ALINORM 68/35
March 1968

COVER
REPORT OF THE FIFTH SESSION
OF THE
JOINT FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Rome, 20 February - 1 March 1968

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

Participants and Officers of the Commission Adoption of Agenda

PART II

Executive Committee - Reports on the Tenth and Eleventh Sessions
- Copyright in Respect of Methods of Analysis
- Flexibility in the Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards
- Consideration of Standards at Step 8
- Guidelines for Work Priorities

PART III

Membership of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

PART IV

General Principles
- Acceptance of Codex Standards:
   - Full Acceptance
   - Acceptance with a Declaration of More Stringent or Supplementary Requirements
   - Target Acceptance
   - Acceptance with Minor Deviations
- Quality Criteria in Codex Standards
- Products Not Complying with Codex Standards
- Format of Codex Commodity Standards
- Amendment to Step 8 of the Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards
- Metrological Aspects of Codex Standards
- Definition of Food Hygiene
- Codes of Practice in Relation to the Codex Alimentarius

PART V

Information on the Activities of Other International Organizations Working on Standardization
- International Egg Commission
- UN Economic Commission for Europe
- International Organization for Standardization
- Commission of the European Economic Community
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Relations between the Codex Alimentarius Commission and Other Interested Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations

PART VI

Finance of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program
- Accounts for 1966/67
- Budget for 1968/69
- Program of Work and Budgetary Implications 1970/71

PART VII

Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
- Period of Office of Members of the Executive Committee Representing Geographic Locations
- Proposal by Canada Regarding Regional Standards

PART VIII

Information on Food Standards Work in Africa and Latin America

PART IX

Report on Packaging Materials

PART X

Coordinating Committee for Europe
- Report of the Fifth Session
- Edible Fungi
- Soups and Broths

PART XI

Codex General Subject Committees
Reports of the Codex Committees on
- General Principles
- Food Labelling
- Food Hygiene
- Food Additives
- Pesticide Residues
- Methods of Analysis and Sampling

PART XII

Codex Commodity Committees
Codex Committee on Poultry Meat
Reports of the Codex Committees on
- Fats and Oils
- Cocoa Products and Chocolate
- Sugars
- Processed Fruits and Vegetables
- Fish and Fishery Products
- Meat and Meat Products and Sub-Committee I
- Sub-Committee IV on Processed Meat Products and Consumer Packaged Meat
- Foods for Special Dietary Uses
- Natural Mineral Waters
Reports of the Joint ECE/Codex Alimentarius Groups of Experts on
- Standardization of Fruit Juices
- Standardization of Quick (Deep) Frozen Foods

PART XIII

Code of Principles concerning Milk and Milk Products
- Report of the Tenth Session of the Committee of Government Experts
- Relationship between the Commission and the Committee of Government Experts
- Edible Ices

PART XIV

Consideration of Standards at Step 5 of the Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards
- Quick (Deep) Frozen Foods
- Tolerances for Pesticide Residues
- Flour Treatment Agents
- General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods
- Processed Fruits and Vegetables
- Canned Pacific Salmon
- Fats and Oils
- Sugars
- Draft Provisional Standards for Cocoa Products and Chocolate

PART XV

Consideration of Standards at Step 8 of the Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards
- Margarine
- Honey
- Processed Fruits and Vegetables
- Sugars
- Food Hygiene

PART XVI

Codex Sessions
- Scheduling of Codex Alimentarius Commission Sessions
- Recommended Timetable of Meetings for 1968
Valediction

APPENDICES

Appendix I - List of Participants

Appendix II - Report of the Tenth Session of the Executive Committee

Appendix III - Report of the Eleventh Session of the Executive Committee

Appendix IV- General Principles of the Codex Alimentarius

Appendix V - Format of Codex Commodity Standards including Standards elaborated under the Code of Principles concerning Milk and Milk Products