Food Policy and Nutrition

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The Committee:

• defines the problems and needs of the Region concerning food standards and food control;
  
• promotes within the Committee contacts for the mutual exchange of information on proposed regulatory initiatives and problems arising from food control and stimulates the strengthening of food control infrastructures;
  
• recommends to the Commission the development of worldwide standards for products of interest to the Region, including products considered by the Committee to have an international market potential in the future;
  
• develops regional standards for food products marketed exclusively or almost exclusively through intra-regional trade;
  
• draws the attention of the Commission to any aspects of the Commission's work of particular significance to the Region;
  
• promotes coordination of all regional food standards work undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations within the Region;
  
• exercises a general coordinating role for the Region and such other functions as may be entrusted to it by the Commission, and
• promotes the use of Codex standards and related texts by members.

Open to all Members of the Commission within the geographical location of North America and the Southwest Pacific.

11th Session - September 2010 (Nuku'alofa, Tonga)
10th Session - October 2008 (Nuku'alofa, Tonga)
9th Session - October 2006 (Apia, Samoa)
8th Session - October 2004 (Apia, Samoa)

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• FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and South West Pacific
• CODEX Alimentarius

Subsidiary Body of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission