The 36th session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (CCFFP) started on Monday 7 October, by correspondence. Vigdis Synnøve Veum, Chairperson of the Committee opened the proceedings on Monday and explained the mode of working and how the report adoption will take place, virtually, on Thursday 17 October. The meeting itself will run for six days, 7–11 October 2024. This mode of working takes place in discussions online, using the Codex online forum. Delegates are given timeframes [...]

With the adoption of the report of the 44th session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU), the Committee’s Chairperson congratulated delegates “on such a successful meeting.” She continued: “This was a very intense week of work; thank you for staying engaged to the very end, for all the work and the constructive discussions.” Commenting on the achievements of the week, she said “I am happy that we took a great step forward on NRVs [...]

The Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products begins its 36th session on Monday 7 Otober 2024. Meeting for the second time by correspondence via the Codex online platform, CCFFP36 is set to complete work on the Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine-Type Products (CXS 94-1981) to include the fish species S. lemuru in the list of Sardinella species. We sat down with Chairperson Vigdis Synnøve Veum, Norway, to learn more about the work ahead. Vigdis, thanks for your time. CCFFP is working by correspondence for the [...]

The 44th session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU44) has opened in Dresden, Germany, with high-level contributions from relevant ministries and co-chaired by Martine Püster and Carolin Bendadani. In a video message, the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr Cem Özdemir, highlighted the importance of Codex work generally and CCNFSDU work specifically. “Conflicts, wars and the climate crisis are threatening food security. Codex Alimentarius … bear[s] a special responsibility since safe food is [...]

The FAO-implemented and Republic of Korea-funded Action to support the implementation of Codex AMR texts (ACT) Project was featured at the 4th Global Conference on Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance (GCFA), held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on September 24–25, 2024. At the conference opening, Yu Kyung Oh, Minister of Food and Drug Safety for the Republic of Korea, underscored the importance of the One Health approach, which links human, animal, and environmental health in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Minister Oh reiterated Korea's [...]

Codex texts have been recognized by the second High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) that took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 26 September, as a basis for managing the spread of AMR within the food and agriculture sectors. In the political declaration that was adopted following the meeting, members of the United Nations General Assembly recognize the growing and urgent threat posed by AMR globally, and “the need to scale up multisectoral, cross-sectoral and inter-disciplinary [...]

The Codex Alimentarius Commission Chairperson, Steve Wearne, was “surprised and honoured” to be awarded a certificate marking his election as a Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFST), following his delivery of the distinguished lecture at the IAFSTinduction ceremony of the 22nd World Congress of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST). In the lecture, Wearne gave his personal thoughts on the need for Codex to take an integrated approach to the work of food [...]

The forty-fourth meeting of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) will take place 2–6 October in Dresden, Germany. We spoke to Martine Püster and Carolin Bendadani, who will co-chair CCNFSDU44 on behalf of Germany, to find out more about their expectations for the meeting and the committee. Martine, Carolin, thanks for your time. Martine let’s start with you. This is the second time you will chair CCNFSDU. What do you recall of the experience of [...]

The 27th session of the Codex Committee for Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS) has concluded with the adoption of the report, after a week of detailed discussion on an array of issues. In closing, the Chairperson, Tom Black, thanked the interpretation team for their “incredible work,” and the translation team that worked late to produce the draft report in multiple languages. The tech teams were also thanked for making sure CCFICS27 was “a super inclusive meeting,” with [...]

The 4th Global Conference on Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance (GCFA) will take place September 24–25 2024, in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. Hosted by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) since 2021, the conference aims to raise awareness about foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and to call for concrete action. The FAO-implemented and Republic of Korea-funded Action to support implementation of Codex AMR Texts (ACT) project, will be presented at this year's conference, which is a demonstration of Korea's efforts to [...]