The Workshop was briefly informed of the next steps of the consultative process, as proposed by the FAO/WHO Planning Meeting. Proposed steps included a joint FAO/WHO expert consultation, consultation with the Codex Alimentarius Commission, and submission of the outcome of the consultative process to the governing bodies of FAO and WHO. A review of the legal and budgetary implications of the recommendations of the Workshop, to be provided by FAO and WHO, would be submitted to the expert consultation for their consideration.
The secretariat informed the meeting of their intention to use a mechanism similar to a Codex Circular Letter to request formal comments on the recommendations of the Workshop from Member countries and interested nongovernmental organizations.
