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Part A: Matters for Adoption by the 24th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

Draft Standards and Related Texts at Step 5/8 or 8

1. Amendments to the Annex to Table 3 (Food Categories or Individual Food Items Excluded from the General Conditions of Table 3) of the Codex General Standard for Food Additives at Step 5/8 (para. 50 and Appendix VI).

2. Draft Food Additive Provisions in Table 1 of the Codex General Standard for Food Additives at Step 8 (para. 64 and Appendix II).

3. Codex Advisory Specifications for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives (para. 93 and Appendix VIII).

4. Draft Amendments to the Codex International Numbering System for Food Additives at Step 8 (para. 99 and Appendix IX).

5. Draft Maximum Level for Aflatoxin M1 in Milk at Step 8 (para. 132 and Appendix X).

6. Proposed Draft Revised Sampling Plan for Peanuts Intended for Further Processing at Step 5/8 (para. 139 and Appendix XI).

7. Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Source Directed Measures to Reduce Contamination of Foods with Chemicals at Step 8 (para. 153 and Appendix XIII).

8. Draft Maximum Level for Lead in Fruit Juices at Step 8 (para. 163 and Appendix XIV).

9. Draft Guideline Level for Cadmium in Cereals, Pulses and Legumes at Step 8 (para. 166 and Appendix XV).

10. Draft Revision of the Codex Standard for Food Grade Salt: Packaging, Transportation and Storage at Step 8 (para. 196 and Appendix XVII).

Governments wishing to propose amendments or to comment on the above draft Standards and Related Texts should do so in writing in conformity with the Uniform Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts (at Steps 5/8 or 8) (Codex Alimentarius Procedural Manual, Eleventh Edition, pages 21-23) to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (telefax: +39.06.5705.4593; E-mail: [email protected]) not later than 1 June 2001.

Draft Standards and Related Texts at Step 5 of the Accelerated Procedure

11. Amendments to Table 3 (Additives with an Acceptable Daily Intake of “Not Specified”) of the Codex General Standard for Food Additives (para. 48 and Appendix V).

Governments wishing to propose amendments or to comment regarding the implications which the above draft Standard or any provisions thereof may have for their economic interests should do so in writing in conformity with the Uniform Accelerated Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts (at Step 5) (Codex Alimentarius Procedural Manual, Eleventh Edition, pages 23-24) to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (telefax: +39.06.5705.4593; E-mail: [email protected]) not later than 1 June 2001.

Draft Standards and Related Texts at Step 5

12. Proposed Draft Food Additive Provisions in Table 1 of the Codex General Standard for Food Additives at Step 5 (para. 64 and Appendix III).

13. Proposed Draft Revision to the Codex General Standard for Irradiated Foods at Step 5 (para. 85 and Appendix VII).

14. Proposed Draft Maximum Level for Ochratoxin A in Wheat, Barley and Rye and Derived Products at Step 5 (para. 145 and Appendix XII).

15. Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Cadmium in Fruit, Wheat Grain and Rice (including Bran and Germ), Soybeans and Peanuts, Meat of Cattle, Poultry, Pig and Sheep, Meat of Horse, Crustaceans (excluding Lobster and Brown Meat from Crab), Vegetables (excluding Leafy Vegetables, Fresh Herbs, Stem and Root Vegetables, Fungi, Tomatoes and Peeled Potatoes), Peeled Potatoes, Stem and Root Vegetables (excluding Celeriac) and Leafy Vegetables, Fresh Herbs, Fungi and Celeriac at Step 5 (paras. 168 - 169 and Appendix XV).

Governments wishing to propose amendments or to comment regarding the implications which the above proposed draft Standards and Related Texts or any provisions thereof may have for their economic interests should do so in writing in conformity with the Uniform Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts (at Step 5) (Codex Alimentarius Procedural Manual, Eleventh Edition, pages 21-23) to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (telefax: +39.06.5705.4593; E-mail: [email protected]) not later than 1 June 2001.


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