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Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CJW-735)

Title Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods
Code CJW-735
Sessions and documents

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Legal Framework
Article of Constitution

Rule XI-1 (b) of the Rules of Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

Rules of Procedure

The Rules of Procedure of the Commission shall apply mutatis mutandis to its subsidiary bodies. (Rule XI.11)

Category Cat. 1
Purpose
  • To establish or endorse permitted maximum levels or guidelines levels for contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed;
  • to prepare priority lists of contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants for risk assessment by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives;
  • to consider methods of analysis and sampling for the determination of contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed;
  • to consider and elaborate standards or codes of practice for related subjects; and
  • to consider other matters assigned to it by the Commission in relation to contaminants and naturally occurring toxicants in food and feed.
Membership

Open to all Members of the Commission

Chairperson Ms Sally Hoffer
Languages English, French and Spanish
Document symbol CX/CF
Contact information/email

[email protected] or [email protected]

Web site

CODEX Alimentarius

First Session April 2007
Pattern of sessions 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015
Remarks
  • Host Government: Netherlands
  • Before 2007, the Codex Committee on Food Additives and the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods were jointly combined in the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants.
  • Subsidiary Body of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission