Summary and Conclusions

The summary and conclusions of the 13th Session of the Codex Committee on General Principles are as follows: Matters for consideration by the Commission: The Committee: - recommended the amendment of the Criteria for the Establishment of Work Priorities and the Criteria for the Establishment of Subsidiary Bodies of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (para. 82, Appendices II and III) - endorsed the amendment to the Food Hygiene Provisions in the Relations between Commodity Committees and General Subject Committees Committee proposed by the Committee on Food Hygiene (para. 6) - agreed to propose an amendment to the Terms of Reference of the Committee on Milk and Milk Products (para. 8) Other Matters of Interest to the Commission The Committee: - agreed to propose a definition of Risk Assessment Policy to be circulated for further comments and to review the current definitions of Risk Management and Risk Communication (para. 16-17) - agreed to return to Step 2 the Working Principles for Risk Analysis (para. 23) - agreed to consider further the following questions at its next session: - measures intended to facilitate consensus (para. 30) - consideration of special treatment for developing countries (paras. 41, 88) - revision of the acceptance procedure (para. 49) - the role of science and other legitimate factors in general and in the specific case of BST (para. 70) - the principles concerning the participation of NGOs in the work of Codex (para. 78) - agreed to initiate the revision of the Code of Ethics for International Trade in Food as new work (para. 90)