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WHO/FAO JOINT MEDIA ADVISORY

Codex Alimentarius Commission – Geneva, 17-22 July 2017

New International Food Safety Standards protecting consumer health and ensuring fair practices in trade

 

Members of the international food standards-setting body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, will meet in Geneva next week. Highlights of the meeting include decisions on:

 

                     Guidelines on nutrition labelling (nutrition information on food packaging for consumers)

                     Code of hygienic practice for fresh fruits and vegetables

                     Maximum residue limits for more than 20 pesticides in various foods

                     Maximum levels of certain food additives

                     Maximum level of lead in processed fruits and vegetables

                     Maximum residue limits in meat for veterinary drugs (ivermectin, lasalocid sodium and teflubenzuron)

                     Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of arsenic contamination in rice

                     Standards for cumin, thyme, & black, white, green pepper

                     Future work on:

o    antimicrobial resistance

o    maximum level of mercury in fish

o    guidelines for risk analysis of chemicals inadvertently present in food at low levels

o    code of practice for reduction of chemical contaminants in refined oils and products made with refined oils (palm oil)

 

In addition, there will be side-events on antimicrobial resistance, whole genome sequencing, and alcoholic beverages.

To get updates on items as they are adopted, follow #Codex and #CAC40, @FAOWHOCodex, @WHO and @FAOnews on Twitter.

Real-time summaries of key decisions made by the Codex Alimentarius Commission will be published on the websites of both WHO and FAO as they happen.

About Codex

Established in 1963 by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO), the Codex Alimentarius Commission is the UN food standards body charged with protecting consumer health and ensuring fair practices in international food trade.

Comprising 187 countries and the European Union, the Codex Alimentarius Commission meets annually to examine food safety and quality standards and other recommendations for food. This is its 40th session.

RESOURCES FOR THE MEDIA

Agenda

Standards and amendments up for consideration

All CAC40 documents

CAC40 side-events

About Codex

 

LIVE WEB STREAMING

Journalists who wish to follow the       proceedings may do so via the live web stream at: http://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings-reports/CAC40/webcast/en/

 

 

 

LOCATION

CICG Geneva (Centre International de Conférences Genève), 17 Rue de Varembé, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland

 

FOLLOW ON TWITTER #Codex and #CAC40, @FAOWHOCodex, @WHO and @FAOnews


FOR MORE INFORMATION


WHO contacts:

Paul Garwood

Communications Officer (Geneva)

+41 22 791 15 78 / +41 79 603 72 94

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Olivia Lawe Davies

Communications Officer (Geneva)

+41 22 791 12 09 / +41 79 475 55 45

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FAO contact:

Anais Hotin

FAO Media Relations (Rome)

+39 06 570 54974

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