News Archive
Codex attending OIE Animal Production Food Safety Working Group |
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4 Nov 2015
The Codex Secretariat is currently attending the 15th meeting of the Animal Production Food Safety Working Group (APFSWG) of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) at OIE Headquarters in Paris, 3-5 November 2015.
The APFSWG was established by OIE in May 2002 to coordinate the animal production food safety activities [...] |
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Codex filming in Lebanon |
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1 Nov 2015
A camera crew from Flooded Cellar are currently in Lebanon making a video for Codex that looks at the relevance and importance of Codex standards, guidelines and codes of practices to the Near East region.
The video will include interviews with government representatives, technicians from the national food safety committee, representatives [...] |
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South Sudan becomes 187th Codex Member |
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26 Oct 2015
The 16th of October (or "World Food Day") is a well known date in FAO as it is the anniversary of the foundation of the Organization. It was an especially important date this year as FAO celebrated its 70th birthday.
What may be slightly less well known, but equally important to [...] |
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19th Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables |
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20 Oct 2015
This Codex Committee primarily works to establish international standards and related texts such as codes of practice for fresh fruits and vegetables. Hosted by Mexico, the 19th session took place in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, from 5-9 October 2015.
The meeting was attended by technical experts, senior administrators and researchers representing 35 [...] |
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Five Keys to Safer Food |
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11 Oct 2015
Swiss Chocolate Workshop
At the Swiss Pavilion at Expo Milan 2015 on 7th and 8th October, participants in a series of chocolate workshops were given the opportunity to make their own chocolate while learning about food safety.
2015 has been a special year for food safety as WHO has placed special emphasis [...] |
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Improving access to meeting documents |
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2 Oct 2015
New pages go live
On 1st October the Codex Secretariat published a new version of the Codex meetings page as part of a continued move towards better visibility, access and availability for working documents.
Users will now be able to see an "electronic" agenda for Codex meetings and quickly download the documents [...] |
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2015 Commission Report published in all languages |
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1 Oct 2015
The Final Report of the 38th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission has now been published in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese on the Codex website.
Summary of the 38th Session
The Commission:
Adopted new and revised food quality and safety standards and related texts for application by Governments and inclusion [...] |
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2015 Joint FAO/WHO meeting on pesticide residues |
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28 Sep 2015
Geneva, 15-24 September
The Joint FAO/WHO meeting on pesticide residues (JMPR) is an international expert scientific group administered jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
JMPR has met regularly since 1963 and is responsible for the safety risk assessment of pesticide [...] |
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