CCFA55

GENERAL INFORMATION

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The 55th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA55) has been scheduled to take place in Seoul, Republic of Korea from 24 to 28 March 2025.
Physical working groups (PWGs) will take place on 21 and 22 March 2025 (see details below).
The plenary sessions of CCFA55 will be webcasted live in Chinese, English, French, Korean and Spanish.
The PWGs and the plenary of CCFA55 will be webcasted in zoom webinar mode.
The link for the webcasting is HERE.

Link to recording:

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CCFA55 PLENARY DAY 1 (am)
CCFA55 PLENARY DAY 1 (am)

CCFA55 PLENARY DAY 2 (am)
CCFA55 PLENARY DAY 2 (pm)

CCFA55 PLENARY DAY 3 (am)
CCFA55 PLENARY DAY 3 (pm)

Link to PWG recordings:

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CCFA55 - PWG on the General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA)
CCFA55 - PWG on the General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA) ... cont.
CCFA55 - PWG on Endorsement/Alignment

PHYSICAL WORKING GROUPS (PWGs)

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The following sessions are planned (English only):

• Friday 21 March (09:00-18:00 KST): PWG on the General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA)
• Saturday 22 March,
  - (09:00-12:30 KST): PWG on the General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA) ... cont.
  - (14:30-18:00 KST): PWG on Endorsement/alignment

INFORMATION FOR DELEGATES

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Practical information for delegates planning to attend CCFA55 is available here.
The Plenary session will also the in listening mode. To follow the broadcast please click here (Link will be available as soon as possible).
Delegations attending CCFA55 remotely cannot make verbal interventions, and they will not be included in the list of participants of CCFA55.

ONLINE PRE-REGISTRATION

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Delegations attending CCFA55 physically should provide their information (names and addresses) through the Codex Online Registration system by accessing the link below, at the latest by 10 March 2025.
Login and password for the online registration have been provided to all Codex Contact Points and Contact Points of Observer Organizations.
If the login and password have not been received, please contact [email protected].

ON-SITE REGISTRATION

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On-site registration (to collect your badges and other materials) will be available on:

• Friday 21 and Saturday 22 March 2025 from 08.00 to 16.00 KST; and
• Monday 24 March 2025 from 08.00 KST.

DOCUMENTS

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The documents for the session are available in English, French and Spanish. There will be no distribution of working documents (including the report of the session) through the Codex mailing list (Codex-L) except for circular letters. All working documents, including conference room documents (CRDs), information for delegates and other relevant materials, will be published on the Codex website as they become available. We kindly remind you to obtain all documentation from the Codex website prior to the meeting as no printed documents will be made available at the session.

SIDE EVENTS

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• Wednesday 26 March (12.40 – 13.30 pm KST (UTC+9)) - Understanding Cell Culture Media in Cell-based Food Production. More information here


• Thursday 27 March (10.00 – 12.00 am KST (UTC+9)) - Sustainable Food Systems and Food Additives: Balancing Environment, Efficiency, and Safety. More information here

INFORMATION DOCUMENTS

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Codex information documents are available here.

• Guidance to Commodity Committees on the Alignment of Food Additive Provisions
• Guideline on avoiding future divergence of food additive provisions in the GSFA with Commodity Standards

INFORMATION FOR DELEGATES

TIMETABLE

SIDE EVENT