UNDERSTANDING
THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

 

Table of Contents

Preface

The Codex achievement

Origins of the Codex Alimentarius

The Codex system: FAO, WHO and the Codex Alimentarius Commission

Codex and consumers

Codex and the international food trade

Codex and science

Codex administration

Codex and the future

Abbreviations

 

Editing, design, graphics and desktop publishing:
Editorial Group
FAO Information Division

 

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