How does Codex regulate contaminants in food?

Contaminants in food concern consumers and producers in the food safety chain. The Commission has established a Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (CCCF) that has elaborated 20 standards on contaminants in food. CCCF was established to adopt or endorse permitted maximum levels or guidelines levels for contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed; to prepare priority lists of contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants for risk assessment by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives; to consider methods of analysis and sampling for the determination of contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed; to consider and elaborate standards or codes of practice for related subjects and to consider other matters assigned to it by the Commission in relation to contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed.