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Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods
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CX-735
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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 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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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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Previous Sessions and documents
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View Reports of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods
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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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info@codexalimentarius.nl or Codex@fao.org
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Web site
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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 and 2012
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Remarks
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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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