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Codex Committee on Food Labelling
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CX-714
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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 provisions on labelling applicable to all foods; to consider, amend if necessary, and endorse specific provisions on labelling proposed by the Codex Commodity Committees drafting commodity standards, in the codes of practices and in the guidelines; to study specific labelling problems assigned by the Commission, and to study problems in food advertisement, especially those dealing with claims and misleading descriptions.
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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/FL
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Frequency of Sessions
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Every 12 to 24 months until 1996. Every 12 months from 1996 onwards.
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Previous Sessions and documents
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39th Session - May 2011 (Quebec City, Canada)
38th Session - May 2010 (Quebec City, Canada)
37th Session - May 2009 (Calgary, Canada)
36th Session - April 2008 (Ottawa, Canada)
35th Session - April 2007 (Ottawa, Canada)
View Reports of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling
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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
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Web site
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CODEX Alimentarius
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First Session
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June 1965
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Pattern of sessions
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1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 (twice), 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
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Remarks
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Subsidiary Body of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission
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