Report of the Ninth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems

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Perth, Australia, 11-15 December 2000

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Twenty-fourth Session
Geneva, Switzerland, 2-7 July 2001

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
	FOOD AND 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] Facsimile: 39 06 5705 4593

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Note: This report includes Codex Circular Letter CL 2001/2-FICS

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Preface

Summary and conclusions

Introduction

Adoption of the Agenda (Agenda Item 1)

Matters Referred from Other Codex Committees (Agenda Item 2)

Draft Guidelines for Generic Official Certificate Formats and the Production and Issuance of Certificates (Agenda Item 3)

Proposed Draft Guidelines for Food Import Control Systems (Agenda Item 4)

Proposed Draft Guidelines for the Utilization and Promotion of Quality Assurance Systems to Meet Requirements in Relation to Food (Agenda Item 5)

Proposed Draft Guidelines on the Judgement of Equivalence of Sanitary Measures Associated with Food Inspection and Certification Systems (Agenda Item 6)

Proposed Draft Guidelines on the Judgement of Equivalence of Technical Regulations Associated with Food Inspection and Certification Systems (Agenda Item 7)

Discussion Paper on Risk Management Guidelines for Food Control Emergency Situations Involving International Trade (Agenda Item 8)

Discussion Paper on Food Export Control Systems (Agenda Item 9)

Other Business and Future Work (Agenda Item 10)

Date and Place of Next Session (Agenda Item 11)

Summary status of work

List of appendices

Appendix I. List of Participants
Appendix II. Draft Guidelines for Generic Official Certificate Formats and the Production and Issuance of Certificates
Appendix III. Proposed Draft Guidelines on the Judgement of Equivalence of Sanitary Measures Associated with Food Inspection and Certification Systems
Appendix IV. Proposed Draft Guidelines for Food Import Control Systems