Summary and Conclusions

The summary and conclusions of the 25th Session of the Committee on Food Labelling are as follows: Matters for adoption by the Commission: The Committee: - agreed to advance to Step 5 of the Accelerated Procedure the Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (Labelling Section) (para. 51, Appendix II) - agreed to advance to Step 5 the Proposed Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (Foods than can cause Hypersensitivity) (para. 48, Appendix IV) - agreed to use the Accelerated Procedure for a Proposed Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (class names) (para. 25, Appendix V) Other Matters of Interest to the Commission The Committee: - returned to Step 6 the Draft Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods for further comments (para. 42, Appendix III) - agreed to circulate at Step 3 the Proposed Draft Recommendations for the Labelling of Foods Obtained through Biotechnology (para. 60, Appendix VI) - agreed to circulate at Step 3 the Proposed Draft Recommendations for the Use of Health Claims (para. 71, Appendix VII) - agreed to undertake a partial revision of the Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling (para. 65) - agreed to initiate work on the definition of the term "vegetarian" and to ask the advice of the Commission on the need for new work on "sports drinks" and "energy drinks" (paras. 73 and 78) - agreed to recommend to the Commission to ask FAO and WHO to consider how to address the need for the evaluation of scientific data on hypersensitivity (paras. 45-47)