In referencing Codex documents, CX, which stands for Codex, should appear first, followed by the subject code reference, followed by the year in which the session will be held (i.e. not necessarily the year in which the document is prepared), and finally followed by the consecutive number of the document.
For example documents prepared for a session of the Codex Regional Coordinating Committee for Asia, meeting in 2001, would be identified by the series CX/ASIA 01/1, 2, 3 etc. The only exception is the Executive Committee in which the session number is also identified: e.g., CX/EXEC 01/48/1, 2, 3 etc. In exceptional cases where two or more meetings of a Committee or Task Force are held in the same calendar year, the same identification system should be used with the letter "A, B, etc." following the abbreviated calendar year.
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Statutory Body |
Document Reference |
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Codex Alimentarius Commission |
ALINORM |
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Executive Committee |
CX/EXEC |
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Codex Committees |
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General Principles |
CX/GP |
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Food Additives and Contaminants |
CX/FAC |
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Food Hygiene |
CX/FH |
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Food Labelling |
CX/FL |
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Methods of Analysis and Sampling |
CX/MAS |
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Pesticide Residues |
CX/PR |
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Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods |
CX/RVDF |
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Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification
Systems |
CX/FICS |
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Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses |
CX/NFSDU |
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Cereals, Pulses and Legumes |
CX/CPL |
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Cocoa Products and Chocolate |
CX/CPC |
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Fats and Oils |
CX/FO |
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Fish and Fishery Products |
CX/FFP |
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Milk and Milk Products |
CX/MMP |
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Meat and Poultry Hygiene |
CX/MPH |
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Natural Mineral Waters |
CX/NMW |
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Processed Fruits and Vegetables |
CX/PFV |
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Sugars |
CX/S |
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Vegetable Proteins |
CX/VP |
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Fresh Fruits and Vegetables |
CX/FFV |
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Regional Coordinating Committees |
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Coordinating Committee for Africa |
CX/AFRICA |
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Coordinating Committee for Asia |
CX/ASIA |
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Coordinating Committee for Europe |
CX/EURO |
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Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the
Caribbean |
CX/LAC |
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Coordinating Committee for the Near East |
CX/NEA |
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Coordinating Committee for North America and the South West
Pacific |
CX/NASWP |
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Ad hoc Intergovernmental Task Forces |
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Foods derived from Biotechnology |
CX/FBT |
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Fruit Juices |
CX/FJ |
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Animal Feeding Practices |
CX/AF |
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Statutory Bodies Abolished (for archival reference
only) |
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Codex Committee on Edible Ices |
CX/IE |
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Soups and Broths |
CX/SB |
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Processed Meat and Poultry Products |
CX/PMPP |
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Joint ECE/Codex Alimentarius Group of Experts on the
Standardization of Fruit Juices |
CX/FJ |
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Joint ECE/Codex Alimentarius Group of Experts on the
Standardization of Quick Frozen Foods |
CX/QFF |
