The primary mission of the Codex Alimentarius is to ensure safe, good food for everyone, everywhere.

The C O D E X A L I M E N T A R I U S international food standards, guidelines and codes of practice contribute to the safety, quality and fairness of this international food trade. Consumers can trust the safety and quality of the food products they buy and importers can trust that the food they ordered will be in accordance with their specifications.

Food Hygiene - Basic texts (Fourth Edition)

The Codex basic texts on food hygiene promote understanding of how rules and regulations on food hygiene are developed and applied.

The General Principles of food hygiene cover hygiene practices from primary production through to final consumption, highlighting the key hygiene controls at each stage.

The Fourth Edition includes texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission up to 2009.

Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (Second Edition)

The Code of practice for fish and fishery products is intended for all those engaged in the handling, production, storage, distribution, export, import and sale of fish and fishery products. 

The Code will help in attaining safe and wholesome products that can be sold on national or international markets and meet the requirements of the Codex Standards.

The Second Edition contains revisions to the texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission up to 2011.

A selection of Codex Standards for Fish and Fishery products:

1.Standard for Canned Salmon

2.Standard for Canned Shrimps or Prawns

3.Standard for Canned Tuna and Bonito

4.Standard for Canned Crab Meat

5.Standard for Quick Frozen Shrimps or Prawns

6.Standard for Sardines and Sardine-Type Products

7.Standard for Quick Frozen Lobsters

8.Standard for Canned Finfish

9.Standard for Quick Frozen Blocks of Fish Fillets, Minced Fish Flesh and Mixtures of Fillets and Minced Fish Flesh

10.Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (Fish Fingers), Fish Portions and Fish Fillets - Breaded or in Batter

11.Standard for Salted Fish and Dried Salted Fish of the Gadidae Family of Fishes

12.Standard for Dried Shark Fins

13.General Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Fillets

14.Standard for Quick Frozen Raw Squid

15.Standard for Crackers from Marine and Freshwater Fish, Crustaceans and Molluscan Shellfish

16.Standard for Boiled Dried Salted Anchovies

17.Standard for Salted Atlantic Herring and Salted Sprat

18.Standard for Sturgeon Caviar

19.Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs

20.Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoke-Flavoured Fish and Smoke-Dried Fish

21.Standard for Live Abalone and for Raw Fresh Chilled or Frozen Abalone for Direct Consumption or for further Processing

22.Standard for Fresh and Quick Frozen Raw Scallop Products