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Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
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CX-712
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Next Session
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Legal Framework
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Category
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Cat. 1
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Purpose
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- To draft basic provisions on food hygiene applicable to all foods. (The term "hygiene" includes, where necessary, microbiological specifications for food and associated methodology);
- (i) to consider, amend if necessary, and endorse provisions on hygiene prepared by Codex Commodity Committees and contained in Codex Commodity Standards, and (ii) to consider, amend if necessary, and endorse provisions on hygiene prepared by Codex commodity Committees and contained in Codex Codes of Practice unless, in specific cases, the Commission has decided otherwise, or (iii) to draft provisions on hygiene applicable to specific food items or food groups, whether coming within the terms of reference of a Codex Commodity Committee or not;
- to consider specific hygiene problems assigned to it by the Commission;
- to suggest and prioritize areas where there is a need for microbiological risk assessment at the international level and to develop questions to be addressed by the risk assessors;
- to consider microbiological risk management matters in relation to food hygiene, including food irradiation, and in relation to the risk assessment of FAO and WHO.
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Membership
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Open to all Members of the Commission
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Languages
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English, French and Spanish
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Document symbol
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CX/FH
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Frequency of Sessions
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Every 12 to 18 months
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Previous Sessions and documents
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42nd Session - December 2010 (Kampala, Uganda)
41st Session - November 2009 (Coronado, United States of America)
40th Session - December 2008 (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
39th Session - October 2007 (New Delhi, India)
View Reports of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
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Division
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Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division (AGN)
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Contact information/email
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Codex@fao.org or uscodex@usda.gov
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Web site
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CODEX Alimentarius
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First Session
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May 1964
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Pattern of sessions
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1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010
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Remarks
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Statutory Body of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission
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