CCFH55

GENERAL INFORMATION

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The 55th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH55) will be held from 15-19 December 2025 at the Sheraton Grand Nashville Downtown Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America.

The opening session will start at 9:30 Central Standard Time (CST) on Monday, 15 December 2025.

Discussion sessions will take place on 15-17 December 2025.

The adoption of the Report will take place on Friday 19 December 2025 from 10:00 CST.

Remote participation (via Zoom) in the physical working group meetings and plenary session will be possible for listening and verbal interventions.

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, French and Spanish during the meeting.

WORKING GROUP

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The physical working groups (PWGs) will take place on 14 and 15 December as follows:

• Sunday 14 December (9:30-12:30, CST): Annex II (French and Spanish) and Annex IV (French and Spanish) for inclusion in the Guidelines for the safe use and reuse of water in food production and processing (CXG 100-2023) (Revised version of Annex II and Annex IV based on comments received for discussion in PWG)


• Sunday 14 December (14:30-17:30 CST): Revision of Guidelines for the control of Campylobacter and Salmonella in chicken meat (CXG 78-2011) ( French and Spanish) (Revised version of CXG 78-2011 based on comments received for discussion in PWG)


• Monday, 15 December 2025 (16:30-18:00 CST): CCFH work priorities (New work proposals/forward workplan)

INFORMATION FOR DELEGATES

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Practical information for delegates planning to attend CCFH55 will be here in English, French and Spanish.

GUIDANCE FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION

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The Codex Secretariat has prepared guidance for Members and Observers to facilitate participation in virtual meetings. Please visit the Information for Delegates webpage and the guidance for participants to virtual meetings available in English, French and Spanish.

WEB CASTING

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Webcast of CCFH55 is here available:

Physical Working Group (PWG): English, French and Spanish.

Side Event 14 December 13:15 - 14:15: English, French and Spanish.

DAY 1: English, French and Spanish.

Side Event 15 December 12:45 - 13:45: English, French and Spanish.

DAY 2: English, French and Spanish.

DAY 3: English, French and Spanish.

Side Event 17 December 12:45 - 13:45: English, French and Spanish.

Adoption of the Report: English, French and Spanish.

ONLINE PRE-REGISTRATION

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Members and Observers planning to participate in CCFH55 in Nashville, either in-person or remotely, should provide their information (names and addresses) through the Codex Online Registration System (ORS) by 15 November 2025 at the latest.

If you only intend to follow the webcast, you can just access the link on this webpage that will be made available right before the meeting. Please note that webcast viewers do not register on the ORS, are not considered official participants, and may listen to the discussions and view the session but cannot intervene.

Connection information (login and password) for online registration have been provided to all Codex contact points and contact points of Observer Organizations. If the connection information has not been received, please email [email protected].

ON-SITE REGISTRATION

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On-site registration (to collect your badges and other materials) will be open on:
- Saturday 13 December 2025 from 14:00 to 18:00 CST;
- Sunday 14 December 2025 from 9:00 to 18:00 CST;
- Monday 15 December 2025 from 8:00 to 18:00 CST.

SIDE EVENTS

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• Sunday 14 December (13:15-14:15, CST) - Risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes : practical tool and insights from the JEMRA model
• Monday 15 December 2025 (12:45-13:45, CST) - Food Safety Considerations for the Manufacturing of Cell-Based Foods
• Wednesday 17 December 2025 (12:45-13:45, CST) - You can’t just make stuff up: Improving food safety through the science of risk communication

DOCUMENTS

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Relevant JEMRA Reports

These reports are relevant to the revision of the Guidelines on the application of general principles of food hygiene to the control of Listeria monocytogenes in foods (CXG 61-2007) (Agenda Item 9):

• FAO & WHO. 2025. Risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in foods: part 2: Risk assessment: meeting report. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6702en
• FAO & WHO. 2024. Risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in foods: Part 1: Formal models – Meeting report. Microbiological Risk Assessment Series, No. 47. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd3383en

This report is relevant to the revision of the Guidelines on the application of general principles of food hygiene to the control of viruses in food (CXG 79-2012) (Agenda Item 7):

• FAO & WHO. 2024. Microbiological risk assessment of viruses in foods: Part 1: Food attribution, analytical methods and indicators - Meeting report. Microbiological Risk Assessment Series, No. 49. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd3396en

These reports are relevant to the revision of the Guidelines for the control of Campylobacter and Salmonella in chicken meat (CXG 78-2011) (Agenda Item 8).

• FAO & WHO. 2023. Measures for the control of non-typhoidal Salmonella spp. in poultry meat – Meeting report. Microbiological Risk Assessment Series, No. 45. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9026en
• FAO & WHO. 2024. Measures for the control of Campylobacter spp. in chicken meat – Meeting report. Microbiological Risk Assessment Series, No. 46. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9607en

These reports are relevant to the work on Guidelines for the safe use and reuse of water in food production and processing (CXG 100-2023): Proposed draft Annex II on Fish and fishery products and Annex IV on Water fit-for-purpose assessment, safety management, and technologies for recovery and treatment of water for reuse (Agenda Item 5).

• FAO &WHO. 2023. Safety and quality of water used in the production and processing of fish and fishery products – Meeting report. Microbiological Risk Assessment Series, No. 41. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc4356en
• FAO and WHO. 2019. Safety and Quality of Water Used in Food Production and Processing – Meeting report. Microbiological Risk Assessment Series No. 33. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/CA6062EN

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PROGRAMME
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