What is the Codex position on Glyphosate?

Glyphosate is the world’s most used herbicide and a common weed killer in agriculture and home gardening. In March 2015 the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) working group of experts classified Glyphosate in Group 2A (probable human carcinogens) with strong evidence for a genotoxic mechanism of carcinogenicity. The Joint WHO/FAO Expert Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR), which is responsible for assessing the risk of pesticide residues in Food in Codex, originally evaluated Glyphosate in 2004. JMPR did not find evidence for carcinogenicity in humans and assigned an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI). On that basis, the Codex Alimentarius Commission has established Maximum Residue Limits for Glyphosate in a large number of food crops (2006-2014).

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What is AMR and how is Codex involved?

Antimicrobial resistance is resistance of a microorganism to an antimicrobial drug that was originally effective for treatment of infections caused by it. The evolution of resistant strains is a natural [...]

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What is the Codex position on Glyphosate?

Glyphosate is the world’s most used herbicide and a common weed killer in agriculture and home gardening. In March 2015 the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) working group [...]

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Does Codex develop standards for GMOs?

Codex is strongly committed to promote safe foods. Amongst safe foods, Codex does not give any preference to certain kinds of foods over others. Such choice belongs to consumers. Codex [...]

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Is Codex promoting irradiated food?

Codex has developed standards and a code of practice to effectively apply the irradiation technology to improve food safety, together with guidance on the labelling of irradiated foods. However, it [...]

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How does Codex regulate contaminants in food?

Contaminants in food concern consumers and producers in the food safety chain. The Commission has established a Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (CCCF) that has elaborated 20 standards on [...]