basic principles of codex alimentarius

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Codex Alimentarius- basic principles-

Prof. El isaveta St iko va

M.D., Ph.D.

School o f Medic ine

University St. Cyril

and Methodius

Skopje

Republ ic of Macedonia
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The FAO/WHO InternationalConference on Nutrition, 1992

Recognized that:

access to nutritionally adequate and safefood is a right of each individual,

Food regulations should fully takeinternational standards of the Codex

Alimentarius


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Codex Alimentarius is:

Latin term for

Food Lawor

Food Code


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Codex Alimentarius Commission

FAO in 1961 and WHO 1963 passed

Resolution to establish the CodexAlimentarius Commission,

Responsible for Joint FAO/WHO Food

Standard Program.


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Codex Objectives (1):

To protect the health ofconsumers,

To ensure fair practices in thefood trade,

To coordinate all work regardingfood standards,


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Codex Objectives (2):

To determinate the priorities,

To initiate the preparation ofstandards,

To publish the standards.


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Codex Alimentarius Commission

structure and management

The Executive Committee,

The Regional Coordinating

Committees,

The Secretariat of theCommission.


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The Executive Committee

Chairperson,

3 Vice-Chairpersons,7 Regional Representatives,

6 Regional Coordinators.


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Regional CoordinatingCommittees:

6 Regional Committees for Africa,Asia, Europe, Latin America&Caribbean,

North America & Southwest Pacific, NearEast.

Responsible for defining the problems andneeds of the region

Responsible for coordination of activities.


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The Secretariat of theCommission:

Responsible for:

Formulation and development of

FAO/ WHO standards,Administrative support to the

Commission,

Relations with the National CodexContact Point.


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Subsidiary bodies of the Codex

Alimentarius Commission:

Codex Committees:Codex committees for general

principles,Committees for special types of

foodstuff products.

Ad-hoc Intergovernmental SpecialWork Groups.


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Codex Committees ongeneral issues (1) :

1. Codex Committee on GeneralPrinciples,

2. Codex Committee on FoodLabelling,

3. Codex Committee on Methods ofAnalysis and Sampling,


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Codex Committees ongeneral issues (2):

4. Codex Committee on Food Hygiene,

5. Codex Committee on PesticideResidues,

6. Codex Committee on Food Additives

and Contaminants,


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Codex Committees ongeneral issues (3):

7. Codex Committee on Import -Export Inspection and Certification

systems,8. Codex Committee on Nutrition and

Foods for Special Dietary Uses,

9. Codex Committee on Residues ofVeterinary Drugs in Foods,


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Product Committees(1):

1. Codex Committee on CocoaProducts and Chocolates,

2. Codex Committee on Sugars,

3. Codex Committee on Pocessed Fruit

and Vegetables,4. Codex Committee on Fats and Oils,


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5. Codex Committee on Meat andPolutry Hygyene,

6. Codex Committee on Fish andFishery products,

7. Codex Committee on Fresh Fruitand Vegetables,


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8. Codex Committee on Milk and MilkProducts,

9. Codex Committee on Natural MineralWaters,

10.Codex Committee on Vegetable Proteins,

11.Codex Committee on Cereals, Pulses andLegumes.


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biotechnologically produced food,animal feeds,

fruit juices.

Ad-hoc IntergovernmentalCodex Special Groups for:


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Codex Alimentarius Commision

Highest priority:

Formulation of commodity andgeneral standards


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Codex Standards include (1):

Scope of the standard,

Description of the standard,Basic structure and quality factors,

Weights and measures,

Labeling,


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Codex Commodity Standardsinclude (2):

Contaminants,

Hygiene,

Food additives,

Methods for analysis.


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Structure and contents ofCodex Alimentarius:

Codex Alimentarius is composed of14 volumes distributed in 17 books

Each book (by group of products)

contains standards, guidelines...


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Achievements:

237 Food Standards,

43 Codes of Practice,

33 Guidelines,

197 Pesticides evaluated,

3274 Limits for pesticides residues,

289 Limits of veterinary drug residues,

1300 Food additives evaluated.


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Structure and contents ofCodex Alimentarius (1):

Volume one A - General Requirements,

Volume one B - General

Requirements (Food Hygiene),Volume two A - Pesticide Residues in

foods (General texts)

Volume two B - Pesticide Residues inFoods (Maximal Residue Limits)


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Volume three - Residues of VeterinaryDrugs in Foods,

Volume four - Foods for special dietaryuses

Volume five A - Processed and Quick-

Frozen Fruits and Vegetables


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Volume five B - Fresh fruits

and vegetables,

Volume sixFruit Juices,

Volume seven - Cereals, Pulsesand Vegetable Proteins

Volume eight - Fats and Oils andRelated Products


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Volume nine - Fish and Fisheryproducts,

Volume ten Meat and MeatProducts; Soups and Broths,

Volume eleven - Sugars, Cocoa

Products and Chocolate andMiscellaneous Products,


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Volume twelve - Milk and MilkProductsVolume thirteen - Methods of

Analysis and Sampling

Volume fourteen -

Acceptances

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Transparency of CodexAlimentarius:

Information for all the standards,

regulations, guides and otherrecommendations are available onthe web page

http://www.codexalimentarius.net/

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National CodexContact Points function:

Relation between the Secretariat andthe member countries,

Coordination of all relevant Codexactivities in their own country,Acceptance of all final Codex texts

(standards, guidelines, advisorytexts)

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