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Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CJW-714)

Title Codex Committee on Food Labelling
Code CJW-714
Sessions and documents

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Legal Framework
Article of Constitution

Rule XI-1 (b) of the Rules of Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

Rules of Procedure

The Rules of Procedure of the Commission shall apply mutatis mutandis to its subsidiary bodies. (Rule XI.11)

Category Cat. 1
Purpose
  • 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.
Secretary Ms Kathy Twardek
Membership

Open to all Members of the Commission.

Chairperson Ms Kathy Twardek
Languages English, French and Spanish
Document symbol CX/FL
Frequency of Sessions Every 12 to 24 months until 1996. Every 12 months from 1996 onwards.
Contact information/email

[email protected]

First Session June 1965
Pattern of sessions 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, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014
Remarks