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FAO Conference adopts draft resolution for a World Food Safety Day
World Food Safety Day will raise awareness of the global threat posed by foodborne diseases and reinforce the need for governments, the food industry and individuals to do more to make food safe and prevent these diseases.
Ren Wang Director FAO Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Yesterday (Wednesday 5th July) the 40th session of FAO Conference adopted a draft resolution, to be transmitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations with a view to having the General Assembly of the United Nations [...]
06 July 2017
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The role of standards in a changing world
If they are to be used, standards will have to keep up with what is happening on the market.
Dr Howard Porter, CEO of BEAMA and board member of ORGALIME.
BSI Conference
Standards increasingly matter wherever you go and whatever you do. On Thursday 22nd of June, the BSI Group hosted a one day conference in Edinburgh to discuss some of the major questions coming up in the field of standardization.
The event gathered standards professionals from 50 countries representing standards bodies, consumer organizations, [...]
26 June 2017
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It’s time for fixed definitions for food fraud and food integrity
We need a food supply system that produces safe food, produces nutritious food, and also produces authentic food, which is free of fraudulent activity.
Dr Chris Elliot
Food fraud is the intentional adulteration of food for financial gain. This can include deliberate substitution, dilution, counterfeiting, or misrepresentation of food, ingredients or packaging; or even false or misleading statements made about a product. All these examples of fraud can have a negative impact on the quality and safety aspects of foods. They can [...]
20 June 2017
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Who is new in the Codex Secretariat?
Seconded officers provide a valuable contribution to the work of the Secretariat.
There are currently five food standards officers in the Codex Secretariat. That is not many to run over 20 technical and regional committees in any given year. The two seconded officers currently sponsored by the governments of Japan and the Republic of Korea therefore provide welcome additional technical capacity together with specific knowledge of Codex geographical regions and national systems and processes.
Myoengsin Choi from the Republic of Korea has [...]
09 June 2017
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Codex launches RSS feed for meetings
Anyone can now follow Codex Alimentarius meetings simply by clicking on the RSS icon.
RSS stands for Rich Site Summary and is a technology used to monitor rapidly changing information on the web in an organized and user friendly way.
It is identified by the little orange and white RSS icon that is found all over the world on Web sites, in particular on news sites and blogs.
By posting a "feed" on their page, web site owners allow RSS readers to search [...]
05 June 2017
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Codex Secretary Tom Heilandt addresses the 85th OIE General Session
May 23rd 2017 Paris. World Organisation for Animal Health Speech: Tom Heilandt
The actual speech as it was delivered may deviate from the speech texts made available on this website.
Chers déléguées, délégués - Mesdames et Messieurs Bonjour ! Je voudrais premièrement remercier l'OIE et sa directrice générale – Dr Monique Éloit pour cette invitation et la possibilité de m'adresser à vous ici aujourd'hui. Le thème de la discussion qui suivra ces interventions individuelles est très pertinent. Toute normalisation est inutile si [...]
24 May 2017
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Regional Meeting for Near East begins in Rome
The regional meetings provide an incredibly important opportunity for dynamic discussion on major and emerging food safety and quality issues facing the region.
There are six Codex regions each represented by a joint FAO/WHO Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC).They meet every two years. Each committee is responsible for defining the problems and needs of the region concerning food standards and food control. By working collectively at the regional level countries are able to highlight regulatory issues and problems arising from food control [...]
15 May 2017
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New Chair for CCMAS Dr Marót Hibbey
On Monday 8th May the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling holds its 38th session in Budapest Hungary.
Dr Marót Hibbey will chair the meeting for the first time and ahead of the meeting he took part in a Question and Answer session.
Dr Marót Hibbey
Q1 This meeting will be your first as Chair, can you tell us a little about your professional and personal background?
I graduated as a vet in the Szent István University of Veterinary Sciences in Budapest, and [...]
06 May 2017
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CCFICS 23rd Session - co-hosted in Mexico
Safe food to consumers should not be compromised regardless of the economic standing of the country.
Greg Read is First Assistant Secretary in the Exports Division of the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources and also chair of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS).
Q: How does CCFICS work to ensure fair trading practices and facilitate international trade in foodstuffs, protecting at the same time the health of consumers?
Read: CCFICs has developed a large [...]
30 April 2017
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Codex Chairperson Joins Kazakhstan Colleagues at Almaty Marathon
The Chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Mrs Awilo Ochieng Pernet joined the General Director of the Kazakhstan National Center of Expertise (KZ-NCE) Mr Kanat Balykbayev to run the Almaty Marathon in Kazakhstan on 23.4.2017.
Almaty Marathon in Kazakhstan
The “Codex Runners” were supported by an outstanding “Codex Almaty Marathon Team” led by the Director of the Almaty Branch of the KZ-NCE Mr Sanat Saptaev and his Deputy-Director Mr Jumash Sandykbayev. The project to have a “Codex Team” at the 42 Km [...]
26 April 2017
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