171. The Commission had before it the Report of the Sixth Session of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils introduced by the Chairman, Mr. J.H.V. Davies (United Kingdom).
172. It was noted that the work of the Committee had been completed for the time being and that it had agreed to meet again not before the end of 1973. The Chairman expressed the thanks of the Committee to the Spanish Government for the excellent facilities provided at the last session of the Committee in Madrid.
173. The Commission confirmed under Rule IX.10 that the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils should continue to be under the chairmanship of the Government of the United Kingdom.
174. The Commission received reports from the delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany and from the Chairman of Sub-Committee IV, Dr. V. Enggaard (Denmark).
175. In the discussion on the Report of Sub-Committee I (ALINORM 70/17), the delegations of New Zealand, France and the Argentine, brought to the attention of the Commission the fact that the contents of paragraph 14 of the Report, and consequently the Proposed Draft Codification of Carcases of the Species Ovis (ALINORM 70/17, Appendix III) did not correspond with their notes of the meeting. In their view, the following amendments were required in ALINORM 70/17:
Paragraph 14 of the Report, to read: “The working group (ad hoc group) pointed out that one delegation recommended a further …”
Appendix III to read in paragraph A.2:
“Lamb Carcases of lamb up to one year” (subdivision and relevant footnote to be deleted)
The Commission requested the Secretariat to bring these points to the attention of Member Countries and the Codex Committee on Meat.
176. The Commission agreed to establish Sub-Committee IV on Processed Meat Products and Consumer Packaged Meat as a Committee in its own right and agreed that it should be named Codex Committee on Processed Meat Products. The Commission further agreed on the following terms of reference for the Codex Committee on Processed Meat Products:
“To elaborate world-wide standards for processed meat products, including consumer packaged meat, but not including poultry prodcuts.”
177. The Commission agreed to rename the Codex Committee on Meat and Meat Products as the Codex Committee on Meat and also agreed on the following terms of reference:
“To elaborate world-wide standards and/or codes of practice as may seem appropriate, for:
classification and grading of carcases and cuts of beef, lamb, mutton, pork and veal;
meat hygiene, excluding poultry hygiene.”
178. The question of liaison and relationship between the Codex Committees on Meat and on Processed Meat Products concerning meat hygiene would need further consideration and possibly amendments to the Guidelines. The Commission agreed that this should be considered by the Executive Committee at its next session.
179. The Commission confirmed under Rule IX.10 that the Codex Committee on Meat and Sub-Committee I on Cutting Methods and Cuts of Carcases should continue to be under the chairmanship of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.
180. The Commission confirmed under Rule IX.10 that the Codex Committee on Processed Meat Products should be under the chairmanship of the Government of Denmark.
181. The Commission had before it the Report of the Fourth Session of the Codex Committee on Foods for Special Dietary Uses introduced by the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. H.P. Mollenhauer (Federal Republic of Germany).
182. The Commission confirmed under Rule IX.10 that the Codex Committee on Foods for Special Dietary Uses should continue to be under the chairmanship of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.
183. The Commission had before it the Report of the Seventh Session of the Codex Committee on Cocoa Products and Chocolate, introduced by the Chairman, Mr. J. Ruffy (Switzerland).
184. The Commission confirmed under Rule IX.10 that the Codex Committee on Cocoa Products and Chocolate should continue to be under the chairmanship of the Government of Switzerland.
185. The Commission had before it the Report of the Sixth Session of the Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables, introduced by Mr. G.R. Grange (U.S.A.)
187. The Commission confirmed under Rule IX.10 that the Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables should continue to be under the chairmanship of the Government of the United States of America.
188. The Commission had before it the Report of the Fourth Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products introduced by the Chairman, Dr. O.R. Braekkan (Norway). The Chairman indicated that good progress had been made by the above Committee and that the Committee had examined a code of technological practice for fresh fish elaborated by the Fisheries Department of FAO. In view of the importance of codes of practice in supplementing the standards elaborated by the Committee, an accelerated procedure was needed so that these codes of practice could be finalized and adopted as recommendations of the Commission, without delay.
189. The Chief of the Fishery Products and Marketing Branch of FAO Fisheries Department, Dr. R. Kreuzer, informed the Commission about the state of the elaboration of the following codes:
Code of Technological Practice for Fresh Fish
Code of Technological Practice for Frozen Fish
Code of Technological Practice for Canned Fish
Codes of Technological Practice for Retail Handling
Smoked, Precooked, Breaded and Fried Fishery Products,
including Shrimps
Dr. Kreuzer described the procedure according to which the codes published by FAO had been elaborated. It was noted that Member Governments of FAO as well as those of the Commission had ample opportunity to comment on the draft codes and that these codes were examined and adopted by ad hoc consultations consisting of experts from approximately ten countries.
190. The Commission agreed that the codes of technological practice for the production and handling of various types of fish and fishery products were being elaborated by FAO in such a way as to ensure that they represented current international opinion in this field. It was therefore agreed that such codes, if adopted by the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products, could be submitted to the Commission for adoption as recommendations of the Commission at Step 8 of the Procedure.
191. The Commission confirmed under Rule IX.10 that the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products should continue to be under the chairmanship of the Government of Norway.
192. The Commission confirmed under Rule IX.10 that the Codex Committee on Sugars should continue to be under the chairmanship of the Government of the United Kingdom.
193. The Commission confirmed under Rule IX.10 that the Codex Committee on Natural Mineral Waters should continue to be under the chairmanship of the Government of Switzerland.
194. The Commission received a report from the delegation of Austria. The Committee had now largely completed its work and proposals regarding future work of this Committee are dealt with in paragraphs 103 and 208–210 of this Report.
195. The Commission noted that there were no specific points on which the Group of Experts had requested guidance from the Commission. The significant issues emerging from the report had been considered by the Commission when it examined the draft standards at Step 8 and the action decided upon by the Commission is contained in paragraphs 107 and 108 of this Report.
196. The Commission noted that there were no specific points in the report on which the Group of Experts had requested guidance from the Commission. The standards being developed by the Joint Group of Experts would follow the general pattern and layout of the standard which had been adopted by the Commission for quick-frozen peas at Step 8. The Commission noted that it was the intention of the Group of Experts to develop a detailed code of practice for quick-frozen foods and that this code of practice would contain detailed recommendations regarding the transport, storage and distribution of quick-frozen foods.
