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Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products (CX-703)

Title Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products
Code CX-703
Next Session

The Committee has been adjourned sine die

Sessions and documents

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Legal Framework
Origin

Established by FAO and WHO in 1958 and integrated into the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme in 1962 as a subsidiary body of the Codex Alimentarius Commission under Rule XI.1(a).

Re-named “Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products” in 1993 and re-established as a subsidiary body under Rule XI.1(b)(i) of the Rules of Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

Host Government: New Zealand.

Category Cat. 1
Purpose

To elaborate worldwide standards, codes and related texts for milk and milk products.

Membership

Open to all Members of the Commission

Languages English, French and Spanish
Document symbol CX/MMP
Contact information/email

[email protected]

First Session September 1958 as the FAO/WHO Committee of Government Experts on the Code of Principles concerning Milk and Milk Products. November 1994 as CCMMP.
Pattern of sessions 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010
Remarks

Subsidiary body of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission