Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS)
| FAO/WHO ID No: | CX-733 |
| Reference: | CX/FICS |
| Terms of Reference: | (a) to develop principles and guidelines for food import and export inspection and certification systems with a view to harmonising methods and procedures which protect the health of consumers, ensure fair trading practices and facilitate international trade in foodstuffs; (b) to develop principles and guidelines for the application of measures by the competent authorities of exporting and importing countries to provide assurance where necessary that foodstuffs comply with requirements, especially statutory health requirements; (c) to develop guidelines for the utilisation, as and when appropriate, of quality assurance systems to ensure that foodstuffs conform with requirements and to promote the recognition of these systems in facilitating trade in food products under bilateral/multilateral arrangements by countries; (d) to develop guidelines and criteria with respect to format, declarations and language of such official certificates as countries may require with a view towards international harmonization; (e) to make recommendations for information exchange in relation to food import/export control; (f) to consult as necessary with other international groups working on matters related to food inspection and certification systems; and, (g) to consider other matters assigned to it by the Commission in relation to food inspection and certification systems. Quality assurance means all those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that a product or service will satisfy given requirements for quality (ISO-8402 Quality - Vocabulary) |
| Status: | Active |
| Host: | Australia |
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| CXG 19-1995 | Principles and Guidelines for the Exchange of Information in Food Safety Emergency Situations | CCFICS | 2016 |
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| CXG 60-2006 | Principles for Traceability / Product Tracing as a Tool Within a Food Inspection and Certification System | CCFICS | 2006 |
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| CXG 25-1997 | Guidelines for the Exchange of Information between Countries on Rejections of Imported Foods | CCFICS | 2016 |
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| CXG 26-1997 | Guidelines for the Design, Operation, Assessment and Accreditation of Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems | CCFICS | 2010 |
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| CXG 34-1999 | Guidelines for the Development of Equivalence Agreements Regarding Food Imports and Export Inspection and Certification Systems | CCFICS | 1999 |
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| CXG 47-2003 | Guidelines for Food Import Control Systems | CCFICS | 2006 |
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| CXG 82-2013 | Principles and Guidelines for National Food Control Systems | CCFICS | 2013 |
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| CXG 89-2016 | Principles and guidelines for the exchange of information between importing and exporting countries to support the trade in food | CCFICS | 2016 |
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| CXG 91-2017 | Principles and Guidelines for Monitoring the Performance of National Food Control Systems | CCFICS | 2017 |
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| CXG 20-1995 | Principles for Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification | CCFICS | 1995 |
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| CXG 38-2001 | Guidelines for Design, Production, Issuance and Use of Generic Official Certificates | CCFICS | 2021 |
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| CXG 53-2003 | Guidelines on the Judgement of Equivalence of Sanitary Measures associated with Food Inspection and Certification Systems | CCFICS | 2008 |
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| CXG 93-2021 | Principles and Guidelines for the assessment and use of voluntary third-party assurance programmes | CCFICS | 2021 |
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| CXG 101-2023 | Guidelines on Recognition and Maintenance of Equivalence of National Food Control Systems (NFCS) | CCFICS | 2023 |
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| CXG 102-2023 | Principles and Guidelines on the Use of Remote Audit and Inspection in Regulatory Frameworks | CCFICS | 2023 |
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