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39th Codex Nutrition Committee begins in Berlin
The Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) studies specific nutritional problems, drafts general provisions concerning the nutritional aspects of all foods and develops standards for foods for special dietary uses.
The 39th meeting is taking place this week in Berlin, Germany attended by over 350 delegates from nearly 70 countries and over 30 international observer organizations.
Opening the meeting, Parliamentary State Secretary Dr. Maria Flachsbarth underlined the continuing importance of the work of the committee in protecting [...]
04 December 2017
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40th Codex Alimentarius Commission begins in Geneva Monday 17th
More than 50 standards and 30 new work proposals to be examined at CAC40
More than 600 delegates from over 120 countries will gather in Geneva this week to take important decisions on international food safety standards.
Over 50 standards will be examined together with more than 30 proposals for development of new work or revisions of current Codex texts.
Highlights
Highlights of the meeting include decisions on:
Guidelines on nutrition labelling (nutrition information on food packaging for consumers)
Code of hygienic practice for fresh fruits [...]
16 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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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
40th Codex Alimentarius Commission - new dates: 17-22 July 2017
Meeting Announcement
Date change
The 40th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission will take place in Geneva, Switzerland:
Monday 17 to Saturday 22 July 2017.
The venue will be announced shortly.
Consequently the Executive Committee will meet in Geneva from 10-13 July 2017.
Photo credit (c) Codex/Sciotti
16 December 2016
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London AMR meeting sets direction for Codex taskforce
The working group hosted by UK and co-chaired by the USA and Australia met in London from 29 November to 2 December 2016 to complete the tasks set by the 39th Codex Alimentarius Commission.
Taskforce to tackle emerging global threat
This work involved preparing the work for the Codex Task Force on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which will begin its discussions in 2017.
Hosted by the Republic of Korea, this body will review and revise Codex texts to address uses of antimicrobials in agriculture [...]
03 December 2016
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Committee on Veterinary Drugs begins in Houston
The Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF) began work in 1986 hosted by the USA. CCRVDF determines priorities for the consideration of residues of veterinary drugs in foods and recommends maximum levels (known as MLs) of such substances. The committee also develops codes of practice and considers methods of sampling and analysis for the determination of veterinary drug residues in foods.
We have a number of issues before us that will necessitate careful consideration and broad engagement across the [...]
16 October 2016
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Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables - Washington DC 12-16 September
28th session from 12th-16th September - Washington D.C.
This Codex commodity committee (CCPFV) has a mandate to elaborate worldwide standards and related texts for all types of processed fruits and vegetables, including canned, dried and frozen products as well as fruit and vegetable juices and nectars.
The meeting will be focusing on completing the revision of the the Standard for Canned Pineapple which will become one of the annexes to the Standard for Certain Canned Fruits. It will also complete the revision of [...]
09 September 2016
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