MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION
BY THE COMMISSION The Committee: - advanced the Draft Revised
Guidelines for the Design of Control Measures for Street-Vended Foods in Africa
to the Commission for adoption at Step 8 recommending the omission of Steps 6
and 7 (para. 27 and Appendix II);
- agreed to nominate Dr. Eve Kasirye-Alemu
(Uganda) as Coordinator for Africa for appointment by the 23rd Session of the
Commission (para. 74);
- agreed to request the Commission to:
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approve the elaboration of a standard for Dried Figs (para. 77), and- consider
Risk Communication needs in Developing Countries as future work (para. 78). OTHER
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSIONThe Committee: - requested
CCPR to consider the problem of pesticides in fish with a view to establishing
EMRLs (para 9);
- stressed the need for training in various aspects
of the application of the General Principles of Food Hygiene and HACCP (para.
14);
- concluded that adequate good manufacturing practice, agricultural
or hygienic practices were prerequisites for the implementation of HACCP, but
expressed concern as regards the application of HACCP by medium and small scale
enterprises (para. 17);
- proposed that member countries including developing
countries could contribute to the process of risk analysis by undertaking exposure
assessments based on national dietary patterns and effective monitoring of hazards
of interest (such as contaminants) in food (para. 20);
- re-affirmed the
role of science in the Codex decision-making process, and endorsed the recommendations
made by the Workshop on Risk Analysis and Food Standards (para. 22);
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identified principal difficulties faced by African countries in relationship to
food trade (para. 36);
- recognized important role of consumers in Codex
work at national level, and that their involvement was limited by lack of resources
and scientific expertise (para 50);
- emphasised and appreciated the usefulness
of the FAO/Codex workshops on the establishment and administration of National
Codex structures, and called as a priority for follow-up assistance to strengthen
national structures to ensure their long-term effectiveness (para. 69).
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