| CHAIRMAN | |
| PRESIDENT | |
| PRESIDENTE | |
| Mr. E.F. KIMBRELL | |
| Deputy Administrator | |
| Agricultural Marketing Service | |
| United States Department of Agriculture | |
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MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
MEMBRES DE LA COMMISSION
MIEMBROS DE LA COMISION
ALGERIA
ALGERIE
ARGELIA
Mostefa ALEM
Directeur de la qualité
Ministère du Commerce
Alger, Algérie
El-Mounir BOUABSA
Directeur du laboratoire
central du contrôle de
la qualité et de la
répression des fraudes
Ministère du commerce
Alger, Algérie
ARGENTINA
ARGENTINE
Ing. J. PIAZZI
Coord. Codex Alimentarius
Secretaría de Estado de Comercio y
Negociaciones Económicas Inter.
Avenida Julio A. Roca 651, 5° piso
Buenos Aires, Argentina
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIE
B.A. SCHICK
Senior Assistant Director
Export Inspection Service
Department of Primary Industry
Edmund Barton Building
Broughton Street
Barton ACT 2600, Australia
Dr. W.A. LANGSFORD
Principal Adviser (National Health
and Medical Research)
Department of Health
P.O. Box 100, WODEN ACT 2606
Australia
AUSTRIA
AUTRICHE
Dr. W. STEIGER
Oberrat
Ministry of Health and Environmental
Protection
A-1010 Wien, Austria
Dr. R. WILDNER
Elisabethstrasse Nr. 1
Wien, Austria
Prof. Dr. H. WOIDICH
Food Scientist
Lebensmittelversuchsanstalt
Blaasstrasse 29
A 1190 Wien, Austria
BELGIUM
BELGIQUE
BELGICA
C. CREMER
Inspecteur Chef de Service
Ministère de la santé publique
Cité administrative de l'Etat
Quartier Vésale
1010 Bruxelles, Belgium
T. BIEBAUT
Conseiller Adjoint
Ministère des affaires économiques
Industries alimentaires
Square de Meeûss, 23
B 1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
M. FONDU
Co-Directeur
Centre de recherches sur le droit
de l'alimentation
Université de Bruxelles
39 avenue Fr. Roosevelt 1050
Bruxelles
Belgium
J. VERLINDEN
Ingénieur et Chef
Directeur
Ministère de l'agriculture
Avenue du Boulevard, 21
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
BOTSWANA
LE BOTSWANA
BOTSWANA
Dr. M. MANNATHOKO
Director of Veterinary Services
Department of Veterinary Services
P/Bag 0032
Gaborone
Botswana
BRAZIL
BRESIL
BRASIL
H. ROCHA-VIANNA
Diplomat - Secretary of Embassy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Brazilian Permanent Delegation
Geneva, Switzerland
H.A. BARTH
Adviser of the Coordination of
International Agricultural Affairs
Ministry of Agriculture
Brasilia, Brazil
Dr. A.O. COUTINHO
Director
Divisao Nacional de Vigiláncia
Sanitária de Alimentos
SHIN Q 15 CONJ 8 Casa 3
Brasilia DF
Brazil 71500
M. KILLNER
Brazilian Association of the Food
Industry, ABIA
Av. 9 de Julho 3452
Sao Paulo, Brasil
Miss Lucia MONTES
Chemist
Ministerio da Saúde
Avenida Brasil 4036
Sala 608
Brasil
Professor R.H. MORETTI
Professor Food Technology
Al Tocantins
S35 - Alphaville
06400 Barueri-SP
Brazil
CANADA
B.L. SMITH
Chief Food Regulatory Affairs
Health Protection Branch
Room 200, IFPB Building
Tunneys Pasture, Ottawa
Canada KIA OL2
J.A. DRUM
Industry Adviser
42 Overlea Blvd
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4H 1B8
R.H. MCKAY
Director, Consumer Products Branch
Dept. of Consumer and Corporate Affairs
Place du Portage, Phase 1
Hull, Quebec, Canada K1A OC9
Dr. C.J. RANDALL
Specialist, Food Technology
Agriculture Canada
Room 4115B
Sir John Carling Bldg
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A OC5
Dr. N. TAPE
Director, Food Research Institute
Research Branch
Agriculture Canada
Ottawa, Canada
Dr. R. TKACHUK
Research Scientist
Grain Research Laboratory
Division
Canadian Grain Commission
Agriculture Canada
1404 303 Main Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
CHILE
LE CHILI
J. ACUNA
First Secretary
Délégation Permanente du Chili
56 rue de Moillesean
Geneva, Switzerland
CHINA People's Republic of
LA CHINE Rép. Dém. Pop. de
FEI KAIWEI
Deputy Director
Department of Science and Technology
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry
and Fishery
Hepingly
Beijing, People's Republic of China
SHA DI
Deputy Director, Engineer
China Import and Export Commodity
Inspection Technology Institute
No. 12 Jianguomenwai Street
Beijing, People's Republic of China
Ms. XU YANCONG
Deputy Director
Institute of Food Safety, Control and
Inspection
Ministry of Public Health
Beijing, People's Republic of China
SONG JIAFENG
Division Chief
Department of Science and Technology
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal
Husbandry and Fishery
Beijing, People's Republic of China
XU QIPING
Food Chemist
State Administration of Import
and Export Commodity Inspection
No. 12 Jianguomenwai Street
Beijing, People's Republic of China
YUEN SHANGTAI
Engineer of Foodstuffs
Bureau of Science and Technology
Ministry of Commerce
Beijing, People's Republic of China
Ms. ZUO JINGSHAN
Senior Engineer
Shanghai Food Industry Research
Institute
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
CUBA
R. DARIAS RODES
Ministro, Comité Estatal de Normalización
Egido y Apodaca
Habana, Cuba
J. ACOSTA ALEMANY
Director Relaciones Internacionales
Comité Estatal de Normalización
Egido No. 610 entre Gloria y Apodaca
Habana 1, Cuba
M. BLANCO
Director de Normalización
Min. Ind. Pesquera
Barlovento, Playa,
Ciudad Habana, Cuba
C. LECHUGA
Ambassador
100 ch. Valerie
Chambesy, Genève, Switzerland
A. MARRERO
Jefe Dpto Organismos Internacionales
Comité Estatal de Normalización
Egido y Apodaca
Ciudad Habana, Cuba
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
LA TECHECOSLOVAQUIE
CHECOSLOVAQUIA
O. CERMAK
Chief
Department of Industry and Agriculture
Office for Standards and Measurements
Vaćavske Nam 19
11347 Prague 1
Czechoslovakia
DENMARK
LE DANEMARK
DINAMARCA
Mr. POUL FR. JENSEN
Director
Fish Inspection Service
Ministry of Fisheries
Dronningens Tvaergade 21
P.O. Box 2111
DK-1014 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Mrs. A BRINCKER
Assistant Director
Danish Meat Products Laboratory
Ministry of Agriculture
Howitzevej 13
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark
Mrs. A. BUSK-JENSEN
Head of Department
Industriraadet
H.C. Andersens B. 18
DK-1596 Copenhagen V
Denmark
Mr. H. FEILBERG
Senior Principal
Landbrugsministeriet
Christians Brygge 12 A
DK-1219 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Mr. J. FREDSTED
Head of Division
National Food Institute
Moerkhoej Bygade 19
DK-2860 Soeborg
Denmark
Mr. K. HAANING
Senior Veterinary Officer
Veterinary Services Laboratory
Kongensgade 16
Postbox 93
DK-4100 Ringsted
Denmark
Mrs. U. HANSEN
Scientific Officer
National Food Institute
M∅rkh∅j Bygade 19
DK-2860 S∅borg
Denmark
Mrs. S. HASHOEJ
The State Quality Control
for Dairy Products and Eggs
Sct. Annae Plads 3
DK-1250
Copenhagen K
Denmark
FINLAND
LA FINLANDE
FINLANDIA
Mrs. A. KOSKINEN
Chief of Food Division
National Board of Trade and
Consumer Interests
P.O. Box 5
00531 Helsinki
Finland
Dr. P. PAKKALA
Senior Health Officer
National Board of Health
Silasaarenkatu 18
Helsinki 53
Finland
Dr. E. PETAJA
Director of Customs Laboratory
Customs Laboratory
Tekniikantie 13
SF - 02150 Espoo
Finland
Dr. K. SALMINEN
Head of the Division of Food Hygiene
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
P.O. Box 232
00171 Helsinki
Finland
FRANCE
LA FRANCE
FRANCIA
Dr. R. HERBIN
Inspecteur Général
Departement Affaires Juridiques
Internationales et des Services
Direction de la Consommation et
de la Répression des Fraudes
13 rue Saint Georges
75436 Paris Cedex 09
France
M. P. ALRIC
Inspecteur Divisionnaire
Chef du Bureau des Produits Agricoles
Direction de la Consommation et de la
Répression des Fraudes
13 rue Saint Georges
75436 Paris Cedex 09
France
Mme N. BECARUD
Chef du Service Scientifique et Technique
Association Nationale des Industries
Agro-alimentaires
77 rue Bonaparte
75006 Paris
France
P. BLANCHON
S.O.P.A.D.
17 Quai Prés. Paul Doumer
92414 Courbevoie
France
A. DE L'ESPINAY
Secrétaire Général
Confédération des Industries des
Pêches Maritimes
44 rue d'Alesia
75682 - Paris Cedex 14
France
Dr. I. DEMADE
Conseiller technique
Syndicat des producteurs d'additifs
41 bis Bd de la Tour Naubourg
75007 Paris
France
P. GANTOIS
Chef de Service
USIPA
17 Avenue de l'Opéra
75001 Paris
France
Mme M. HELOIRE
Chef du Bureau des Questions
Internationales
Secrétaire Général du Comité National
du Codex Alimentarius
Direction de la Consommation et de la
Répression des Fraudes
13 rue Saint Georges
75436 Paris Cedex 09
France
Prof. H. LECLERC
Professeur Fac. Médecine
INSERM
B.P. 39
59651 Villeneuve d'Ascq
France
Mme A. LOC'H
Responsable Service Législation
6 rue E. Vaillant
91201 Athis - Mons
France
M. J-P. MARESCHT
Directeur des relations scientifiques
et administratives Groupe BSN
7 rue de Téhéran
75381 Paris Cedex 08
France
M. le prof. MESTRES
Université Montpellier
Faculté de Pharmacie
Avenue Charles Flachant
34060 Montpellier - Cedex
France
R. MORRISSET
Directeur Société
Servifrais, ZI Baboeuf
BP 105, 76400 Fécamp
France
E. NOUAT
Normalisation
uAFNOR
Tour Europe
Cédex 7
92080 Paris/La Défense
France
P. PAILLON
Représentant du Syndicat National
Aromatiques Alimentaires
Directeur de Sociétés
20 Bld St. Pierre
43200 Yssingeaux
France
J. RIVOIRE
Secrétaire Général
Des Confituriers et Conservateurs
de Fruits
3 rue de Logelbach
75017 Paris
France
Prof. T. SADAT
Expert
551 rue de la Minière
Bue
France
F. SAINT GUILHEM
S.O.P.A.D.
17, quai Président Doumer
92414 Courbevoie
France
GABON
Mme Germaine AVORE OYONE
Conseiller Technique chargé de
la Nutrition auprès du
Ministre de la Santé publique
et de la population
B.P. 50
Libreville
Gabon
J. P. NGOUA
Secrétaire Principal chargé
du Comité du Codex Alimentarius
Commission Nationale de la FAO
B.P. 551 Libreville
Gabon
GERMANY, FED. REP. OF
REPUBLIQUE FEDERALE D'ALLEMAGNE
LA REPUBLICA FEDERAL DE ALEMANA
Prof. Dr. D. ECKERT
Ministerialdirigent
Bundesministerium für Jugend
Familie und Gesundheit
Deutschherrenstrasse 87
D-5300 Bonn 2
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
Dr. H. DREWS
Ministerialrat
Bundesministerium für Jugend, Familie
und Gesundheit
Deutschlerresstr. 87
Bonn 2
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
F. FREDE
Geschäftsführer des Bundesverbandes
der Diätetischen Lebensmittelindustrie
Kelkheimer Strasse 10
638 Bad Homburg
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
G. HOFFMANN
Lawyer
Secretary of Honey Association
Am. Mark 13
Bremen
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
Dr. W. HOLZEL
Regierungsdirektor
Bundesministerium für Jugend Familie
und Gesundheit
Deutschherrenstrasse 87
D-5300 Bonn 2
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
M. HORST
General Manager
Bundes für Lebensmittelrecht
und Lebenmittelkunde
Godesberger Allee 157
D-5300 Bonn 2
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
U. MEYER
Vice President of Honey
Association
Am Markt 13
Bremen 1
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
B. TALPAY
Institut für Honigforschung
Schlachte 13
D-2800 Bremen 1
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
Dr. H. TOLKMITT
Rechtsanwalt
Schwanenwik 33
D-2000 Hamburg
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
GHANA
LE GHANA
GHANA
Dr. L. TWUM-DANSO
Managing Director
Ghana Standards Board
P. O. Box M245
Accra
Ghana
Dr. A. A. OWUSU
Director
Astek Laboratories
P. O. Box 4710
Accra
Ghana
GREECE
LA GRECE
CRECIA
U. PATTAKOU
Chief of the Chemistry-Technology Dept.
Cereal Institute
Thessaloniki
Greece
GUINEA
LA GUINEE
GUINEA
Mr. M. FOFANA
Directeur à la Recherche
du Laboratoire Central
d'analyse de Matoto
Conakry BP 850
Guinée
HUNGARY
LA HONGRIE
HUNGRIA
Dr. K. SUTO
Vice-Président
Hungarian Office for
Standardization
Budapest,
Ulloi U. 25 - 1091
Hungary
Mr. J. MAROSI
Technical Director
Hungarian Office for Standardization
Budapest
Ulloi U. 25 - 1091
Hungary
Mr. I. OLAH
Head of Department for Agriculture and
Food Industry
Hungarian Office for Standardization
Budapest,
Ulloi U. 25 - 1091
Hungary
INDIA
L'INDE
LA INDIA
Mr. OM PRAKASH GERA
Deputy Director
Department of Food
200 G. Krishi Bhawan
New Delhi
India
S. V. SUBRAMANYAN
Joint Secretary
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare
Government of India
New Delhi
India
INDONESIA
L'INDONESIE
INDONESIA
Dr. M. SIRAIT
Director General of Drug and Food
Control
Department of Health
23 Percetakan Negara
Jakarta
Indonesia
W. KATIM
Director of Food Control
Department of Health
23 Percetakan Negara
Jakarta
Indonesia
IRAQ
L'IRAQ
EL IRAQ
Mr. Y. K. AL JANABI
Director General of Standardization
P. O. Box 13032
Baghdad
Iraq
Mr. Munir R. ALALALI
Director, Quality Control and Date
Laboratories
Iraqi Date Committee
Museum Square
Baghdad
Iraq
Dr. A. K. AL-DULAIMI
Microbiologist
Nutrition Research Institute
Adhamia
Baghdad
Iraq
Dr. A. M. HASAN
Professor/Consultant
Department of Food Science
College of Agriculture
Abu Ghraib
Iraq
IRELAND
L'IRLANDE
IRLANDA
Dr. T. O'TOOLE
Food Scientist
Department of Agriculture
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Dr. G. O'HAGAN
Veterinarian
Agr. House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
ITALY
L'ITALIE
ITALIA
Dr. G. LUFT
Amministratore Unico
Centro Studi Maria Branca
20158 Milano
Italy
Dr. A. MICARDI
Industrial Manager
PLASMON
Via Cadolini 26
20135 Milano
Italy
Dr. A. PAGELLA
Technical Manager
PLASMON Dietetici Alimentari SpA
Via Cadolini 26
20135 Milano
Italy
Dr. L. PERSANO
Sperimentatore presso l'Istituto
Sperimentale per la Zoologia
Agraria
Sez. Apicoltura
C/o Ist. Zoologia Agraria
Via Leonida Rech. 36
00156 Roma
Italy
IVORY COAST
LA COTE D'IVOIRE
LA COSTA DE MARFIL
Mr. B. BRITTO
Directeur Technique de la Caisse de
Stabilisation des Produits Agricoles
B.P. V132 Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Dr. B.D. BOUALOU
Chef Service de Nutrition
Institut National de Santé publique
B.P. V47
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
JAPAN
LE JAPON
EL JAPON
Mr. K. ICHIKAWA
Chief,
Food Chemistry Division
Ministry of Health and Welfare
1-2 Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
Japan
Mr. N. IGUCHI
First Secretary,
Japanese Mission in Geneva
10, av de Budé
Geneva
Switzerland
N. INOUE
First Secretary,
Japanese Mission in Geneva
10, av de Budé
Geneva
Switzerland
Mr. M. KONISHI
Technical Adviser
Japan Food Additives Association
c/o Shokuhin Eisei Centre
JINGO-MAE, 2-6-1,
SHIBUYA-KU,
Tokyo 150
Japan
Mr. S. NAGATA
Food Standard Specialist,
Consumers Economy Division,
Food & Marketing Bureau,
Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries
Kasumiga Seki 1-2-1
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
Japan
KENYA
LE KENYA
KENYA
Dr. J. MISOI
Assistant Director
Kenya Bureau of Standards
P. O. Box 54974
Nairobi
Kenya
Mr. N. M. MASAI
Chief Public Health Officer
Ministry of Health
P. O. Box 300 16
Nairobi
Kenya
Mr. M. M. MIYESA
Chief Engineer
Kenya Cashewnuts Ltd
P. O. Box 49
Kilifi
Kenya
Dr. J. M. NGANGA
Chief Hygiene Officer
Veterinary Laboratories
Kabete
Kenya
KOREA, THE DEM., PEOPLE'S REP. OF
COREE, LA REP. POP. DEM. DE
COREA, LA REP. POP. DEM. DE
Mr. MUN SOP LI
Head of Laboratory
Foodstuff Institute
P.O. Box 909
Pyongyang
The Democratic People's Republic of
Korea
Mr. UN YAN CHO
Researcher
Foodstuff Institute
P.O. Box 909
Pyongyang
The Democratic People's Republic of
Korea
KOREA, REP. OF
COREE, REP. DE
COREA, REP. DE
SUCK-WOO SHIN
Director
Food Affairs Division
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
l Moonwon-R, Kwachon-Myun
Kvungki Province
Seoul, Korea, Rep. of
KUWAIT
LE KOWEIT
KUWAIT
Mr. A. ALFARAS
Deputy Director
Municipality of Kuwait
Food Control
P. O. Box 10
Safat
Kuwait
Mr. A. AL-FOUZAN
Deputy Director
Ministry of Oil and Industry
P.O. Box 2944
Safat
Kuwait
A. AL-SHALFAN
Manager
Department of Standards and
Metrology
P. O. Box 2944
Safat
Kuwait
Dr. J. DAWOOD
Deputy Director
Preventive Medicine Division
P. O. Box 5
Kuwait
MALAYSIA
LA MALAISIE
MALASIA
Mrs. ROZANAH ABDULLAH
Head, Standards Development Unit
Standards and Industrial
Research Institute of Malaysia
P. O. Box 35 Shah Alam
Selangor
Malaysia
Mrs. NORAINI OTHMAN
Food Technologist
Food Quality Control Unit
Ministry of Health
2 nd Floor, Block E, Offices Complex,
Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights,
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Mr. M. R. ABDUL RAHMAN
Permanent Mission of Malaysia
43 rue de Lausanne
Geneva
Switzerland
MEXICO
MEXIQUE
MEXICO
R. GONZALEZ AGUILAR (Ing.)
Director de Normalización
Dirección General de Normas
Puente de Tecamachalco No. 6
Naucalpan de Juarez
53950 Mexico
Dr. H. BARRERA-BENITEZ
Jefe del Departamento de Normas
y Calidad
Instituto Mexicano de Comercio Exterior
Alfonso Reyes No. 30
06140 Mexico D.F.
EDUARDO MENDEZ (Ing.)
Asesor
APD. POSTAL 24-322
Mexico D.F. 06700
Mexico
NETHERLANDS
PAYS-BAS
PAISES BAJOS
Dr. C. VAN DER MEYS
Director, Nutrition and Quality Affairs
Services
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
P.O. Box 20401
2500 EK The Hague
The Netherlands
P. H. BERBEN
Chief Health Officer
Ministry of Welfare, Health and
Cultural Affairs
P.O. Box 439
2260 AK Leidschendam
The Netherlands
A. FEBERWEE
Chairman
Codex Committee on Food Additives
Director, Nutrition and Quality Affairs
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
P.O. Box 20401
2500 EK The Hague
The Netherlands
O.C. KNOTTNERUS
Adviser
General Commodity Board for Arable Products
P.O. Box 29739
2502 LS The Hague
The Netherlands
Dr. J.J.L. MEES
Manager/Scientific Adviser
UNILEVER N.V.
P.O. Box 760
3000 DK Rotterdam
The Netherlands
A. PENNING
Adviser
Commission for the Dutch Food and
Agricultural Industry
Royal Dutch Dairy Federation
P.O. Box 5831
2280 HV Rijwijk (Z.H.)
The Netherlands
Ir. A.J. PIETERS
Chairman
Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
Ministry of Welfare, Health and
Cultural Affairs
P.O. Box 439
2260 AK Leidschendam
The Netherlands
Prof. Dr. W. PILNIK
Professor of Food Science
Agricultural University
Wageningen
The Netherlands
Mrs. A.B. VAN DER VEEN
Secretary
Codex Alimentarius Contact Point
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Nutrition and Quality Affairs Service
P.O. Box 20401
2500 EK The Hague
The Netherlands
NEW ZEALAND
NOUVELLE ZELANDE
NUEVA ZELANDIA
G.H. BOYD
Senior Agricultural Economist
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Private Bag, Wellington
New Zealand
NIGERIA
B.K.A. ADDISON
Director
Federal Ministry of Health
Food and Drugs Administration and
Laboratory Services
P.M.B. 12525
Lagos, Nigeria
K. DAVID-WEST
Director
Federal Livestock Dept.
Federal Ministry of Agriculture
P.M.B. 12613
Lagos, Nigeria
NORWAY
NORVEGE
NORVEGIA
Prof. Dr. A. SKULBERG
Director, Professor
Norwegian Food Research Institute
P.O. Box 50
N-1432 As-NLH, Norway
Mrs. K.E. AABY
Head of Division
Directorate of Health
Box 8128, Dep. 0032
Oslo 1, Norway
Dr. A. ∅RBECK S∅RHEIM
Assistant Deputy Director General
Directorate of Health
P.O. Box 8128, Dep 0032
Oslo 1, Norway
H. PEDERSEN
Managing Director
The Norwegian Canners' Association
P.O. Box 327,
4001 Stavanger, Norway
Dr. P.A. ROSNESS
SVK
Director
National Quality Control Authority
for Processed Fruits and Vegetables
Ministry of Agriculture
P.O. Box 6399 Etterstad
0604 Oslo 6
Norway
Mrs. R. STABEL
Senior Executive Officer
The Norwegian Codex Alimentarius
Committee
P.O. Box 8139 Dep.
0033 Oslo 1
Norway
POLAND
POLOGNE
POLONIA
Dr. F. MORAWSKI
Director
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Quality Inspection Office
Zurawia Str. Warsaw
Poland
A. PSZCZOTKOWSKI
Deputy Chief of Section
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Quality Inspection Office
Zurawia 32/34 Street
Warsaw
Poland
J. SCHWARTZ
Fish Processing Technologist
Morski Instytut Rybacki (Sea
Fisheries Institute)
Aleje Zjednoczenia 1
81-345 Gdynia
Poland
PORTUGAL
G. P. MARTINS
Directeur du Service d'analyses
DCEAI - LNETI
Azinhaga dos Lameiros a
Estrada do Paço do
Lumiar
1600 Lisboa
Portugal
Dr. Maria Herminia
COUTINHO LOPES
Directeur du Service de Réglementation
et Normalisation des denrées alimentaires
Instituto de Qualidade Alimentar
Rua Alexandre Herculano No. 6-3o
1100 Lisboa
Portugal
Mme Maria do Rosario NOGUEIRA
Tec. Superieur de la Santé au
Laboratoire de Nutrition et Hygiène
des aliments
Institut National de Santé publique
Av. Padre Cruz - 1699
Lisboa Codex, Portugal
SPAIN
ESPAGNE
ESPANA
Dr. J.PONZ MARIN
Director General de Inspección del Consumo
Pl. Prado 18-20
28014 Madrid
España
Dr. E. CELMA
Asesor Técnico
Servicio de Defensa de Plagas
e Inspección Fitopatológica
Ministerio de Agricultura
Juan Bravo 3B
28006 Madrid
España
Dr. C. EGOSCAZABAL
Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda
Jefe del Servicio de Comercio Interior
Castellana 160
28010 Madrid
España
Dr. GARCIA GONZALEZ
Subdirector General de Información
del Mercado
Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo
Paseo del Prado No. 18-20
28014 Madrid,
España
Dr. GONZALES VARELA MANUEL
Consejero Misión Permanente de España
15, rue du Jeu de l'arc
1206 Geneva
Switzerland
Dr. J.J. GUITIAN
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y
Alimentación
Paseo Infanta Isabel 1
28014 Madrid
España
E. OTEIZA
Jefe de servicio de Analisis
de la oferta y Normalizacion
Mọ de Agricultura
Paseo Infanta Isabel, 1
28014 Madrid
España
F. TOVAR HERNANDEZ
Secretario General de la Comision
Interministerial para la Ordenación
Alimentaria (CIOA)
Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo
Paseo del Prado 18-20
28014 Madrid
España
Dr. J.M. UNCITI
Jefe de Sección de Normalización de
Productos Vegetales
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y
Alimentarios
Paseo Infanta Isabel, 1
28014 Madrid
España
Dr. J.M. VALLEJO
Jefe del Servicio de Inspección de Calidad
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y
Alimentación
Paseo Infanta Isabel 1
28014 Madrid
España
Dra. Isabel VILA
Jefe del Servicio de Alimentos de Origen
Vegetal
Bebidas y Productos Alimentarios
Ministerio de Sanidad Y Consumo
Paseo del Prado 18-20
28014 Madrid
España
SWEDEN
SUEDE
SUECIA
R. HENRIKSSON
Deputy Director General
National Food Administration
Box 622, S-75126 Uppsala
Sweden
O. AGREN
Technical Officer
SIS-Swedish Standards Institution
Box 3295
S-103 66 Stockholm, Sweden
Mrs. B. BLOMBERG
Head of International Secretariat
National Food Administration
Box 622
S-75126 Uppsala,
Sweden
Dr. A. EDHBORG
Manager
Food Law Research Quality and Nutrition
Box 500
S-26700 BJUV
Sweden
A. EDLING
Deputy Consumer Ombudsman
Konsumentverket
Box 503
Vallingby
Sweden
SWITZERLAND
SUISSE
SUIZA
Prof. Dr. E. MATTHEY
Président du Comité national
suisse du Codex Alimentarius
Haslerstrasse 16,
3000 Berne, Switzerland
Mme Irina DU BOIS
NESTEC SA
Av. Nestlé 55
1800 Vevey, Switzerland
G. HUSCHKE
Dipl.-Ing./Chemist
Hoffmann-La Roche A.G.
CH-4000 Basel, Switzerland
Dr. O. RAUNHARDT
Food Scientist
Xyrofin Limited
Clarastr. 12
Postfach CH-4005 Basel
Switzerland
P. ROSSIER
Head of Codex Alimentarius Section
Haslerstrasse 16
CH-3008 Berne
Switzerland
Dr. B. SCHMIDLI
ROCHE
CH-4002 Basel
Switzerland
Dr. G. SCHUBIGER
Case Postale 88
1814 La Tour de Peilz
Suisse
Dr. Y. SIEGWART
Chef du contrôle des denrés alimentaires
Office fédéral de la santé publique
Haslerstrasse 16,
CH-3008 Berne
Suisse
C.A. VODOZ
c/o Firmenich S.A.
CH-1211 Genève 8
Suisse
TANZANIA
TANZANIE
W.R.K. MNYONE
Register
National Food Control Commission
P.O. Box 977
Dar-es-Salaam
Tanzania
THAILAND
THAILANDE
TAILANDIA
C. SANGRUJI
Thai Industrial Standards Institute
Ministry of Industry
Rama VI Street
Phyathai, Bangkok 10400
Thailand
Dr. T. BHANNASIRI
Director-General
Dept. Livestock Development
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Phya Thai Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Dr. W. CHATRANON
Ass. Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Faculty of Medicine
Siriraj Hosp.
Mahidol University, Bangkok
Thailand
N. CHULKARATANA
Secretary
Royal Thai Embassy
Vienna 1180, Austria
Mrs. Marisa HOTRABHAVANANDA
Director
Office of National Codex Alimentarius
Committee of Thailand
Thai Industrial Standards Institute
Ministry of Industry
Rama VI Street
Bangkok 10400, Thailand
K. KITTISATAPORN
Commercial Counsellor
Permanent Mission of Thailand
28 Chemin Colladon, 1209 Geneve
Switzerland
Miss K. PHUTRAGOOL
Third Secretary
Permanent Mission of Thailand
1209 Geneve
Switzerland
T. SATASUK
Director of Technical Division
Food and Drug Administration
Ministry of Public Health
Bangkok, Thailand
Miss S. SIWAWEJ
Associate Professor
Department of Food Science and
Technology
Faculty of Agro-Industry
Kasetsart University
Bangkok 10900
Thailand
Dr. P. VANANUVAT
Assistant ASEAN Food Standards
Officer
King Mongkut's Institute of
Technology
Thonburi Campus, Thailand
TOGO
Dr. A. RANDOLPH
Chef de la Division de la Normalisation,
de la Législation et du Contrôle des
denrées alimentaires
Direction de la Nutrition et de la
Technologie Alimentaire
BP 1242, Lomé, Togo
TUNISIA
TUNISIE
TUNEZ
A. JILANI
Directeur Général Adjoint de l'Institut
National de la Normalisation et de la
Propriété Industrielle
B.P. 23
1002 Tunis Belvédère, Tunisia
A. SFAR
Expert Conseil à l'Institut National de la
Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle
10 Rue Ibn Jazzar
1002 Tunis Belvédère, Tunisia
UNITED KINGDOM
ROYAUME-UNI
REINO UNIDO
C. COCKBILL
Head of Standards Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Great Westminster House
Horseferry Road
London, S.W.1, England
Dr. R. ALLEN
Food and Drink Federation
6 Catherine Street
London WC2, England
Dr. H. DENNER
Head of Food Composition and
Information Unit
Food Science Division
Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food
Great Westminster House
Horseferry Road, London, England
W. KNOCK
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food
Great Westminster House
Horseferry Road
London SW1P 2AE
England
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE
ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA
Dr. D. HOUSTON
Administrator
Food Safety and Inspection Service
USDA
14th Independence Ave. SW
Washington DC 20250, USA
J.R. BROOKER
National Marine Fisheries Service
Dept. of Commerce
3300 Whitehaven St. N.Y.
Washington, DC 20235, USA
Dr. W. COOK
Director
Corporate Quality Assurance
Hershey Foods Corp
Hershey, Pa. 17033, USA
R.L. COOPER
Associate Counsel and Director of
Regulatory Trade Affairs
Ralston Purina Company
Checkerboard Square, St. Louis, Mo. 63188
USA
J.T. CRAIG
Executive Director
Veterinary Product Affairs
International Minerals and Chemical
Corp.
P. O. Box 207
Terre Haute, IN. 47808
USA
Dr. Lester M. CRAWFORD
Director, Center of Veterinary
Medicine
Food and Drug Administration
Room 757
Parklawn Building
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
USA
Ms. KAREN DARLING
Acting Assistant Secretary for
Marketing and Inspection Services
United States Department of Agriculture
14th and Independence, SW
Washington, DC 20250, USA
D. GALLIART
Deputy Administrator
Federal Grain Inspection Service
USDA
14th and Independence,
Room 1094 S.B.
Washington DC 20250
USA
Dr. R. HARKINS
Director
Research and Development
McNeil Specialty Products Co.
One J and J Plaza
New Brunswick NJ 08903
USA
J.F. HARTY Jr.
Deputy Director
International Affairs Staff
Food and Drug Administration
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland 20857
USA
Dr. P. F. HOPPER
Corporate Director
Scientific Affairs
General Foods Corporation
250 North Street
White Plains, NY 10625
USA
Mrs. J.C. HOWELL
Manager Regulatory Submissions
The Coca-Cola Compagny
P.O. Drawer 1734
Atlanta, Georgia 30301
USA
R.C. LIEBENOW
President
Corn Refiners Association, Inc.
1001 Connecticut Avenue
Washington, DC 20036
USA
B.A. LISTER
Vice President
Nestle Foods Corporation
100 Bloomingdale Road
White Plains, NY 10605
USA
C.W. MCMILLAN
Consultant
2021 K Street, NW, Suite 306
Washington, DC 20006
USA
Dr. R. MORI
Dole Precessed Foods Compagny
Box 7330
San Francisco, CA 94120-7330
USA
Mrs. Rhonda NALLY
Acting Executive Officer for Codex
Alimentarius
USDA-FSIS
14th and Independence Ave
Washington DC 20250
USA
G. PARLET
Assistant to the Director
Fruit and Vegetable Division, AMS
Room 2066, South Building
USDA, Washington DC 20250
USA
Dr. J.D. PETTITT
Vice President, Research and Development
Kelco Division of Merck and Co.
8355 Aero Dr
San Diego
Calif 92123
USA
R.J. RONK
Deputy Director
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
FDA - 200 C St. SW
Washington, DC 20204
USA
Dr. J.E. ROSS
Alternate Permanent Representative
US Mission to the UN Food and
Agriculture Agencies
American Embassy (Rome)
APO New York 09794
USA
W. SCHWECKE
Vice President
General Mills
9200 Wayzata Blvd
Minneapolis, Minn. 55427
USA
H. SYMONS
Deputy Director General
International Frozen Food Association
1700 Old Meadow Road
McLean, VA 22102
USA
R. TARLETON
Executive Vice President
American Association of Cereal Chemist
3340 Pilot Knob Road
St. Paul, MN 55121
USA
Miss E. THOMAS
Manager
Regulatory Compliance
Kraft Inc.
One Kraft Court
Glenview
Il. 60007
USA
Dr. R. WEIK
Assistant to Director
Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition
United States Food and
Drug Administration
220 C Street SW
Washington DC 20204
USA
G.L. YINGLING
President
Food and Drug Law Institute
1701 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
USA
URUGUAY
M. OLARREAGA
Ministre Conseiller Economique
Commercial
65 rue de Lausanne
1202 Genève, Switzerland
YUGOSLAVIA
LA YOUGOSLAVIE
Prof. B. GORENC
University Professor
Department of Chemistry and chem.
Technology
University of E. Kardelj
Ljubljana, Murnikova, 6, Yugoslavia
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONALES
ORGANIZATIONES INTERNATIONALES
ASSOCIATION OF OFFICIAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS (AOAC)
R. TARLETON
Executive Vice President
American Association of Cereals Chemists
3340 Pilot Knob Board
St. Paul, MN 55121, USA
APIMONDIA
R. BORNECK
Directeur Institut Technique
Apiculture
Vice President Apimondia
39340 Montbarrey
France
ARAB ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION AND METROLOGY (ASMO)
M. E. KHASAWNEH
Director, Food Section
Arab Organization for Standards and
Metrology
P.O. Box 926161
Amman, Jordan
COUNCIL OF EUROPE (CE)
Dr. H. WIEBRINGHAUS
Directeur adjoint des Affaires économiques
et sociales
67006 Strasbourg, France
CONFEDERATION DES INDUSTRIES AGRO-ALIMENTAIRES DE LA CEE (CIAA)
P. MOUTON
Directeur de la Confédération des
Industries Agro-alimentaires de la CEE
Rue de Loxum 6
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
CONFEDERATION INTERNATIONALE COMMERCE INDUSTRIE DES LEGUMES SECS (CICILS)
J. GAUTHIER
286 Bourse de Commerce
75040 Paris Cedex 01
France
COCOA PRODUCERS ALLIANCE (COPAL)
O. GYAN
Economist
COPAL
P.O. Box 1718
Lagos, Nigeria
COUNCIL OF THE EEC
L. CISNETTI
Administrateur au Secrétariat
Général du Conseil des Communautés EUR
170 Rue de la Loi
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BUREAU EUROPEEN DEVELOPPEMENT SANTE ANIMALE (DSA)
Dr. Jean Claude BOUFFAULT
Président “D.S.A.”
Bureau Européen Développement
Santé Animale
19 Avenue de l'Yser
Bruxelles, Belgium
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE
R. PLANTIER
Economiste
Palais des Nations
Genève
Switzerland
COMMISSION EUROPEENE DES SELS ALIMENTAIRES (ECSS/CSA)
J. ANJALBERT
Président
Commission Européenne des Sels
Alimentaires
55 rue des Mathurins
75008 Paris
France
B. MOINIER
Secretary-General
European Committee for the Study of Salt
11 bis avenue Victor-Hugo
75116 Paris
France
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (EEC)
Mme Olga DEMINE
Administrateur Principal
Direction Général Marché
Intérieur et des Affaires Industrielles
Commission des Communautés Européennes
200 rue de la Loi
1049 Brussels
Belgium
G. DESESQUELLES
Administrateur
Direction Générale Agriculture
Relations Internationales
CEE - 200 rue de la loi
1049 Brussels
Belgium
P. GRAY
Head of Division
Direction General for Internal Market
and Industrial Affairs
200 rue de la Loi
1049 Brussels
Belgium
M. WALSH
Administrator
Commission of the European
Communities
Legislation on Crop
Products and Animal
Nutrition
200 rue de la loi
1049 Brussels
Belgium
EUROPEAN FOOD LAW ASSOCIATION (EFLA)
Dr. J.H. BYRNE
Manager Scientific Affairs
European Food Law Association
28 avenue Bois des Collines
Braine l'Allend
Brussels,
Belgium
Prof. A. GERARD
Professor, University of Bruxelles
Secrétaire Général AEDA
3 boulevard de la Cambre
B-1050 Bruxelles
Belgique
G. JUMEL
Ingénieur-Chimiste
European Food Law Association
60 rue Falginère
75015 Paris
France
A. MARINE-FONT
Professor, Food Science and
Nutrition
Faculty of Pharmacy
Barcellona
España
Dr. O. MESSER
Président de l'AEDA
Rechtsanwalt
Ludwig-Trick Strasse 27
D-7640 Kehl-am-Rhein,
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
Prof. Dr. H. SCHULZE
Ministerialrat
Bayerisches Umweltministerium
Rosenkavalierplatz 2
D-8000 Munich 81
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
EUVEPRO
E.J. BATES
Secretary General
EUVEPRO
C/o ECCO
19 rue de l'Orme
1040 Brussels
Belgium
A. VAN HECKE
President
EUVEPRO
13 rue de l'Orme
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium
FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL DES INDUSTRIES DU COMMERCE EN GROS DE VINS, SPIRITUEUX, EAUX-DE-VIE ET LIQUEURS (FIVS)
Dr. S. VALVASSORI
Directeur du CSA (Comité Etudes Aromes)
Via San Secondo 67
Torino
Italy
GROUPEMENT EUROPEEN DES SOURCES D'EAU MINERALES (GESEM)
Dr. P. GRIPPO
Groupement Européen Sources
Eaux Minérales
Via Sicilia 186
00187 Roma
Italy
Mme F. LAMBROSCHINI
Chambre Syndicale des Eaux
Minérales
Secrétaire Générale
10 rue Clément Marot
75008 Paris
France
B. OLIVER
Conseiller Technique de l'ANEABE
Association Espagnole des Eaux
Embouteillées
Laboratorio de Analisis Dr. Oliver Rodés
Consejo de Ciento 306
08007 Barcelona
España
Prof. D. PEJIN
Professeur
Faculté de Pharmacie Dr. Clément
Fd.
B.P. 38
63001 Clermont-Ferrand Cédex
France
Dr. R. VERBRUGGEN
Directeur
Institut Henrijean SpA
4 rue Servais
B-4880 SPA
Belgium
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)
J.G. VAN KOOIJ
Head, Food Preservation Section
Joint FAO/IAEA Division
IAEA
Wagramerstrasse 5
P.O. Box 100
A-1400 Vienna
Austria
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FEDERATION (IDF)
M.W. DYKSTRA
President of the International Dairy
Federation (IDF)
P.O. Box 5831
2280 HV Rÿyswÿk
The Netherlands
Dr. A. OTERHOLM
Secretary Commision D of the International
Dairy Federation
Box 9051, Vaterland
Oslo 1
Norway
P. STAAL
Secretary General
International Dairy Federation
Square Vergote 41
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium
J.M. VAN DER BAS
President of Commission of the
International Dairy Federation
P.O. Box 250
3830 AG Leusden
The Netherlands
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF GLUCOSE INDUSTRIES (IFG)
E.G. RAPP
International Federation of
Glucose Industries
Av. E. Claes 4
B-1980 Tervuren - Brussels
Belgium
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS (IFGMA)
S. GARDNER
Vice President, Science and Technology
Grocery Manufacturers of America
1010 Wisconsin Ave
Washington DC 20007
USA
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF MARGARINE ASSOCIATIONS (IFMA)
I.A. HODAC
Secretary General
IFMA
74 rue de la loi
1040 Brussels
Belgium
INTERNATIONAL HYDROLYZED PROTEIN COUNCIL (IHPC)
B.A. LISTER
President
International Hydrolyzed
Protein Council
1625 “K” Street
Washington DC, USA
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J.H. BYRNE
ILSI
1126 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
USA
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Industry Adviser
ILSI
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Suite lll
Washington DC 20036
USA
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Dr. E. NITTNER
Secretary-General, INEC
Redingstr. 2
CH 8280 Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
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Miss. D.H. GROSE
Head of Representation
Consumers Association
14 Buckingham Street
London, WC 2, England
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE FLAVOUR INDUSTRY (IOFI)
Dr. F. GRUNDSCHOBER
Scientific Adviser of IOFI
8, rue Charles Humbert, Geneva
Switzerland
INTERNATIONAL OLIVE OIL COUNCIL (IOOC)
P. ELMANOWSKY
Président du Comité d'experts sur les olives
de table
Conseil Oléicole International
Juan Bravo 10
Madrid 28006
Spain
Mme B. PAJUELO
Conseil Oléicole International
Calle Juan Bravo 10
28006 Madrid, Spain
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G. FOOKES
Issues Manager
Nestlé S.A.
1800 Vevey
Switzerland
J. GANZEVOORT
Secrétaire Général d'ISDI
194 Rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris
France
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO)
Mme M.G. DUHAU
Charge de Normalisation Agro-Alimentaire
Secrétariat ISO/TC 93
AGNOR Tour Europe
Cedex 7 92080 Paris-la-Défense
France
Dr. L. EICHER
Assistant Secretary-General ISO
1 rue de Varembé
Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. C. FAVRE
Director, Standards Development Department ISO
1, rue de Varembé
Geneve, Switzerland
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Senior Technical Officer
ISO Central Secretariat
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9720 De Pinte
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MARINALG INTERNATIONAL
J. DUGOUJON
Conseiller Adjoint de
MARINALG International
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75008 France
Jean-Jacques PIOT
Conseiller
Marinalg International
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75008 Paris, France
W. SANDER
President
MARINALG Int. Assn. of Seaweed Processors
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Paris 75008, France
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G. DENISE
Administrateur à la Direction de
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Château de la Muette
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France
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A.L. MBIELE
Secrétaire scientifique du Conseil
phytosanitaire interafricain
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Boîte Postale No. 4170
Yaoundé
Cameroun
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E. SIERRA
Senior Adviser on Quality Control
International Trade Centre
UNCTAD/GATT
Palais des Nations
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Dr. P.E. FOSSEPREZ
Secrétaire général de la CESDA-UNESDA
Avenue du Général de Gaulle 51/B.5
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CHIEF, JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS
PROGRAMME
CHEF, PROGRAMME MIXTE FAO/OMS DES NORMES
ALIMENTAIRES
JEFE, PROGRAMA CONJUNTO FAO/OMS SOBRE
NORMAS ALIMENTARIAS
Dr. R.K. MALIK
Chief, Food Quality and Standards Service
Food Policy and Nutrition Division
FAO
00100 Rome, Italy
JOINT SECRETARIES
CO-SECRETAIRES
COSECRETARIOS
Dr. F.K. KAFERSTEIN
Manager
Food Safety Unit
Division of Environmental Health
WHO
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
H.J. McNALLY
Senior Officer
FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme
FAO
00100 Rome, Italy
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PERSONNEL DE LA FAO
PERSONAL DE LA FAO
Dr. P. LUNVEN
Director
Food Policy and Nutrition Division
FAO
00100 Rome, Italy
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Legal Office
FAO
00100 Rome, Italy
Dr. A. RANDELL
Nutrition Officer (Food Science)
Food Quality and Standards Service
FAO
00100 Rome, Italy
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FAO Regional Food Policy and Nutrition
Officer
Regional Office for Africa
P.O. Box 1628
Accra, Ghana
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PERSONAL DE LA OMS
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WHO Legal Counsel
WHO
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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Director
Division of Environmental Health
WHO
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Dr. S. SHUBBER
Legal Officer
WHO
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Dr. H. GALAL GORCHEV
Scientist Food Safety Unit
Division of Environmental Health
WHO
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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Toxicologist
International Programme on Chemical
Safety
Division of Environmental Health
WHO
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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Food Hygienist
Veterinary Public Health Unit
Division of Communicable Diseases
WHO
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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Scientist, Food Safety Unit
Division of Environmental Health
WHO
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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Technical Assistant
Environmental Hazards and Food
Protection
WHO
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME
PERSONNEL
PERSONNEL DU PROGRAMME MIXTE FAO/OMS
SUR LES NORMES ALIMENTAIRES
PERSONAL DEL PROGRAMA CONJUNTO FAO/OMS
SOBRE NORMAS ALIMENTARIAS
Mrs. B. Dix
Food Standards Officer
FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme Group
FAO
00100 Rome, Italy
J.M. HUTCHINSON
Food Standards Officer
FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme Group
FAO
00100 Rome, Italy
L.G. LADOMERY
Food Standards Officer
FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme Group
FAO
00100 Rome, Italy
Dr. N. RAO MATURU
Food Standards Officer
FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme Group
FAO
00100 Rome, Italy
Mrs. C. DUDGEON-BETTONI
Documents Officer
FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme Group
FAO
00100 Rome, Italy
CONSULTANTS
CONSULTORES
Dr. D. CHADHA
B 1/25 Ashok Vihar
Phase II
Delhi 52
India
Dr. J.P. DOBBERT
7 ch. Grosse Pierre
CH-1110 Morges
Switzerland
Dr. P.S. ELIAS
Bundesforschungsanstalt fur Ernahung
Postfach 3640
D-7500 Karlsruhe 1
Federal Republic of Germany
Prof. A. SOMOGYI
Director, Department of Drugs
Animal Nutrition and Residue Research
Institute of Veterinary Medicine
Nordufer 20
D-1000 Berlin 65
Federal Republic of Germany
Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization and my colleagues at the World Health Organization I extend to you all a very warm welcome to Geneva.
As in 1981, when you met last in Geneva, I would like to take this opportunity to confirm the World Health Assembly's continued recognition of the importance of the Organization's collaboration with FAO in supporting the aims of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, particularly the protection of consumers against possible health hazards in food.
In considering the report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Safety held in Geneva in 1983, we noted with concern the Expert Committee's view that illness due to contaminated food was perhaps the most widespread problem in the contemporary world and an important cause of reduced economic productivity. A strategy for the prevention and control of foodborne diseases by improvement of food safety has been proposed by this Expert Committee. This strategy recognizes the need for greatly increased community participation if foodborne morbidity and mortality rates are to be reduced to more acceptable levels, and underlines the need for strengthening food control, both regulatory and voluntary. The Codex Alimentarius Commission, through its internationally agreed commodity standards, its standards and guidelines for the labelling of foods and food additives, its maximum limits for pesticide residues in foods and its many codes of hygienic and technological practice has provided, and is still in the process of providing, food control authorities and the food industry with a wealth of most valuable advice and background information.
It has taken more than 20 years and a considerable investment in terms of manpower and money to elaborate what is now already published in the Codex Alimentarius. But we at WHO are also deeply concerned because in many Member States, in government and industry alike, these Codex standards and advisory texts are not implemented as widely as possible for the health and economic benefit of their people. We are informed that some Member States and economic groups use Codex standards and maximum residue limits (MRLs) as a point of departure for the development of their own, and in many instances, differing standards and regulations. The undesirability of parallel systems of standards was also expressed in 1981 by the WHO Executive Board. I therefore join the Executive Committee in its efforts to encourage members of the Codex Alimentarius Commission to make better use of Codex standards, MRLs, and other texts, even though some countries might find it impossible to formally accept them. Member States who find it difficult to implement Codex standards and recommendations might wish to call upon their Organizations and establish technical cooperation activities in order to find solutions for a better utilization of these texts at the national level.
I understand from the report of the 30th Session of the Executive Committee and from the provisional agenda for this 16th session of the CAC that you will be considering the future direction of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. May I propose in this context that you consider reviewing and possibly amending some of your recommendations, especially the codes of hygienic practice, which some people claim are rather rigorous and expensive in relation to the health benefits they are expected to provide. In this way, these recommendations might become even more valuable, especially for small food processors in developing countries.
The matter of the safety of food packaging material is also of concern to us. The Expert Committee on Food Safety, to which I have referred earlier also made the point that considerable work needs to be done on packaging in order to reduce cost and to ensure food integrity. I know that you will be considering this item and I am expressing my hope that your Commission, which is so closely collaborating with the food industry, could provide leadership also in this field.
The Commission might also find it possible to provide leadership in the identification of simple and less expensive analytical methods for the qualitative and quantitative detection of hazardous substances and microorganisms in food. Many of the methods in general use today are not really applicable under conditions prevailing in many parts of the world.
These are just some of the ideas which you might wish to pursue.
The efforts of Member States to utilize the Regional Coordinating Committees of the CAC to promote food safety and food safety activities are greatly appreciated. I understand that your discussions will include the possibility of Coordinating Committees monitoring progress on the implementation of jointly agreed measures taken by Member States to improve food safety. This should be an effective tool to stimulate additional action at the national level which would, it is hoped, lead to increased technical cooperation activities in food safety between Member States themselves and between Member States, WHO and FAO. The association of WHO/PAHO workshops on food safety, by appropriate timing and venue, with sessions of the Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean is another good example of the efforts required on all sides to promulgate Codex activities and to improve food safety. Member States in the regions of Africa, Asia and Europe might wish to come to similar arrangements with their respective WHO Regional Offices and possibly those of FAO.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thought it would be useful to re-state in my opening remarks that the World Health Organization, in collaboration with FAO, continues to be deeply involved and interested in the work of the CAC. I also take the opportunity of once more expressing the appreciation of FAO and WHO to those governments which have so generously hosted meetings of the Commission's subsidiary bodies since the last session in 1983. My appreciation goes also to the Geneva cantonal authorities for their generosity in offering the excellent facilities of the CICG. Mr. Kimbrell, I believe that this is the first Commission at which you act in your capacity of Chairman and I extend my sincere and best wishes to you.
Finally, it remains for me to wish you all a pleasant stay in Geneva and a most successful session of the Commission.
Before concluding, I would like to pay tribute to Mr. Graham Kermode, the former Chief of the Food Standards Programme, who has recently retired from FAO. Mr. Kermode has been the Chief of the Programme since 1964, and it is largely due to his initiative, his organizational and administrative ability and his devotion to the achievement of the aims of the Codex that the Codex Alimentarius Commission is the respected worldwide body it is today. I want to thank Mr. Kermode for all he has done for Codex and to wish him a happy and long retirement. I would like to take this opportunity to wish his successor Dr. Malik of FAO every success in his new assignment.
Mr. Director-General,
It is both an honour and a pleasure for me to express, on behalf of all the Members of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, our thanks to you for having been kind enough to open this the Sixteenth Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
I join with you, Sir, in extending a warm welcome to all participants at this session, particularly to those who are participating at a session of the Commission for the first time. Once again our sincere thanks and appreciation must go to the Geneva Cantonal authorities for their generosity in making available to us the excellent facilities of this International Conference Centre.
Before talking about the Codex Alimentarius Commission and its activities, I join with you, Sir, in paying tribute to Mr. Graham Kermode, the former Chief of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, who has very recently retired. Mr. Kermode has devoted more than 20 years of his life to the Codex ideal and has done a great job in building up the Codex programme from its inception. As I understand that he is around, I intend inviting him to say a few words to the Commission later in the morning. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate his successor Dr. Raj Malik and to wish him every success in his new post.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission continues to grow in membership and, I believe, in importance. As you will be hearing later this morning, seven more countries - all developing countries - have become members of the Commission since our last session in Rome two years ago. So far as the importance of the Commission's work is concerned, you only have to look at the agenda for this session to see what a range of subject matters of wide interest - some of them highly topical - are being dealt with by this Commission. But probably the best confirmation of the importance of the Commission's work is the large number of countries and international organizations which attend sessions of the Commission and the size of some of the delegations. But it is not only at sessions of the Commission that we see a large attendance. Many Codex Committees are also attended by a large number of countries and international organizations.
Many volumes of the Codex Alimentarius have now been published and sent to governments. Most, if not all, of you will be aware of the contents of these volumes, so I do not think it is necessary for me to go into specifics at this time. In any event, we shall be hearing more about the present position as regards the publication of the Codex Alimentarius under an early item of the agenda. What I do want to say, Sir, is what you have so rightly emphasized: the Codex Alimentarius Commission has produced and continues to produce valuable recommendations of interest to all governments and industry. The standards, maximum limits for pesticide residues, codes of hygienic and technological practice and the recommendations and guidelines concerning food additives, labelling and other topics - all negotiated internationally in Codex fora - constitute a sound basis for national food legislation everywhere and should be of particular value to developing countries in building up their national food control systems. This material is also of great value to the food industry as a basis for maintaining the most efficient technological practices. The output of the Codex Alimentarius Commission has, I believe, great potential as an instrument for reducing health risks in food, with its attendant socio-economic benefits, and also as an instrument for removing technical barriers to trade.
I used the word “potential”, Mr. Director-General, because I share your concern that more needs to be done by the member countries to implement the Codex recommendations. The Codex Alimentarius now exists, the product of years of patient effort and negotation. Some countries have done a lot to implement the Codex Alimentarius, but others I am afraid, do not appear to have done very much as yet, speaking very frankly. This is a topic to which we should all attach the highest importance and we shall be considering under one of our agenda items how to improve the situation.
You mentioned, Sir, the matter of the safety of food packaging material and you expressed the hope that the Codex Alimentarius Commission will be able to provide leadership in this field. I have no doubt but that the Commission will be able, in due course, to make recommendations concerning the control of food packaging materials. For this purpose, however, it will be necessary to have continuing advice from the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives and inputs from the industry and from organizations which already have done some work in this field.
As you will no doubt be aware, Sir, the Codex Alimentarius Commission is being called upon at this session to give leadership in another important field which is of worldwide interest and which has both health and trading implications. I refer to the topic of residues of veterinary drugs in food and to the fact that a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on this subject has recommended that the Codex Alimentarius Commission establish a new Codex Committee to deal with this topic.
You made several other interesting comments, Sir, about such topics as the Codex codes of hygienic practice and the need for more simplified methods of analysis. These remarks will, I am sure, have been noted with particular interest by those countries which host the Codex committees working in these fields. In the area of simplified methods of analysis, I know that some work has already been initiated, for example for detecting pesticide residues in food and I hope this work can be extended to other areas.
I was very pleased to hear you refer appreciately, Mr. Director-General, to the efforts of the Regional Codex Coordinating Committees to promote food safety. The protection of the consumer against possible health hazards in foods is, of course, a main objective of the entire Codex programme. The Codex Alimentarius Commission attaches particular importance to the needs and concerns of developing countries and one only has to look at the agendas and reports of many Codex committees to see the increased emphasis being laid on standards and codes of practice for products of interest to developing countries. The Regional Coordinating Committees in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean are doing a lot Mr. Director-General to promote food safety. I know, because since the last session of the Commission I have taken particular care to attend meetings of each of the three Coordinating Committees, in order to have a better appreciation of the problems of the regions, through listening to the discussions and talking to the delegates. The Regional Codex Coordinating Committees are, in my opinion, Sir, an excellent platform for propagating the views and recommendations of WHO and its expert committees concerning the serious socio-economic consequences of not giving enough attention to the extent of illness caused by contaminated food. Like you, Sir, I also see the Regional Coordinating Committees as having an important role to play in stimulating greater awareness and more action at the national level in the area of food safety and food control and increased cooperation in this field between the countries of the regions concerned and also between them and WHO and FAO. We shall be discussing the very important topic of the role of Codex in the promotion of primary health care during the course of the session. Before leaving the subject of the Regional Coordinating Committees, I would just like to say that I agree with you that the holding of WHO/PAHO workshops on food safety immediately before the two most recent sessions of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean has been very helpful in making the wide range of Codex activities better known. I may add that these workshops have also helped to boost attendance at the Coordinating Committee sessions. I would agree with you, Sir, that similar workshops would be beneficial also in Africa, Asia and Europe. Having said this, I would not like to overlook the fact that a meeting of developing countries in Asia was held immediately before the last session of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Asia to consider pesticide residue problems in the region. This meeting was very kindly hosted by the Government of Thailand and developed some important recommendations.
Although the Codex Alimentarius Commission places special emphasis on the needs and concerns of developing countries, it must always be remembered that the work of the Commission is for the benefit of all Member Nations of FAO and WHO. Every country can benefit from participation in Codex work. The Codex Alimentarius Commission is the recognized international forum for dealing with a wide variety of matters related to food safety. It is a forum which brings the regulatory officials, the representatives of the food industry and the voice of the consumer together. It is an authoritative forum which many countries look to for advice and guidance in the area of food control. But it is more than that: it is also the recognized international forum for dealing with technical barriers to trade arising from diverse national food legislations or with diverse national approaches to problems which could result in non-tariff barriers to trade.
I believe that the work of the Commission and the benefits to be derived from participation in that work need to be publicised to a greater extent than has been the case up to now. This view was also expressed in the Executive Committee, and I hope, therefore, that the Secretariat will think about this and see what can be done to make our work better known.
We were pleased to hear you say, Mr. Director-General, that the World Health Organization, in collaboration with FAO, continues to be deeply involved and interested in the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. We know very well, Sir, that the World Health Assembly recognizes the importance of the contribution of the Codex programme to the social goal of Health for All by the Year 2000. On the FAO side, you, Sir, and the Members of the Commission may be interested to know that FAO's Committee on Agriculture recommended, at its Eighth Session held in Rome in March of this year, that, under its standing agenda item Food and Nutrition, it should discuss at its next session in 1987 the “Role of Food Quality and Standards in Food Security, Trade and Health”. Another item which may be of interest is that the United Nations General Assembly has adopted an important resolution on consumer protection which supports the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
It only remains for me to join with you in expressing sincere thanks, on behalf of all of us, to those Member Governments who so generously host our Codex Committees and to thank you, Sir, for your good wishes to me in this my first Session as Chairman.
Before concluding, however, I have some sad news to bring to the attention of the Commission. Since our last session, the Codex Coordinator for Asia, Professor Bhumiratana of Thailand - known to his friends as Professor Amon - passed away. Professor Amon was active in Codex work from the early days of the Commission. He brought a wealth of experience of the problems of developing countries to bear on the Commission's deliberations and on the deliberation in other Codex fora. He was a man who combined great knowledge with great modesty. He also had a very good sense of humour. All in all he was a great character, and the Codex will miss him. I and many others will miss him also as a friend. I would ask you all to rise and to observe a minute's silence in memory of Professor Bhumiratana.
It is a sad occasion for me to address the Codex Alimentarius Commission for the last time from the Secretariat. It has been a great privilege to have been head of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme for more than twenty years. During that period I have attended all the sessions of the Commission and have seen its Membership grow from zero to 129 countries, representing more than 95 percent of the world's population.
Several landmarks in the Commission's history come to mind. The first session when the rules of procedure, work priorities and programme of work were established. The willingness and effectiveness of Members in hosting Codex Committees has demonstrated a sound and efficient means of organizing intergovernmental meetings. The adoption of the Commission's first food standard some time later. Even later the first governmental acceptance of standards from the Republic of Argentina, thanks to our colleague and friend Ing Jorge Piazzi, which started rolling the ball of acceptances. Other notable recollections are those of the different styles of presidency by the Chairmen of the Commission. All contributed greatly to the development of progress and a harmonious atmosphere in the Commission.
Many times over the years participants at Codex meetings have asked what is the value of both FAO and WHO being involved in the Commission's activities. The reply is constant. The programme receives from both organizations a wealth of technical and professional support. Moreover it enables the Membership of the Commission to be greater than if only the Member States of one Agency were involved.
I would also like to say that although I have been involved with many other international governmental and non-governmental organizations over the years the atmosphere of constructiveness, cooperation and amity in the Codex Alimentarius Commission is perhaps unique. This, in large measure, is due to the widely accepted objectives of the protection of the health of the consumer and the promotion of freer trade internationally in foods. This consensus embraces representatives of government, consumer associations and trade and industry interests. This consensus is demonstrated not only within delegations but among delegations.
Finally I go into retirement from the UN System knowing confidently that your Commission will continue to go from strength to strength. The Programme will be in good hands in the Joint Secretariat. In thirty years of service as a national and international civil servant I have never worked with such enthusiastic, professional and dedicated colleagues and friends as in your Secretariat. I thank you, Mr. Chairman, and the Director-General of WHO for your kind words and good wishes. I wish to reciprocate these to you all and will continue to follow the Commission's activities with great interest.
AFRICA
ASIA
EUROPE
LATIN AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC
The Coordinating Committee,
having considered document CX/AFRO 83/13 on Food Safety and Human Health and also a summary report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Safety, Geneva 1983;
recognizing the essential role of safe food for reaching the social target of Member States and WHO, namely, Health for all by the Year 2000;
recognizing the fact that food-borne diseases, often in the form of acute diarrhoea, contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality rates, especially in developing countries;
recognizing the fact that the great public health significance of food-borne diseases is often insufficiently appreciated by health authorities; and
recognizing the vast economic losses and the great social consequences due to contamination of food;
RECOMMENDS that National Governments:
assess national needs for the further development of food safety;
develop food safety as an integral part of the primary health care delivery system as well as the food production and distribution system; persons working in these programmes should be informed about the role of food as an important vehicle of diarrhoeal and other diseases and about appropriate intervention measures;
develop an effective system for coordination and collaboration of food safety between responsible ministries and other authorities;
REQUESTS FAO and WHO to continue to support Governments in developing and improving integrated national food safety programmes by:
cooperating in the assessment of national needs;
cooperating in elaborating national action plans aimed at reducing food-borne morbidity and mortality as well as food losses;
REQUESTS countries as well as FAO and WHO to report to the next Session of the Regional Coordinating Committee for Africa of the Codex Alimentarius Commission on progress made in implementing the provisions contained in this Resolution.
1 Endorsed by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (see paras. 320–321)
