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40th Codex Alimentarius Commission - new dates |
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16 Dec 2016
Meeting Announcement
Date change
The 40th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission will take place in Geneva, Switzerland:
Monday 17 to Saturday 22 July 2017.
The venue will be announced shortly.
Consequently the Executive Committee will meet in Geneva from 10-13 July 2017.
Photo credit (c) Codex/Sciotti |
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Take part in survey on good practices in feed industry |
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12 Dec 2016
FAO, the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) and the Standard Trade and Development Facility (STDF) invite inputs on knowledge and use of the FAO/IFIF Manual of Good Practice for the Feed Industry.
This 2010 manual, a guide for managers of feedmills and the feed industry as a whole, provides comprehensive information [...] |
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50 years of the Codex Nutrition Committee |
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4 Dec 2016
This year marks the 50th anniversary of CCNFSDU.
In the very early days of Codex, in 1965, the fledgling European Coordinating Committee made a proposal to hand responsibility for a new European Committee on Dietetic Foodstuffs to the Federal Republic of Germany due to the experience in this field of the [...] |
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London AMR meeting sets direction for Codex taskforce |
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3 Dec 2016
The working group hosted by UK and co-chaired by the USA and Australia met in London from 29 November to 2 December 2016 to complete the tasks set by the 39th Codex Alimentarius Commission.
Taskforce to tackle emerging global threat
This work involved preparing the work for the Codex Task Force on [...] |
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Risk communication vital for food safety |
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30 Nov 2016
The Codex Chairperson, Mrs Awilo Ochieng Pernet, attended the Shenzhen China Food Safety Risk Communication Conference which took place in Shenzhen, China on 28th and 29th November 2016.
Hosted by the Shenzhen Food Safety Commission Office, the Food and Drug Administration of Shenzhen Municipality and organised by the Shenzhen Institute of [...] |
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Codex begins new work on antimicrobial resistance |
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28 Nov 2016
In London this week, Codex will take the lead on food safety and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as technical experts from Codex member countries set the course to combat this global threat.
The meeting, hosted by the United Kingdom in collaboration with the United States and Australia will take place from 29 [...] |
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Chile - Raising consumer awareness about safe and nutritious food |
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24 Nov 2016
The Codex Chairperson Mrs Awilo Ochieng Pernet and the Codex Secretary Mr Tom Heilandt met with the communications team from the Chilean Agency for Food Safety and Quality (ACHIPIA) to learn about the Chilean experience in raising consumer awareness about the importance of food safety and nutrition.
Tom Heilandt (Codex); Michel [...] |
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Codex Regional Meeting begins in Chile |
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21 Nov 2016
These meetings provide an incredibly important opportunity for dynamic discussion on major and emerging food safety and quality issues facing the region.
Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima - WHO
The 20th meeting of the Codex Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (CCLAC) began today in Viña del Mar, Chile. Nearly 100 delegates from [...] |
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