REPORT of the FIRST SESSION of the JOINT FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION Rome, 25 June

REPORT OF THE FIRST SESSION
of the
JOINT FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Rome, 25 June - 3 July 1963

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Participants and Officers of the Commission

Adoption of Rules of Procedure

Appointment of Advisory Group and Coordinator for Europe

Rôle of Committee on Code of Principles for milk and milk products

Establishment of National Codex Alimentarius Committees or equivalent bodies

Guiding principles and procedures for Expert Committees preparing draft standards

Allocation of preparatory work on draft standards (with sub-index)
Additives
Pesticide Residues
Labelling
Sampling
Analysis
Hygiene
Oils and fats (general)
Margarine
Olive Oil
Milk and Milk Products
Meat and Meat Products
Poultry
Eggs
Fish and Fish Products
Wheat
Fruit and Vegetables: Fresh
Frozen
Processed
Fruit Juices
Edible Fungi
Cocoa Beans
Cocoa and Chocolate
Sugars
Honey
Soft Drinks

First reading of completed draft standards (sub-index on page 2)

International food documentation schemes

Channels for official document distribution

Finance

APPENDICES

A. List of Participants

B. Rules of Procedure of the Commission

C. Addresses of National Codex Alimentarius Committees or equivalent bodies

D. Program of preparatory work of the Commission

Completed draft standards submitted to Governments for detailed comment

E. General Principles
E.1 European draft
E.2 Latin-American draft

F. Sampling

G. General Principles for the use of Additives

H. Permitted lists of Additives
H.1 Antimicrobial Preservatives
H.2 Antioxidants
H.3 Emulsifiers and Stabilizers
H.4 Maturing and Bleaching Agents

I. Edible Fungi
I.1 European draft
I.2 Latin-American draft

K. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
K.1 Apples and Pears
K.2 Tomatoes
K.3 Cauliflowers
K.4 Onions
K.5 Lettuces, Curled Leaved Endives and Broad Leaved (Batavian) Endives
K.6 Peaches, Apricots and Plums
K.7 Early Potatoes
K.8 Protocol on Standardization of Fruit and Vegetables
K.9 Artichokes
K.12 Witloof Chicory
K.13 Spinach
K.14 Table Grapes
K.15 Shelling Peas
K.16 Beans
K.17 Carrots
K.18 Citrus Fruit

L. Cocoa Beans

M. Olive Oil

INDEX by country, organization and subject matter

	SUMMARY OF POINTS FOR ACTION BY GOVERNMENTS
Para. 14:	Request to designate Government contact points for Codex Alimentarius work, and to indicate formation of National Codex Alimentarius Committees or equivalent bodies.
Para. 16 (a):	Request to notify Secretariat of intention to participate in any Expert Committees on draft standards by 31 October 1963.
Para. 16 (c):	Specific requests to host governments of Expert
16 (e):	Committees preparing draft standards.
Para. 66:	Request for detailed comments on completed draft standards by 29 February 1964.
Para. 71:	Request to indicate whether official channels for distribution of documents should be those of FAO or of WHO.
Para. 75:	Request to inform the Director-General of FAO or WHO as soon as possible of intention to contribute to the Trust Fund by which the Commission's work is at present supported.

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