190. The delegate of the Netherlands put forward certain amendments to the standards for canned green beans and canned wax beans, canned peaches and canned applesauce, which had been approved by the Commission at Step 8 of the Procedure at its Fifth Session (see ALINORM 69/59). The Netherlands delegate explained that his delegation had felt compelled to propose these amendments in view of the Commission's decision to delete acceptance with more stringent requirements from its Acceptance Procedure.
191. The Commission decided that it was not possible to amend standards which had reached Step 9 of the Procedure and that the correct course was for these proposals to be considered by the Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables as possible amendments to the standards. The Commission agreed that the statement of the Netherlands delegation about the lack of clarity of the drafting of the sections on packing media in the processed fruit and vegetable standards should be considered by the Secretariat in preparing the final version of the standards for circulation to Governments for acceptance.
192. The delegate of the United Kingdom proposed the restoration of certain colouring matters in the standards for canned green and wax beans and canned applesauce (see ALINORM 69/56 and 59). In the opinion of the delegate, it was not absolutely clear that these colours had not been endorsed by the Codex Committee on Food Additives. All the colours had either appeared on a list of colours acceptable for use in food produced by the Codex Committee on Food Additives or had been suggested for inclusion on a temporary basis. It was therefore not unreasonable to consider them to have been endorsed for all practical purposes.
193. The Commission concluded that these colours had not yet been endorsed by the Codex Committee on Food Additives and therefore could not be included in the standards. It would be necessary for limits to be proposed for the colours in the standard for canned applesauce (limits had been proposed for the colours in the standard for canned green and wax beans), for the matter to be considered further by the Codex Committee on Food Additives, and for that Committee to agree specifically to endorse the use of these colours in the products concerned.
194. The Commission considered the suggestion in paragraph 52 of the Report of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling that the applicable provisions of the General Standard for Food Labelling should be reproduced in extenso in each commodity standard. It was agreed that, while a clear indication of the nature of each provision should be included, it would be sufficient to insert detailed and general provisions by reference.
