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Understanding Codex on Video - Observers |
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2 Feb 2016
The following video is the second part of a short series that explains Codex Alimentarius to a wider audience.
Codex Alimentarius and Observers
There are currently 187 Codex Members in the Codex Alimentarius Commission, but of equal importance to the process of standard setting are the 234 organizations that have observer status [...] |
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Kuwait - WTO Workshop on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
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29 Jan 2016
A Regional Workshop on the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures for the Arab Region took place earlier this week in Kuwait.
Members from Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia and UAE participated in this training touching upon all aspects of the implementation of [...] |
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Understanding Codex on Video |
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19 Jan 2016
The following video is part of a short series that explains Codex Alimentarius to a wider audience.
Codex Alimentarius and Trade
Article 1a of the Statutes of the Codex Alimentarius Commission describes the purpose of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme as:
Protecting the health of the consumers and ensuring fair practices in [...] |
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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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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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