Report of the Thirtieth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants

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The Hague, the Netherlands, 9-13 March 1998

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Twenty-third Session
Rome, Italy, 28 June - 3 July 1999

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS		WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
JOINT OFFICE: Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 ROME Tel.: 39 6 57051 Telex: 625825-625853 FAO I Email: [email protected] Facsimile: 39 6 5705.4593

ALINORM 99/12 E

NOTE: This report includes Codex Circular Letter CL 1998/11-FAC.

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PREFACE

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

OPENING OF THE SESSION (Agenda Item 1)

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (Agenda Item 2)

APPOINTMENT OF THE RAPPORTEUR (Agenda Item 3)

MATTERS REFERRED FROM THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND OTHER CODEX COMMITTEES (Agenda Item 4a)

REPORT ON ACTIVITIES RELATING TO RISK ANALYSIS IN CODEX AND OTHER BODIES (Agenda Item 4b)

SUMMARY REPORT OF THE FORTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE JOINT FAO/WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON FOOD ADDITIVES (Agenda item 5a)

ACTION REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF CHANGES IN ADI STATUS AND OTHER TOXICOLOGICAL RECOMMENDATIONS (Agenda Item 5b)

ENDORSEMENT AND/OR REVISION OF MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR FOOD ADDITIVES IN CODEX STANDARDS (Agenda Item 6)

CONSIDERATION OF THE CODEX GENERAL STANDARD FOR FOOD ADDITIVES

REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON THE CODEX GENERAL STANDARD FOR FOOD ADDITIVES (Agenda Item 7a)
ANNEX OF FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS WHERE THE USE OF FOOD ADDITIVES WITH GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE LIMITATIONS ON USE ARE NOT ALLOWED OR RESTRICTED (Agenda Item 7b)
DRAFT SCHEDULES FOR ANTIOXIDANTS, PRESERVATIVES, STABILIZERS, THICKENERS AND SWEETENERS (Agenda Item 7c)
PROPOSED DRAFT SCHEDULES FOR COLOURS, COLOUR RETENTION AGENTS, BULKING AGENTS AND EMULSIFIERS (Agenda Item 7d)
WORKSHEETS FOR ACIDITY REGULATORS, ANTICAKING AGENTS, ANTIFOAMING AGENTS, FIRMING AGENTS, FLAVOUR ENHANCERS, FLOUR TREATMENT AGENTS, FOAMING AGENTS, GLAZING AGENTS, HUMECTANTS, PROPELLANTS AND RAISING AGENTS (Agenda Item 7e)
PROPOSED DRAFT REVISED ANNEX A (Agenda Item 7f)
COMMENTS ON TECHNOLOGICAL JUSTIFICATION AND NEED FOR THE USE OF FOOD ADDITIVES (Agenda Item 7g)

CONSIDERATION OF SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE IDENTITY AND PURITY OF FOOD ADDITIVES (Agenda Item 8)

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (Agenda Item 9)

ENDORSEMENT AND/OR REVISION OF MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR CONTAMINANTS IN CODEX STANDARDS (Agenda Item 10)

METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPLES FOR EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT IN THE CODEX GENERAL STANDARD FOR CONTAMINANTS AND TOXINS IN FOOD (Agenda Item 11)

MYCOTOXINS IN FOOD AND FEED

COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT CODEX MAXIMUM LEVEL AND SAMPLING PLANS FOR TOTAL AFLATOXINS IN PEANUTS INTENDED FOR FURTHER PROCESSING (Agenda Item 12a)
COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT MAXIMUM LEVEL FOR AFLATOXIN M₁ IN MILK (Agenda Item 12b)
POSITION PAPER ON OCHRATOXIN A (Agenda Item 12 c)
POSITION PAPER ON PATULIN (Agenda item 12d)
POSITION PAPER ON ZEARALENONE (Agenda item 12 e)
DRAFT CODE OF PRACTICE ON GOOD ANIMAL FEEDING (Agenda item 12f)

INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS IN FOODS

CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SOURCE DIRECTED MEASURES TO REDUCE CONTAMINATION OF FOODSTUFFS (Agenda Item 13a)
DRAFT MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR LEAD (Agenda Item 13b)
DISCUSSION PAPER ON CADMIUM (Agenda Item 13c)
POSITION PAPER ON ARSENIC (Agenda Item 13d)
POSITION PAPER ON TIN (Agenda Item 13e)
PROPOSALS FOR THE PRIORITY EVALUATION OF FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS BY JECFA (Agenda Item 14)

OTHER BUSINESS AND FUTURE WORK (Agenda Item 15)

METHODS OF ANALYSIS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS IN FOODS
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE INVENTORY OF PROCESSING AIDS
PACKAGING PROVISIONS IN THE REVISED STANDARD FOR FOODGRADE SALT
AD HOC WORKING GROUP FOR CONTAMINANTS
DIOXINS

DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT SESSION (Agenda Item 16)

LIST OF APPENDICES

APPENDIX I: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
APPENDIX II: COMPONENTS OF THE GENERAL STANDARD FOR FOOD ADDITIVES (GSFA)
APPENDIX III: CODEX GENERAL STANDARD FOR FOOD ADDITIVES: DRAFT TABLES FOR ANTIOXIDANTS, PRESERVATIVES, STABILIZERS, THICKENERS AND SWEETENERS
APPENDIX IV: CODEX GENERAL STANDARD FOR FOOD ADDITIVES: PROPOSED DRAFT TABLES FOR COLOURS, COLOUR RETENTION AGENTS, BULKING AGENTS AND EMULSIFIERS (At Step 5 of the Procedure)

TABLE ONE - ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR USE UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS (PART I)
TABLE ONE - ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR USE UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS (PART II)
TABLE ONE - ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR USE UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS (PART III)
TABLE ONE - ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR USE UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS (PART IV)
TABLE TWO - FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS IN WHICH FOOD ADDITIVES ARE PERMITTED UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS (PART I)
TABLE TWO - FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS IN WHICH FOOD ADDITIVES ARE PERMITTED UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS (PART II)
TABLE TWO - FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS IN WHICH FOOD ADDITIVES ARE PERMITTED UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS (PART III)
TABLE TWO - FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS IN WHICH FOOD ADDITIVES ARE PERMITTED UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS (PART IV)

APPENDIX V: PROPOSED DRAFT TABLES FOR ACIDITY REGULATORS, ANTICAKING AGENTS, ANTIFOAMING AGENTS, FIRMING AGENTS, FLAVOUR ENHANCERS, FLOUR TREATMENT AGENTS, FOAMING AGENTS, GLAZING AGENTS, HUMECTANTS, PROPELLANTS AND RAISING AGENTS (At Step 5 of the Procedure)

TABLE ONE - ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR USE UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS
TABLE TWO - FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS IN WHICH FOOD ADDITIVES ARE PERMITTED UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS
TABLE ONE - ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR USE UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS (PART I)
TABLE ONE - ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR USE UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS (PART II)
TABLE ONE - ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR USE UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS (PART III)
TABLE ONE - ADDITIVES PERMITTED FOR USE UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS (PART IV)
TABLE TWO - FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS IN WHICH FOOD ADDITIVES ARE PERMITTED UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS (PART I)
TABLE TWO - FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS IN WHICH FOOD ADDITIVES ARE PERMITTED UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS (PART II)
TABLE TWO - FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS IN WHICH FOOD ADDITIVES ARE PERMITTED UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS (PART III)
TABLE TWO - FOOD CATEGORIES OR INDIVIDUAL FOOD ITEMS IN WHICH FOOD ADDITIVES ARE PERMITTED UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS (PART IV)

APPENDIX VI: ACTION REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF CHANGES IN ADI STATUS AND OTHER TOXICOLOGICAL RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIX VII: ENDORSEMENT OF FOOD ADDITIVE PROVISIONS IN CODEX STANDARDS
APPENDIX VIII: DRAFT SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE IDENTITY AND PURITY OF FOOD ADDITIVES
APPENDIX IX: AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBERING SYSTEM FOR FOOD ADDITIVES
APPENDIX X: DRAFT MAXIMUM LEVEL FOR AFLATOXIN IN MILK - DRAFT MAXIMUM LEVEL AND SAMPLING PLANS FOR TOTAL AFLATOXINS IN PEANUTS INTENDED FOR FURTHER PROCESSING
APPENDIX XI: PROPOSED DRAFT MAXIMUM LEVEL FOR PATULIN - PROPOSED DRAFT MAXIMUM LEVEL FOR TIN
APPENDIX XII: PROPOSED DRAFT AMENDMENT TO THE CODEX REVISED STANDARD FOR FOOD GRADE SALT
APPENDIX XIII: FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS PROPOSED FOR EVALUATION BY JECFA
APPENDIX XIV: PROPOSED DRAFT CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SOURCE-DIRECTED MEASURES TO REDUCE CONTAMINATION OF FOOD WITH CHEMICALS
APPENDIX XV: CODEX STANDARD FOR NATURAL MINERAL WATERS - HEALTH-RELATED LIMITS FOR CERTAIN SUBSTANCES