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A. MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE 24th SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Draft Standards and Guidelines at Step 8 of the Procedure

1. Draft Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods (Beekeeping and additives for livestock products) (para. 40, Appendix II)

2. Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods: Definitions (Draft Recommendations for the Labelling of Foods Obtained through Certain Techniques of Genetic Modification/Genetic Engineering) (para. 64, Appendix IV)

Governments wishing to propose amendments or comments on the above documents should do so in writing in conformity with the Guide to the Consideration of Standards at Step 8 (see Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission) to the Secretary, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy before 10 June 2001.

Proposed Draft Guidelines at Step 5 of the Accelerated Procedure

3. Proposed Draft Amendment to the Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods (Table 1: Substances used in Soil Fertilizing and Conditioning) (para. 45, Appendix III)

Governments wishing to submit comments on the implications which the Proposed Draft Amendment may have for their economic interests should do so in writing in conformity with the Accelerated Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards to the Secretary, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy before 10 June 2001.


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