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Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods
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CJW-735
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Sessions and documents
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View documents of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods
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Legal Framework
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Article of Constitution
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Rule XI-1 (b) of the Rules of Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
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Rules of Procedure
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The Rules of Procedure of the Commission shall apply mutatis mutandis to its subsidiary bodies. (Rule XI.11)
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Category
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Cat. 1
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Purpose
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- To establish or endorse permitted maximum levels or guidelines levels for contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed;
- to prepare priority lists of contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants for risk assessment by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives;
- to consider methods of analysis and sampling for the determination of contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed;
- to consider and elaborate standards or codes of practice for related subjects; and
- to consider other matters assigned to it by the Commission in relation to contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed.
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Membership
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Open to all Members of the Commission
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Chairperson
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Ms Sally Hoffer
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Languages
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English, French and Spanish
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Document symbol
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CX/CF
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Contact information/email
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[email protected] or [email protected]
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Web site
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CODEX Alimentarius
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First Session
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April 2007
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Pattern of sessions
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2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015
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Remarks
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- Host Government: Netherlands
- Before 2007, the Codex Committee on Food Additives and the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods were jointly combined in the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants.
- Subsidiary Body of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission
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