Report of the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling













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Ottawa, Canada, 15-18 April 1997

codex alimentarius commission

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION


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JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Twenty-second Session
Geneva, 23-28 June 1997

Note: This document incorporates Codex Circular Letter 1997/10-FL


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Preface

Summary and Conclusions

Introduction

Opening of the Session (Agenda Item 1)

Adoption of the Agenda (Agenda Item 2)

Matters referred to the Committee by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other Codex Committees (Agenda Item 3)

Consideration of Labelling Provisions in Codex Standards (Agenda Item 4)

Draft Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods (Agenda Item 5)

Proposed Draft Recommendations for the Labelling of Foods that can cause Hypersensitivity (Agenda Item 6)

Proposed Draft Amendment to the Labelling Section of the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks, Fish Portions and Fish Fillets - Breaded or in Batter (Agenda Item 7)

Recommendations for the Labelling of Foods obtained through Biotechnology (Agenda Item 8)

Review of government comments on Nutrition Labelling (Agenda Item 9)

Review of government comments on Health Claims (Agenda Item 10)

Other Business, Future Work and Date and Place of the Next Session (Agenda Item 11)

APPENDICES

APPENDIX I - List of Participants/Liste des Participants/Lista de Participantes
APPENDIX II - Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (Fish Fingers) Fish Portions and Fish Fillets-Breaded or in Batter (At Step 5 of the Accelerated Procedure)
APPENDIX III - Draft Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods (At Step 6 the Procedure)

Foreword
Section 1. Scope
Section 2. Description and definitions
Section 3. Labelling and claims
Section 4. Rules of production and preparation
Section 5. Requirements for inclusion of substances in Annex 2 and criteria for the development of lists of substances by countries
Section 6. Inspection and certification systems
Section 7. Imports
Section 8. Ongoing review of the guidelines
Annex 1: Principles of organic production

A. Plants and plant products
B. Animal production in an organic system
C. Processing (to be developed)
D. Packaging, handling, storage and transport

Annex 2: Permitted substances for the production of organic foods
Annex 3: Minimum inspection requirements and precautionary measures under the inspection or certification system

APPENDIX IV - Proposed Draft Amendments to Codex General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (at Step 5 of the Procedure)
APPENDIX V - Proposed Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (At Step 3 of the Accelerated Procedure)
APPENDIX VI - Proposed Draft Recommendations for the Labelling of Food Obtained through Biotechnology (Proposed Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods) (At Step 3 of the Procedure)
APPENDIX VII - Proposed Draft Recommendations for the Use of Health Claims (At Step 3 of the Procedure)