Guwahati, Assam, 17 October 2025 The Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) agreed at its 8th session, held 13–17 October, to forward the standard for large cardamom for adoption.  The success of this work, which was chaired by Bhutan and co-chaired by Nepal and India, was a significant milestone in regional collaboration under the Codex framework. The decision further underscored the success of this joint effort and the strengthening of collective technical capacity among the participating countries. This achievement stands [...]

On this, the 80th World Food Day, Codex joins the celebrations of FAO’s 80 years of service to the farmers, fishers, livestock rearers, environmentalists, economists, statisticians, governments, traders and consumers, including the marginalized, across the world. The Organization has been celebrating throughout the year, with celebrations culminating this week in the first ever FAO Global Exhibition, which took place in Rome, the opening of the FAO museum and network and one of the biggest meetings to take place in FAO [...]

India hosted the third edition of the Global Food Regulators Summit (GFRS) 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, bringing together over 3500 delegates from 59 countries to advance international cooperation on food safety, nutrition, and regulatory convergence. Organized by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Summit reinforced India’s role as a hub for global and regional regulatory dialogue. Over the years, participation from countries across all regions has [...]

Siem Reap, Cambodia A workshop is being held 16–17 October to discuss the Draft Prakas on Medicated Feeds. Fifty-four government officials are attending, from the General Directorate of Animal Health and Production (GDAHP), the Fisheries Administration (FiA), the General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA), veterinary regulators, feed inspectors, feed producers and academic institutions.  This event provides an opportunity for feed regulators and government officials to consult and validate the importance of regulating medicated feed as a key input for livestock production—including aquaculture—and for [...]

Ghana joined the rest of the world to celebrate the World Food Safety Day on the 18 June 2025, with a symposium. The celebration was spearheaded by the National Codex Committee to create awareness on the role science plays in ensuring food safety through standards. The celebration brought together participants from various government institutions, academia, and research institutions, including the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Fisheries Commission, Ghana Standards Authority, Food and Drugs Authority, University of Ghana, Council for [...]

The eighth session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) was inaugurated 13 October in the city of Guwahati in Assam, India, by Assam’s State Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya. In his welcome remarks, Governor Acharya underlined the importance of the spices industry to India generally and to Assam particularly, where, he said, there is a tradition of organic farming which is harmonized with nature and carried out with an understanding of the diversity of climate and soil. “Building [...]

Nanning, China, 23 September 2025 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Codex Secretariat, hosted a lunchtime side event during the 23rd Session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Asia (CCASIA). The session, titled “FAO’s Efforts to Support the Implementation of Codex Standards”, brought together representatives from FAO headquarters, country office, and national authorities to exchange practical experiences and lessons learned in applying Codex standards to strengthen food safety systems. The event was moderated by [...]

On 18–19 September 2025, a seminar was held in Tashkent on the topic: “The importance of harmonizing the Republic of Uzbekistan’s food safety legislation with international standards for protecting human health and facilitating international trade.  The event was organized within the framework of the FAO and WHO Codex Trust Fund project “Strengthening national capacity for the sustainable functioning of Codex Alimentarius in Uzbekistan.” Participants included representatives of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, the Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Wellbeing [...]

The importance of Codex texts was a thread that ran through all discussions at the third Global Food Regulators Summit (GFRS), hosted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and held 26–27 September in Delhi. “It was an impressive summit,” said Hilde Kruse, Senior Food Standards Officer in the Codex Secretariat. “It was very well organized, innovative and with a most interesting, comprehensive and forward-looking programme.” The extensive programme included an array of prominent and emerging food safety [...]

by the Sultanate of Oman and IUFoST A side event entitled “Novel foods and novel ingredients in the Near East: Unlocking innovation through regulation” was held on the margins of the Twelfth Session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for the Near East (CCNE12) in Muscat, Oman. Co-organized by the Sultanate of Oman and the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) through its disciplinary group, the Global Food Regulatory Science Society (GFoRSS), the session explored how Codex principles can guide modernization [...]