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Codex launches RSS feed for meetings |
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5 Jun 2017
Anyone can now follow Codex Alimentarius meetings simply by clicking on the RSS icon.
RSS stands for Rich Site Summary and is a technology used to monitor rapidly changing information on the web in an organized and user friendly way.
It is identified by the little orange and white RSS icon that [...] |
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New Chair for CCMAS Dr Marót Hibbey |
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6 May 2017
On Monday 8th May the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling holds its 38th session in Budapest Hungary.
Dr Marót Hibbey will chair the meeting for the first time and ahead of the meeting he took part in a Question and Answer session.
Dr Marót Hibbey
Q1 This meeting will be your [...] |
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CCFICS 23rd Session - co-hosted in Mexico |
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30 Apr 2017
Safe food to consumers should not be compromised regardless of the economic standing of the country.
Greg Read is First Assistant Secretary in the Exports Division of the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources and also chair of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems [...] |
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Codex Chairperson Joins Kazakhstan Colleagues at Almaty Marathon |
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26 Apr 2017
The Chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Mrs Awilo Ochieng Pernet joined the General Director of the Kazakhstan National Center of Expertise (KZ-NCE) Mr Kanat Balykbayev to run the Almaty Marathon in Kazakhstan on 23.4.2017.
Almaty Marathon in Kazakhstan
The “Codex Runners” were supported by an outstanding “Codex Almaty Marathon Team” led [...] |
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Survey on guidance material: risk assessment for animal feed |
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10 Apr 2017
Feed Safety Multi-stakeholder Partnership Survey on guidance material (tools, methods, manuals, etc.) on how to conduct risk assessment for feed
What is the objective of the survey?
The FAO facilitated Feed Safety Multi-stakeholder Partnership is conducting this survey to take stock and collect currently available material (e.g. tools, methods, manuals) on how [...] |
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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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