El Comité Coordinador del Codex para América Latina y el Caribe (CCLAC) fue establecido por la Comisión del Codex Alimentarius en 1974. Su primera reunión se celebró en Roma en 1976, con la participación de ocho países de la región. En su tercera reunión, se propuso un cambio de nombre para reflejar con mayor precisión la composición regional, adoptando su denominación actual. Esta propuesta fue aprobada por el Comité Ejecutivo en 1984. Actualmente, 33 países de la región participan del Comité.
Uruguay, a través del Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería, coordina el Comité del Codex para la región de América Latina y el Caribe. Desde este rol, promueve la participación inclusiva y sostenida de los países de la región en los trabajos del Codex, fomentando el diálogo técnico, la cooperación regional y la construcción de consensos.
En línea con los objetivos de los planes estratégicos del Codex, incluyendo- - los períodos 2020–2025 y 2026–2031, Uruguay colabora activamente para alcanzar las metas regionales. Esto se logra mediante el fortalecimiento de capacidades, la promoción del uso de los textos del Codex, el apoyo técnico a los países miembros y la articulación con organizaciones internacionales. Además, Uruguay impulsa el abordaje de desafíos emergentes en inocuidad y calidad de los alimentos, promoviendo enfoques integradores como “Una sola salud” y una participación más efectiva de los países en desarrollo en la Comisión y sus órganos auxiliares.
by Grenada Bureau of Standards
The Grenada National Codex Contact Point based in the Grenada Bureau of Standards hosted a training session for National Codex Committee Members and other Codex Stakeholders.
The session, held virtually on Wednesday 21 September 2022 was entitled “How to Review Codex Draft Standards”.It was facilitated by Codex Vice-Chairperson Diego Varela, Chile with forty-nine persons in attendance. The participants came from the National Codex Committee, government ministries, private sector and consumer organizations. Also participating were seven Contact Points [...]
A workshop on application of the Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene was held in El Salvador from 27 to 29 September 2022, as part of the Codex Trust Fund Group Project for El Salvador and Guatemala.
The workshop was facilitated thanks to the support of the PAHO/WHO Pan American Centre for Foot and Mouth Disease, which allowed food sanitary surveillance officials, food producers, academia and consumers from El Salvador and Guatemala, to strengthen their technical capacities for the control, production [...]
A webinar for the Latin American and the Caribbean region “Guide and orientation for new Codex Alimentarius participants“ took place on 14-15 September 2022 and was attended by almost 500 participants. It was part of the AMR Codex Texts (ACT) project to raise awareness of the use of Codex texts. The next webinar is scheduled for December.
Rommel Betancourt, General Coordinator for Food Safety at The Phyto and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control Agency of Ecuador and Regional Coordinator of the FAO/WHO [...]
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El acelerado incremento de la población a nivel mundial, el aumento de la demanda de alimentos, el consecuente crecimiento de la industria de los alimentos, sumado a los riesgos sanitarios mundiales, demuestran la importancia de incorporar la inocuidad de los alimentos dentro de las políticas nacionales y el fortalecimiento de su Sistema de inocuidad.
La Agencia de Regulación y Control Fito y Zoosanitaria de Ecuador [...]
by the Regional Coordinator of CCLAC
The Codex Coordinating Committee for Latin America and Caribbean (CCLAC) has concluded its "Regional Workshop for the popularization of Codex Alimentarius work in CCLAC countries 2020-2022". The purpose of the workshop was for the different countries of the region, to share experiences and activities related to Codex work, such as meetings attended, events held and the different areas of interest in which they are working. Similarly, the workshop extended messages about the importance of countries’ participation [...]
On 19 and 21 July, El Salvador and Guatemala celebrated the launch of the group Codex Trust Fund project “Food safety and the Codex Alimentarius: impact on productivity and public health in El Salvador and Guatemala.” The launch took place in the presence of the Minister for the Economy (MINEC) and President of the National Quality Council, María Luisa Hayem Brevé, the Director of the Salvadoran Agency for Technical Regulation (OSARTEC), Zaida Guzmán, Codex Secretary Tom Heilandt, and Vice President [...]
The Avocado Packing Company S.A.C. of the Mission South & Central America group celebrated "World Food Safety Day" this year with the motto: "Safe food, better health".
Celebrations consisted of sending different flyers to company staff, as well as inviting staff to participate in the "World of Safety" game. This consisted of answering questions related to food safety to advance in the game. Notebooks and pens were given out as prizes for correct answers. The questions were prepared according to the [...]
On World Food Safety Day, a food marketing and distribution company, Via Rovigo, based in the city of Sertãozinho, São Paulo in Brazil, devised a range of activities and actions to improve food safety awareness within the company’s facilities.
The day was widely promoted throughout the facility and informational posters and a “food safety tips board” were also displayed. Following a World Food Safety Day toast to start the celebration, employees were introduced to some fun activities involving gouache paint and [...]
The National Codex Committee (NCC) in Guyana coordinated, with support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and funding from the Codex Trust Fund, several activities in keeping with the theme of World Food Safety Day 2022 – Safer food, better health.
On June 07 2022, the Guyana Food Safety Authority (GFSA) officially launched World Food Safety Day in Guyana. The ceremony was hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and collaborated with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), [...]
Ecuador celebrated the World Food Safety Day this 7 June, to highlight actions to ensure food safety throughout the entire food chain in order to prevent, detect and manage transmitted risks by food, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, market access, tourism and sustainable development. This year's theme being "Safer food, better health", access to safe food is essential for the health and well-being of people, animals and the environment; with the national and local governments playing [...]
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