Comité Coordinador Regional del Codex para Europa (CCEURO) - Coordinador regional: Germany
En 1964, en su segundo período de sesiones, la Comisión del Codex Alimentarius estableció el Comité Coordinador para Europa, que sucedería al “Consejo Europeo del Codex Alimentarius” y sustituiría al "Grupo Consultivo para Europa", creado en su primer período de sesiones en 1963.
La primera reunión del Comité Coordinador para Europa se celebró en julio de 1965 en Berna (Suiza) y a ella asistieron 16 países de la región.
El coordinador actual, Alemania, tiene su sede en el Ministerio Federal de Alimentación y Agricultura (BMEL).
Las prioridades fundamentales de Alemania como coordinador son las siguientes:
- reducir los obstáculos a la participación activa de los miembros de la región en los trabajos del Codex;
- aumentar la sensibilización sobre el papel del Codex y de la inocuidad de los alimentos en general en la transición hacia sistemas alimentarios sostenibles;
- promover el uso de las normas del Codex en los ámbitos prioritarios como la resistencia a los antimicrobianos (RAM).
Con el fin de abordar estas prioridades, el coordinador aprovechará las sinergias de las actividades internacionales y regionales de la Secretaría del Codex, la FAO y la OMS, así como de los observadores del Codex.
Noticias de la región
Luxembourg launches online quiz for World Food Safety Day
Luxembourg has launched an online quiz (www.secheriessen.lu) on food safety topics (from 3 until 14 June, available in French and Luxemburgish) to celebrate the World Food Safety Day edition 2020.
A press communication (in French) accompanied the launch of the quiz and shares the links to the EFSA website, to the new F2F strategy and to the results of the Eurobarometer 2019.
The press release was also published on the national food safety website using communication materials of the WHO and FAO campaign [...]
06 June 2020
Inocuidad de los alimentos y COVID-19, ¿relación u obsesión? Explorando la realidad con base en el análisis del riesgo: Seminario web realizado por FEDALYCTA
Este año, en el marco de la celebración del segundo Día Mundial de la Inocuidad de los Alimentos, FEDALCYTA, el Campus de la Alimentación de la Universidad de Barcelona y FEDNU, organizan un seminario web el 8 de junio.
El seminario web "Inocuidad de los alimentos y COVID-19, ¿relación u obsesión? Explorando la realidad con base en el análisis del riesgo" tiene como objetivo ofrecer un panorama general de los cambios necesarios para prevenir los efectos de la enfermedad por coronavirus [...]
05 June 2020
European Food Safety Authority live Twitter Q&A 8 June 15:00 CET
Working to raise awareness of food safety and inspire action that helps prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, the European Food Safety Authority will be hosting a Twitter Q&A on Monday 8 June 2020, 15:00 CET.
Questions will be answered live on line by Bernhard Url, EFSA’s Executive Director and Codex Secretary Tom Heilandt
Read more about EFSA’s commitment to World Food Safety Day here.
Get involved on Twitter with the hashtag #AskEFSA
We look forward to answering your questions with #CodexSecretary Tom Heilandt [...]
05 June 2020
Tajikistan to celebrate World Food Safety Day with comprehensive communications campaign
Food safety is a priority by the government of Tajikistan. In commemoration of the day, the government plans to roll-out a comprehensive communications campaign with the purpose to: (i) raise awareness of the population on the WHO five keys to safer food; promote food safety as everyone’s business; improve food safety in markets and outlets; strengthen intersectoral collaboration; convene government agencies to take necessary policy decisions to strengthen the national food safety system.
With the support of WHO, the Ministry of [...]
04 June 2020
Five Keys to Safer Food - Five Kilometres to support Food Safety
Safe food, balanced nutrition and physical exercise are necessary to stay healthy. In Germany, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) as well as the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) have joined forces to organise an annual World Food Safety Day charity run.
Not only will the 5K run help raise awareness of the importance of food safety for every individual, but also money for small-scale food safety projects [...]
29 May 2020
Danish food solutions to heighten global food quality and safety
Denmark are planning World Food Safety Day activites on and around June 7 with a focus on Danish food solutions to heighten global food quality and safety.
Denmark will also hold a webinar on June 8 for Danish exporting food companies where a panel including Esben Egede, Executive Director, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, Søren Tinggaard, Vice President, Pork Export Strategy & Marketing, Danish Crown and Lise Walbom, CEO, Food Nation will explore how to use quality and food safety as [...]
27 May 2020
Czech Republic plans a series of World Food Safety Day publishing activities
Here are the planned activites for World Food Safety Day in the Czech Republic.
26 May 2020
The Ministry of Agriculture - Food Safety Department will publish a short article containing WFSD original key messages on www.bezpecnostpotravin.cz with refence to FAO and WHO activities; and promo materials on social media - Facebook, Twitter (following EFSA activities when key messages and promo materials (images) will be rolled out on social media in a pre-phase starting on 25 May 2020).
2 June 2020
The Ministry of [...]
25 May 2020
Codex Euro Region responds to the challenge of cancelled meetings
If you review the history of Codex committees since 1963 there are occasional gaps in the meeting schedule and most of these in the early years of Codex as the programme gradually developed and expanded. Some committees do not meet every year and so the average number of sessions through the 1970s, 80s, 90s and up to the present day has grown from less than 10 in any calendar year up to 20 in 2019.
What then to make of the [...]
13 May 2020
EFSA / communication and common ground key to working together
A team from the FAO Food Safety and Quality Unit together with representatives from the Codex Secretariat and the FAO Nutrition Department travelled to Parma, Italy today to meet with the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA). The meeting was an opportunity to find common ground and share insights on a range of issues including scientific opinions, risk communication and possibilities for cooperation on major campaigns such as World Food Safety Day and the International Year of Plant Health.
Bernhard Url, Executive [...]
28 January 2020
EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed / 40 years of keeping consumers safe
The European Union (EU) is celebrating the 40 years of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed.
Food safety is an issue of national and international significance, an issue that affects all countries and has a substantial impact on both public health and economic activity. Operating since 1979, RASFF is one of the great success stories of the EU’s integrated approach to food safety, showing the power of communication and collaboration. By providing a system for the swift exchange of [...]
15 January 2020
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Coordinador de CCEURO
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Para consultas regionales, comuníquese con:
Secretaría de CCEURO
Ministerio Federal de Alimentación y Agricultura de Alemania
Wilhelmstrasse 54, 10117 Berlín (Alemania)
Tel.: +49 30 18 529 4065
Correo electrónico: [email protected]