TFAMR8 |
Ad hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance |
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GENERAL INFORMATION The 8th Session of the Ad hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance will be held virtually from 4-9 and 13 October 2021, 13:00-16:00 CEST with adoption of the report on Saturday 16 October 2021. INFORMATION FOR DELEGATES 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 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, Russian and Korean. TIMETABLE FOR THE PLENARY MEETING
ONLINE PRE-REGISTRATION All participants should provide their information (names and addresses) through the Online Registration System (ORS) by accessing the link below, latest by 48 hours in advance of the start of the plenary meeting i.e. 2 October 14:00 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] WEBINARS IN PREPARATION FOR TFAMR08 Guidelines for the Monitoring and Surveillance of Foodborne AMR 16 March 2021 | 12:00-14:30 (CET) 8 April 2021 | 9:30-11:30 (EDT) 15:30 – 17:30 (CET) The programme is available here (click to download)
Video recording of the webinar is available here in Speaker view or Gallery view mode. ELECTRONIC WORKING GROUPS The reports of the EWGs established by TFAMR07 are available in CL 2021/32-AMR (Code of Practice) and CL 2021/33-AMR (Guidelines for Monitoring and Surveillance) in English, French and Spanish and can be downloaded from the Codex Circular Letters or the TFAMR Related Circular Letters. Comments in reply to these circular letters were considered by the virtual meetings of the Working Groups. • Comments on CL 2021/32 are available here • Comments on CL 2021/33 are available here Further information on the virtual meetings of the WGs is provided below. VIRTUAL MEETINGS OF THE WORKING GROUPS ON THE COP AND GLIS The working groups established by TFAMR7 to meet physically in advance of TFAMR8 to consider the Guidelines for integrated monitoring and surveillance of foodborne AMR (GLIS) and the Code of practice to minimize and contain Foodborne AMR (COP) will take place virtually during the period 10 to 18 June 2021 according to the following schedule (click to download). 10 June 2021 – Working group meeting on the GLIS 11 June 2021 – Working group meeting on the GLIS 14 June 2021 – Working group meeting on the COP 15 June 2021 – Working group meeting on the GLIS 17 June 2021 – Working group meeting on the COP 18 June 2021 – Working group meeting on the GLIS Q & A with Rosa Peran, The Netherlands, Chairperson of the GLIS EWG available in English, French and Spanish. Q & A with Donald Prater, USA, Chairperson of the COP EWG available in English, French and Spanish. |
The report of the working group meeting on GLIS and the revised Guidelines are available in CX/AMR 21/8/6. To facilitate your review of CX/AMR 21/8/6 a tracked changes version of the revised guidelines is available here.
DOCUMENTS
Documents for consideration by TFAMR08 will be posted in due course. Please check the list of circular letters for requests for comments on the Code of Practice to Minimize and Contain Foodborne AMR and the Guidelines for the Integrated Monitoring and Surveillance of Foodborne AMR available from the Codex Circular Letters or the TFAMR Related Circular Letters.
FROM THE CHAIR
Chairperson Prof. Yong Ho Park, Republic of Korea, previews the upcoming session.