PREFACE

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
JOINT OFFICE: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 ROME Tel: 39(06)5701 Telex: 625825-625853 FAO I Email: [email protected] Facsimile: +39(06)5705 4593
CX 4/20.2	CL 1998/40-FH November 1998

TO:	- Codex Contact Points
	- Interested International Organizations
	- Participants at the 31st Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
FROM:	- Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, 00100 Rome, Italy
SUBJECT:	Distribution of the Report of the 31st Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (ALINORM 99/13A)

The report of the Thirthy-first Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) is attached. It will be considered by the Twenty-third Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Rome, 28 June - 3 July 1999).

MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE 23rd SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

DRAFT GUIDELINES AT STEP 8 OF THE PROCEDURE

1. Draft Principles and Guidelines for the Conduct of Microbiological Risk Assessment (para. 34, Appendix II)

Governments and international organizations wishing to propose amendments or to comment on the above document should do so in writing in conformity with the Guide to the Consideration of Standards at Step 8 of the Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards Including Consideration of any Statements Relating to Economic Impact (see Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Tenth Edition, pages 24-25) to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (fax: 39 06 570 54593, email: [email protected]) before 31 March 1999.

DRAFT CODE OF PRACTICE AT STEP 5 OF THE ACCELERATED PROCEDURE

2. Draft Amendment to the International Recommended Code of Practice - General Principles of Food Hygiene (Section 6.1.2) (para. 14, Appendix III)

Governments and international organizations wishing to submit comments on all aspects of the Draft Amendment, including possible implications for their economic interests should do so in writing in conformity with the Uniform Accelerated Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts (at Step 5) (see Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Tenth Edition, pages 22-23) to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (fax: 39 06 570 54593, email: [email protected]) before 31 March 1999.

PROPOSED DRAFT CODE AT STEP 5 OF THE PROCEDURE

3. Proposed Draft Code of Hygienic Practice for the Transport of Foodstuffs in Bulk and Semi-Packed Foodstuffs (para. 52, Appendix IV)

Governments and international organizations wishing to submit comments on the implications which the Proposed Draft Code may have for their economic interests should do so in writing in conformity with the Uniform Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts (at Step 5) (see Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Tenth Edition, pages 20-21) to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, FAO, via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy (fax: 39 06 570 54593, email: [email protected]) before 31 March 1999.