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Codex Contaminants Committee meeting in Rio |
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3 Apr 2017
Contaminants are substances that have not been intentionally added to food. They can occur naturally and enter the food while a crop is growing. They can form during manufacturing, handling, storage, processing or distribution. Or they can enter the food from the environment, through our water, the air or soil.
The [...] |
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Codex Food Additives Committee meeting in Macao, China |
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17 Mar 2017
This committee establishes or endorses permitted maximum levels for individual food additives. A food additive in Codex is defined as "any substance not normally consumed as a food by itself and not normally used as a typical ingredient of the food".
Adding food and colour ingredients
Additives can be added during the manufacture, [...] |
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Dr. Moses Gathura Gichia Coordinator for Africa Region retires |
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27 Feb 2017
CCAFRICA Coordinator and Executive Committee Member of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Dr. Moses Gathura Gichia has recently announced his retirement from public service and as the Coordinator of the Joint FAO/WHO Regional Coordinating Committee for Africa.
It has been a pleasure working alongside Codex. It was just an amazing yet a [...] |
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Report of Codex AMR meeting published |
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17 Feb 2017
The Codex Secretariat has published the report of the working group on AMR hosted by the UK and co-chaired by the USA and Australia that met in London from 29 November to 2 December 2016. The report is available online as a working document of the 40th Codex Alimentarius Commission which [...] |
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Feed industry meeting highlights antimicrobial resistance |
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7 Feb 2017
The 10th International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) organized by IFIF in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brought together a record number of feed industry representatives and government officials from 35 countries to discuss key issues including Feed Safety Risk Management Strategies and the [...] |
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Spices Committee Chennai 6-10 February |
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1 Feb 2017
On July 5 2013, at its 36th session, the Codex Alimentarius Commission agreed to establish a committee hosted by India to elaborate worldwide standards for spices and culinary herbs in their dried and dehydrated state in whole, ground, and cracked or crushed form.
The spices committee meets in Chennai, India next week [...] |
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Understanding acrylamide |
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27 Jan 2017
Earlier this week there were stories in the press that the UK Food Standards Agency is warning that overcooked starchy foods can contain acrylamide, a chemical liked to cancer.
Risks during high temperature cooking
Recent concern over the presence of acrylamide in food dates from 2002. Scientists reported that up to “mg/kg” [...] |
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FAO and Japan high level discussions |
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26 Jan 2017
24 Jan 2017, Rome - a delegation of senior officials from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries met in Rome to enhance both sides of a strong relationship that sees Japan as FAO's number two donor to FAO's regular budget behind the United [...] |
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