News Archive
New work for Spices Committee |
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8 Jan 2016
The Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) is hosted by India and first met in 2014.
One of the first proposals for new work presented to the committee was to establish a standard for Black, White and Green (BWG) Pepper.
The purpose of the standard will be to develop harmonized [...] |
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Codex to use new online commenting system for draft standards |
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18 Dec 2015
The Codex secretariat is happy to announce that FAO has signed a contract with PleaseTech for anew Online Commenting System (OCS) following a thorough procurement process. The system, called PleaseReview, will enable Codex members and observers to share and submit comments on draft standards online at the click of a [...] |
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Working with OIE on Salmonellosis in pigs and cattle |
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9 Dec 2015
The Codex Secretariat is participating in the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) working group on Salmonellosis in pig and in cattle taking place at OIE HQ in Paris, 8-10 December 2015.
This ad-hoc working group will further revise the draft chapters of the OIE Animal Terrestrial Health Code on Salmonellosis [...] |
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Draft standard for processed cheese meeting - Montevideo |
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6 Dec 2015
The Codex Committee for Milk and Milk Products (CCMMP) physical working group on processed cheese will be meeting in Montevideo Uruguay from Tuesday 8th to Thursday 10th December to discuss, and continue drafting, the Standard for Processed Cheese which was adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at Step 5 in [...] |
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WHO first ever global estimates of foodborne disease |
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4 Dec 2015
Almost one third (30%) of all deaths from foodborne diseases are in children under the age of 5 years, despite the fact that they make up only 9% of the global population. This is among the findings of WHO's "Estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases" – the most [...] |
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Food Hygiene progresses with work on Salmonella in Beef and Pork |
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20 Nov 2015
The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) was established in 1964 to draft basic provisions on food hygiene applicable to all food and prioritize areas where there is a need for microbiological risk assessment at the international level.
The committee held its 47th session in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 9–13 November 2015. [...] |
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24th Edition of Codex Procedural Manual published |
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16 Nov 2015
The Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission describes the legal foundations and practical functioning of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies.
Following the 38th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission held in July 2015, the following amendments were made to the Procedural Manual.
Limits for pesticides in minor crops
Some crops are [...] |
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Outcome of 34th Codex Fish Committee meeting |
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9 Nov 2015
The Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (CCFFP) was established in 1966 to elaborate worldwide standards for fresh, frozen or otherwise processed fish, crustaceans and molluscs. The committee held its 34th session in Ålesund, Norway, 19–24 October 2015. Technical experts, senior administrators and researchers from 49 member countries, one [...] |
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