Medium Term Objectives by Programme Area
| Programme area | Medium-Term Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | General principles and rules of procedure | Adoption of simplified, uniform elaboration procedures Adoption of improved acceptance procedures |
| 2. | Food labelling | Harmonization of health and nutrition claims and warnings in food product labelling by 1995 |
| 3. | Food additives | General recommendations for the use of Food Additives by 1995 Codex Advisory Specifications for Food Additives (on- going) |
| 4. | Contaminants (including Pesticide Residues, and Veterinary Drug Residues) and Naturally occurring toxicants | Establishment of general procedures for the review of contaminants levels in foods |
| Review of current and previous recommendations for Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides (review of Good Agricultural Practices) | ||
| Establishment of Maximum Residue Limits for Veterinary Drugs in Foods (ongoing) | ||
| Establishment of maximum limits for significant contaminants in foods in international trade, especially aflatoxins, by 1995 | ||
| 5. | Biotechnology | Guidelines for evaluation of foods produced from biotechnology |
| 6. | Food Hygiene | Review and up-dating of General Principles of Food Hygiene incorporating the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point System by 1995 |
| Recommendations on control of microbiological contamination by 1997 | ||
| 7. | Risk Assessment | Application of risk assessment principles to Codex standards and recommendations in Programme area 3 to 6 above |
| 8. | Nutrition | Review of nutrition considerations in Codex standards in light of national and international recommendations |
| 9. | Harmonization of Testing Procedures, and Inspection and Certification Systems | Recommendations on harmonization of export and import inspection systems by 1995 |
| Protocols on harmonized laboratory quality assurance and proficiency testing systems by 1997 | ||
| Recommended methods of analysis and sampling | ||
| 10. | Commodity standards | Rationalization of existing Commodity Standards by 1997 |
| Simplification of existing Commodity standards by 1995 | ||
| 11. | Acceptances | Establishment of a data base on acceptances by 1994 |
| 12. | Participation | Extending the membership of the Commission |
| Improved participation by developing countries | ||
| Improved participation by Consumers' organizations | ||
| 13. | Coordination | Coordination with the GATT Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade and with the proposed Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Barriers |
| Coordination with other international organizations | ||
| 14. | Publication | Publication of the Revised Codex Alimentarius by 1995 |
| Publication, in electronic form, of the Commission's major texts | ||
| Publication, in electronic form, of Codex Acceptances | ||
