Mindy Brashears calls on Codex to “Do right and feed everyone…safely”
Dr. Mindy Brashears, the Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. addressed delegates gathered in Cleveland, Ohio, USA for the 51st session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene.
Brashears emphasized in her welcome address that with food safety policies being constantly updated, such meetings were important “to help foster partnerships that can lead to modernization and new policies for food safety and international food standards”.
Dr. Mindy Brashears, Deputy Under Secretary for Food [...]
04 November 2019
Codex food hygiene principles basis for safe food around the world
As the Codex food hygiene committee (CCFH) begins deliberations in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, delegations from around the world have emphasised the importance of one of the main items on the agenda. The revision of the Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene (GPFH), has been described by Udo Wiemer from Germany as “the most important item of the upcoming session”. In many countries the Codex text forms the basis of national legislation. “In Indonesia GPFH are adopted identically to be [...]
03 November 2019
Codex discussing the future of food safety at Beijing CIFSQ Conference
The China International Food Safety & Quality (CIFSQ) Conference is currently underway in Beijing, China 30 to 31 October 2019. CIFSQ brings together 700 regulators, scientists, industry executives, and academics to share insights on food safety and protecting public health. The conference focuses on addressing critical food safety issues and seeks through dialogue and collaboration to identify advances in science, standards and the latest developments in innovative technologies that can serve governments and industry in safeguarding food.
Codex Secretary Tom Heilandt
Tom [...]
31 October 2019
Codex family comes together despite tension in Santiago
The Codex Twitter account @FAOWHOCodex commonly uses the hashtag #CodexFamily♥ but this light-hearted symbol of friendship and unity took on a new meaning last week as disruptions in Santiago forced the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (CCLAC) to end early after only two half days of deliberation.
Codex, where the world comes together and looks after each other.
With uncertainty surrounding personal safety and a curfew imposed each day in the city, the Chilean secretariat worked tirelessly to [...]
28 October 2019
Science and communication: the keys to addressing food safety challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean
Delegates from 16 member countries are gathered in Santiago, Chile 22 to 25 October, 2019 for the 21st FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for the Latin America and the Caribbean region (CCLAC).
Diego Varela, Chairperson of the committee and International Affairs Coordinator at the Chilean Agency for Food Safety and Quality (ACHIPIA), extended a warm welcome to those present recalling the importance of collaboration and communication within countries to address food safety and trade issues in the region.
Based on science.
Marisa Caipo, Food Safety [...]
23 October 2019
Le Burkina Faso promeut le Codex à l'occasion de la Journée mondiale de l'alimentation
Plus de 500 femmes de tout le pays et plus de 1000 participants se sont rassemblés à Bobo-Dioulasso, capitale économique dans l'ouest du Burkina Faso pour célébrer la Trente-neuvième Journée mondiale de l'alimentation du 14 au 16 octobre 2019.
Les services techniques du gouvernement, en charge de l'alimentation et de la nutrition s’étaient mobilisés pour l’événement durant lequel le Comité national du Codex Alimentarius y tenait un stand d'exposition pour sensibiliser les populations sur le Codex, les meilleurs gestes et pratiques [...]
17 October 2019
Kazakhstan pushes to enhance regional potential
The Codex European region comprises 52 countries with widely diverse economic, historic and climatic backgrounds as well as differing levels of experience in engaging with Codex. Many countries in the region joined Codex in the early 1960s at the birth of the Codex Alimentarius and some, especially from the East European region only became members since 2000. One of these is Kazakhstan, a Codex member since 2003, now leads the region as Regional Coordinator.
From 4 to 8 February 2019 a [...]
01 March 2019
Workshop hones use of Codex web tools in the Southwest Pacific
Twenty representatives from Codex Contact Points (CCP) in the North America and Southwest Pacific region met in Port Vila, Vanuatu on 28-30 October 2018 for a workshop on the online systems that are an essential part of contributing to Codex standard-setting. Participants also came together to discuss regional input to the Codex Strategic Plan 2020-2025 and to continue work on two regional Codex standards, for noni juice and kava, both local beverages.
The countries present were Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States [...]
01 November 2018
Codex India talks food safety and trade concerns with the Secretariat
Tom Heilandt, Codex Secretary, welcomed the CEO of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Pawan Agarwal and other representatives of FSSAI to the Codex Secretariat at FAO in Rome last week for a round table discussion on broad themes of mutual interest.
Codex India is hosted by FSSAI and has lead the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) since its inception in 2014. India is also the current regional coordinator for the Asia region and extremely [...]
19 September 2018
An ‘original’ risk analysis workshop takes place in the Dominican Republic
Constanza Vergara and Claudio Canales of the Chilean Codex Committee (ACHIPIA) used a methodology that combines science with creativity to build the capacity of food safety risk managers and communicators to analyse risks in a workshop on 28-30 August in Santo Domingo. The training session was part of the twinning programme of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) aimed at strengthening the Codex Alimentarius in the region.
"We believe that the experience of Chile will be very useful to [...]
08 September 2018
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