This edition of the Codex podcast highlights the results of the 46th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which adopted 500 new and revised Codex standards - including numerical standards - guidelines and codes of practice. We talk to Steve Wearne, Chairperson of CAC, United Kingdom, and Sarah Cahill, Senior Food Standards Officer, looking back to what happened at CAC46, 60 years of Codex and looking forward to the new work and meetings in 2024. “My wish for Codex Members and [...]

Throughout this year, Codex Members and Observers have celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), which held its first meeting in June 1963. The celebrations began in January at the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and the South West Pacific, in Fiji, and then continued across the world and in the various Codex regions, before culminating in the opening ceremony of the 46th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC46).  A 60-year journey that has witnessed the transformation and [...]

This year's edition of the CODEX magazine, titled "60 years of standards", is out now! Read some of our articles online and click on the link below to download the full publication. Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General, spoke with us about the important role Codex plays in achieving the FAO mandate – and how she sees Codex evolving in the coming years. Q: What is the role of the Codex Alimentarius in achieving the mandate of FAO improving global food security?One [...]

This year's edition of the CODEX magazine, titled "60 years of standards", is out now! Read some of our articles online and click on the link below to download the full publication. Dr Ailan Li, WHO Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage, Healthier Populations answered questions about why Codex is important to global public health.Q: What is the role of the Codex Alimentarius in improving global public health?Food safety is a major global challenge. The 2015 WHO Estimates of the Global Burden [...]

This year's edition of the CODEX magazine, titled "60 years of standards", is out now! Read some of our articles online and click on the link below to download the full publication. This article by Nick Gardner, Long-time Codex delegateSix decades is a long time for an organization to remain relevant and effective. Yet, the Codex Alimentarius, a concept developed at a time when global food trade looked very different than it does today, continues to deliver a multitude of benefits [...]

Throughout this year, Codex Members and Observers have celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which held its first meeting in June 1963. Here’s a taster of what’s been happening around the world. At the very start of the year, the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and the South West Pacific met in Fiji and a celebration cake was enjoyed by delegates including Fiji’s Minister for Agriculture and Waterways, the Honourable Vatimi T. T. K Rayalu and the Codex [...]

The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA), an NGO with Observer Status with Codex based in London, UK, celebrated Codex@60 in July by lighting up the building of their Danish member association in orange. We talked to them about why this anniversary is significant for them. Why it was important to mark 60 years of Codex for IADSA? Codex has been critical for our sector by establishing the Codex guidelines on vitamin and mineral supplements and all the horizontal texts, such as additives, labelling, claims, [...]

Korea recently marked the successful celebration of the 22nd Korean Food Safety Day and on the occasion of this achievement, we had the opportunity to interview Yu-Kyoung Oh, the Minister of Food and Drug Safety of the Republic of Korea. We wanted to delve into the country's accomplishments in the field of food safety management. The minister shared her insights and outlined the plans to ensure that food safety remains a paramount concern in Korea.  Congratulations on the 22nd Korean Food [...]

As part of the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the Codex Secretariat has been talking to experts who lead work in committees to understand their motivation, their work and their views on the world of Codex in general. At the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling, which took place in Budapest, Hungary from 12 to 16 June 2023, we caught up with Greg Noonan who is Director in the Bioanalytical Chemistry Division of the Food and [...]

In 2022 the Codex Secretariat began work on reviewing the formatting and layout of Codex texts to ensure consistency, to meet FAO and international publishing standards and to enhance readability. A digital object identifier (DOI) has also been added to standards as they are published, providing a unique reference that can support tracking and citation of each text. The project is part of the Codex Secretariat’s contribution to the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. At the [...]