Codex Alimentarius Commission - Procedural Manual

Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Procedural Manual

Seventeenth edition

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)
Rome, 2007

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Table of Contents

Part 1 [697 Kb]

Contact of the Secretariat of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

Part 2 [215 Kb]

Part 3 [417 Kb]

Statutes of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Rules of Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Procedures for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts
General Principles of the Codex Alimentarius
Guidelines on Cooperation between the Codex Alimentarius Commission and International Intergovernmental Organizations in the Elaboration of Standards and Related Texts
Principles Concerning the Participation of International Non-Governmental Organizations in the Work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Definitions for the Purposes of the Codex Alimentarius

Guidelines for Codex Committees and Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Forces
Criteria for the Establishment of Subsidiary Bodies of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Criteria for the Establishment of Work Priorities
Guidelines for the Inclusion of Specific Provisions in Codex Standards and Related Texts
Procedures for Consideration of the Entry and Review of Food Additive Provisions in the General Standard for Food Additives
Uniform System of References for Codex Documents
Format for Codex Commodity Standards
Relations between Commodity Committees and General Committees
Core Functions of Codex Contact Points

Part 4 [288 Kb]

Working Principles for Risk Analysis for Application in the Framework of the Codex Alimentarius
Risk Analysis Principles Applied by the Codex Committee on Food Additives and the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods
Policy of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods for Exposure Assessment of Contaminants and Toxins in Foods or Food Groups
Risk Analysis Principles Applied by the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
Risk Analysis Principles Applied by the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods

Sessions of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Sessions of the Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Subsidiary Bodies of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Membership of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

Statements of Principle Concerning the Role of Science in the Codex Decision-Making Process and the Extent to which other Factors are Taken into Account
Statements of Principle Relating to the Role of Food Safety Risk Assessment
Measures to Facilitate Consensus

Part 5 [736 Kb]