Codex Executive Committee Discussed Processed Cheese, Etc. July 26-29 in Rome
The Food Safety and Inspection Service reports that the Codex Executive Committee met in Rome July 26-29, and took the following actions:
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- Recommended that the Codex Commission discontinue work on a standard for processed cheese because of the absence of identified trade impediments and the difficulty in defining the scope of work and standardizing the product;
- Developed further the 2014-2019 Strategic Plan, which will be referred to Regional Coordinating Committees;
- Established a subcommittee to consider new funding strategies for the WHO/FAO expert scientific committees;
- Recommended that FAO and WHO approve applications for observer status from the American Society for Nutrition, the Collagen Casings Trade Association, and the Association of Yogurts & Live Fermented Milks; and
- Established an organizing committee to plan activities observing the 50th Anniversary of Codex Alimentarius in 2013.
FSIS also said the Codex Alimentarius Commission is meeting July 2-7. The core of the agenda, according to FSIS, is consideration of proposed amendments to the Procedural Manual, the adoption of 23 new or revised standards (or groups of standards) proposed by 12 committees (along with the revocation of existing standards that are being superseded by any newly adopted standards), and the consideration of proposals for new work or the discontinuation of work proposed by committees. The Commission will also consider India’s proposal to form a Codex Committee on Spices, it said.