CCCF14

GENERAL INFORMATION

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Due to the COVID19 pandemic, the 14th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods was postponed from May 2020 to May 2021.

CCCF14 will take place virtually on 3 – 7 May 2021 (13:00 – 16:00 CET) with report adoption on 13 May 2021 (13:00 – 16:00 CET).

INFORMATION FOR DELEGATES

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The Codex Secretariat has prepared a guidance for Members and Observers to facilitate the smooth running of Codex virtual meetings. Codex members and observers participating in the upcoming virtual meeting of the Electronic Working Groups on the Code of Practice and the Guidelines for Monitoring and Surveillance are kindly invited to consult the Information for Delegates webpage and in particular to read the Guidance to participants of virtual meetings available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian.


TIMETABLE FOR THE PLENARY MEETING

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A tentative timetable is here available for advance notice of Codex members and observers attending the plenary meeting and adoption of the report and will be submitted for endorsement by the plenary session during the Adoption of the Provisional Agenda (Agenda Item 1). The timetable remains flexible to be adjusted according to the progress made on the different items of the Provisional Agenda and as such it remains as an advisory document to guide the discussion over the next week.


ONLINE PRE-REGISTRATION

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All participants should provide their information (names and addresses) through the Online Registration System by accessing the link below, latest by 48 hours in advance of the start of the plenary meeting i.e. 1 May 13:00 CET.

Login and password for the online registration have been provided to all Codex Contact Points of Member Countries and Observer Organizations. If the login and password have not been received, please contact [email protected].


WORKING GROUPS

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No sessions of the working groups on priority list for evaluation by JECFA and follow-up to the outcomes of JECFA evaluations will be held in conjunction with CCCF14. See Agenda Item 20 for further information as to the approach and issues to be discussed in relation to both items in the virtual plenary.


WEBINARS IN PREPARATION FOR CCCF14

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17 March 2021 | 12:00-13:30 (CET)
Joint FAO/WHO Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) work on cadmium in chocolates and cocoa-derived products
A webinar to update Codex Members and Observers on the status of work on cadmium in Codex and related JECFA evaluations with a particular focus on JECFA91 (February 2021) was held on 17 March at 12:00 – 13:30 CET.
This webinar provided an opportunity for countries/organizations which would be attending CCCF14 (May 2021) to have an insight of Codex work on cadmium in chocolates and cocoa-derived products (i.e. cocoa powder) and to hear about the rationale for bringing cadmium to the agenda of JECFA91 and the findings of this evaluation.
This information aimed to assist the discussions on cadmium in the upcoming CCCF and to inform comments on the maximum levels for cadmium in the remaining chocolate categories for consideration by the Committee under Items 5 and 6 of the Provisional Agenda (See CX/CF 21/14/1).

Download the programme here. The presentations and recording of the event is available here.



DOCUMENTS

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Working documents made available during 2020 to aid the further work of electronic working groups are available here. Specific links will also be provided in the corresponding updated working documents as necessary.

Updated documents for consideration by CCCF14 will be published on this page as soon as they become available.

The list of circular letters relevant to CCCF14 is available from the "Related Circular Letters".

For Agenda Item 5 – Maximum level for cadmium in chocolates containing or declaring ‹30% total cocoa solids on a dry matter basis, Agenda Item 11 - Maximum level for total aflatoxins in ready-to-eat peanuts and associated sampling plans and Agenda Item 12 - Maximum levels for total aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in nutmeg, dried chili and paprika, ginger, pepper and turmeric and associated sampling plans the relevant reports of are available by clicking on REP18/CF, REP18/EXEC2-Rev.1 and REP19/CF. See provisional agenda CX/CF 21/14/1 for specific references to the aforesaid items in these reports.

CCCF CHAIR'S MESSAGE

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CCCF CHAIR SALLY HOFFER REPORTS ON RUNNING A MEETING VIRTUALLY

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