 24th CCFFP |
para. 94 |
|
Proposed Draft Standard for Molluscan Shellfish |
3 |
Netherlands Governments 24th CCFFP |
paras. 95-96 |
