APPENDIX V
LIST OF SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

(As of December 1965)

A. SUBSIDIARY BODY UNDER RULE IX.1(a)

1. Joint FAO/WHO Committee of Government Experts on the Code of Principles concerning Milk and Milk Products

This Committee met for the first time in September 1958. It has been convened regularly each year since 1958 and held its latest session, the eighth, in May 1965. The Committee elaborated the “Code of Principles concerning Milk and Milk Products and Associated Standards”. The last edition of the Code was the fourth published in 1963; the fifth edition is scheduled for publication early in 1966. To date seven standards of composition and five standards for methods of sampling and analysis were issued under the Code of Principles. This Code was accepted by 66 countries either in full or in part or for implementation within a given period of time. Standards of composition and standard methods of sampling and analysis for milk and milk products were accepted by many of the countries adhering to the Code of Principles.

B. SUBSIDIARY BODIES UNDER RULE IX.1(b)

I. World-wide general subject Codex Committees

1. Codex Committee on Food Additives

- Host Government:	Netherlands
- Meetings:	1st, The Hague, 19–22 May 1964
- Meetings:	2nd, The Hague, 10–14 May 1965
- Responsibility:	To establish tolerances for individual food additives in specific food items. The preparation of lists of food additives for the guidance of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives.

(Reference ALINORM 64/30, Report of the Second Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, page 27, paragraph 22)

2. Codex Committee on Food Hygiene

- Host Government:	U.S.A.
- Meetings:	1st, Washington D.C., 27–28 May 1964
- Meetings:	2nd, Rome, 14–16 June 1965

- Scope of work:

Develop, with regard to the protection of public health, principles encompassing basic requirements for food plant sanitation, such as layout, facilities, water supply, waste disposal, procedures, practices and employee cleanliness, needed to ensure the production or manufacture of food products fit for human consumption.
Develop, to safeguard against health hazards, basic hygiene principles for the storage, transportation, and other handling of food products in international trade.
Develop specific food hygiene specifications on the request of any Codex Committee referred to it through the Secretary of the Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Rome.
Support the work of Codex Committees by technical advice, guidance, and consultation on food sanitation and micro-biological problems when requested by these Committees through the Secretary of the Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission.

- Terms of reference:

Food hygiene specifications for commodities for which another specific Codex Committee has been appointed by the Commission shall be left to the discretion of that Codex Committee which may refer matters to the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene if it so desires. The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene must, in any event, be informed of any food hygiene specifications developed by other Codex Committees through the Secretary of the Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission.
The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene shall request through the Commission referral when, in its expert opinion, a Codex Committee responsible for a specific food has not adequately covered the hygienic considerations.
The hygiene aspects of foods not assigned to a specific Codex Committee shall at the request of the Commission be dealt with directly by the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene until such time as a specific Codex Committee on the particular food may be established. Any recommendations of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene concerned with this particular food shall be sent to the newly established Codex Committee for consideration.

(Reference ALINORM 64/30, page 29, paragraphs 29 and 30)

3. Codex Committee on Food Labelling

Host Government: Canada
Meetings: 1st, Ottawa, Ontario, 21–25 June 1965
Terms of reference:
1. To draft provisions on labelling applicable to all foods.
2. To draft provisions on labelling concerning products given priority by the Commission, namely products referred to specific Codex Committees for the elaboration of standards.
3. To study specific labelling problems assigned to it by the Commission.

(Reference ALINORM 64/30, page 37, paragraph 48)

4. Codex Committee on General Principles

Host Government: France
Meetings: 1st, Paris, 4-8 October 1965
At its first meeting the Committee established the General Principles which define the purpose and scope of the Codex Alimentarius, the nature of Codex Standards and the acceptance by countries of Codex Standards.

(See Appendix III to this Report)

5. Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling

Host Government: Federal Republic of Germany
Meetings: 1st, Berlin, 23–24 September 1965
Guiding principles for the Committee:
1. The Codex Committee draws up a list of priorities in the light of the products for which Codex Standards are in preparation.
2. It determines in each case the best means of preparing each method of analysis required and refers the work to the appropriate outside organization or, where no such body is available, to research laboratories in any country member of the Commission.
3. In some cases, the Codex Committee may find that a method is already so well established and verified that it may be referred to the Commission for publication in the Codex Alimentarius without further study
  Note: The first meeting of the Codex Committee decided to give priority to international referee methods
4. Methods selected should have been the object of extensive tests in several laboratories and the results given statistical treatment. Preference should be given to those already published or ready for publication by the originating body.
5. Methods should be such as to be capable of use in laboratories equipped with usual modern apparatus.
6. More than one method of analysis may be selected for the same test.
7. Where applicable, methods of analysis should conform to the “Guide on the form for methods of chemical analysis” set out in ISO Recommendation R. 78–1958.
  Note: This “Guide” had been amended since 1958 and the Codex Committee would take account of any changes involved.
8. The Codex Committee should organize its work in such a manner as to keep under constant review all methods of analysis published in the Codex Alimentarius.
9. The Codex Committee should maintain the closest possible relations with all interested organizations working on methods of analysis.
10. The Codex Committee should adopt wherever it may find appropriate the type of procedures now followed by the Committee of Government Experts on the Code of Principles concerning Milk and Milk Products.
  Note: This provision is now superseded as a result of the adoption by the Codex Alimentarius Commission of the Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards.
11. The Codex Committee should recommend in each case whether the method of analysis should be published in the Codex Alimentarius in full or merely by bibliographic reference.
12. Since the elaboration of methods of analysis will take considerable time, the Codex Alimentarius should, as an interim measure, include references to existing practicable methods in each standard of composition pending the elaboration and/or revision of definitive methods.

(Reference: ALINORM 63/12, Report of the First Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, pages 12 and 13, paragraph 27, and ALINORM 64/30, pages 38 and 39, paragraph 55)

6. Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues

- Host Government:	Netherlands
- Meetings:	First to be held from 17 to 22 June 1966 in The Hague
- Responsibility:	To recommend international tolerances for pesticide residues in specific food products. A further responsibility was the preparation of a list of priorities of those pesticide residues found in food commodities entering international trade for the guidance of the WHO Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues when considering future work.

(Reference ALINORM 64/30, page 33, paragraph 38(D))

II. World-wide commodity Codex Committees

1. Codex Committee on Cocoa Products and Chocolate

- Host Government:	Switzerland
- Meetings:	1st, Neuchâtel, 5–6 November 1963
	2nd, Montreux, 22–24 April 1964
	3rd, Zürich, 10–12 March 1965

2. Codex Committee on Sugars

- Host Government:	U.K.
- Meetings:	1st, London, 3–5 March 1964
- Meetings:	2nd, London, 2–4 March 1965
- Coverage:	All types of carbohydrate sweetening matters

(Reference ALINORM 63/12, page 18, paragraph 62)

3. Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables

- Host Government:	U.S.A.
- Meetings:	1st, Washington D.C., 29–30 May 1964
- Meetings:	2nd, Rome, 8–11 June 1965
- Terms of reference:	To elaborate world-wide standards for all types of processed fruits and vegetables including dried products, canned dried peas and beans, jams and jellies, but not dried prunes or fruit and vegetable juices.

(Reference ALINORM 64/30, page 35, paragraph 43)

4. Codex Committee on Fats and Oils

- Host Government:	U.K.
- Meetings:	1st, London, 25–27 February 1964
- Meetings:	2nd, London, 6–8 April 1965
- Coverage:	Fats and oils of animal, vegetable and marine origin including margarine and olive oil.

(Reference ALINORM 63/12, page 14, paragraph 33 as amended by ALINORM 64/30, page 26, paragraph 19)

5. Codex Committee on Meat and Meat Products

- Host Government:	Federal Republic of Germany
- Meetings:	Kulmbach, 28–30 October 1965
- Terms of reference:

To elaborate world-wide standards for

classification and grading of carcasses and cuts of beef, lamb, mutton, pork and veal;
definitions, labelling and other requirements for such processed meat products as the Codex Committee might feel desirable excluding poultry and processed poultry products.

(Reference ALINORM 64/30, page 31, paragraph 33)

- Subcommittees:	I	On Cutting Methods and Cuts of Carcasses. Host Government: Federal Republic of Germany.
	II	On Transportation and Storage of Carcasses and Cuts.
	III	Classification and Evaluation of Carcasses and Cuts of Lamb and Sheep.
	IV	On Meat Products. Host Government: Denmark
	V	On Meat Hygiene. Host Government: Federal Republic of Germany.
	VI	On Additives used in the Production of Meat Products. Host Government: Federal Republic of Germany.
- Meetings:		Subcommittees I and II: Munich, 7–9 December 1965.

6. Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products

- Host Government:	Norway
- Terms of reference:	To elaborate world-wide standards for fresh, frozen (including deep and quick-frozen) or otherwise processed fish, crustaceans and molluscs.

(See this Report, page 30, paragraph 59)

7. Codex Committee on Poultry Meat

- Host Government:	U.S.A.
- Terms of reference:
	1) To elaborate world-wide standards of identity and quality for fresh, frozen (including deep and quick-frozen) and otherwise processed poultry and poultry meat products;
	2) to elaborate definitions, labelling and other requirements for such processed poultry and poultry meat products as the Codex Committee might think desirable.

(See this Report, page 31, paragraph 62)

III. Regional Codex Committees

Codex Committee on Dietetic Foods
- Host Government: Federal Republic of Germany
- Terms of reference: (See this Report, page 3, paragraph (d) (1))
Codex Committee on Natural Mineral Waters
- Host Government: Switzerland

C. SUBSIDIARY BODY UNDER RULE IX. 1(b) (2)

1. FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Europe

This Committee exercises general co-ordination in the preparation of standards relating to the region of Europe and exercises such other functions as may be entrusted to it. To date the Coordinating Committee for Europe held two meetings, 1–2 July 1965 in Berne and 20 October 1965 in Rome.

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAM - (NOVEMBER 1965)

APPENDIX V LIST OF SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

APPENDIX V
LIST OF SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION