Report of the Fifth Session of the Codex Committee on Natural Mineral Waters











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Thun, Switzerland
3 - 5 October 1996

codex alimentarius commission

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION

JOINT OFFICE: Via delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 ROME
Tel.: 52251
Telex: 625825-625853 FAO I
Cables: Foodagri Rome
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ALINORM 97/20

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Twenty-second Session
Geneva, 23 - 28 June 1997

Note: This report incorporates Codex Circular Letter CL 1996/34 - NMW

CX 5/40.2

CL 1996/34 - NMW
October 1996

TO:

- Codex Contact Points
- Participants at the Fifth Session of the Codex Committee on Natural Mineral Waters
- Interested International Organizations

FROM:

Chief, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme
FAO, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Italy

SUBJECT: DISTRIBUTION OF THE REPORT OF THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE CODEX COMMITTEE ON NATURAL MINERAL WATERS (ALINORM 97/20)

The report of the Fifth Session of the Codex Committee on Natural Mineral Waters (CCNMW) is attached. It will be considered by the Twenty-second Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission to be held in Geneva from 23 - 28 June 1997.

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MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE 22ND SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

OPENING OF THE SESSION (Agenda Item 1)

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (Agenda Item 2)

CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT REVISED STANDARD FOR NATURAL MINERAL WATERS (WORLDWIDE STANDARD) AT STEP 7 (Agenda Item 3)

OTHER BUSINESS AND FUTURE WORK (Agenda Item 4)

APPENDIX I: List of Participants/Liste des Participants/Lista de Participantes

APPENDIX II: Draft Revised Standard for Natural Mineral Waters