products (overview)
Established in 1961/1963
174 members countries and 1
Member organisation
219 observer organisations
Codex Alimentarius Commission -
mandate
Dual objective:
Protecting the health of consumers
Facilitating fair practices in food trade
Non-mandatory in nature, Codex standards
and related texts have since 1995 become
international benchmarks for harmonization
under the SPS and TBT Agreements of WTO
Codex organizational chart
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Executive Committee Secretariat
Ongoing work
Export certificate for milk and milk products
Fermented milk drinks
Processed cheese
Oustanding issues
Food labelling provisions of revised individual cheese
standards (country of origin)
New work on elaboration of a Standard for Parmesan
cheese
Codex Committee on Food
Hygiene
Relevant texts
International Code of Practice General
Principles of Food Hygiene (CAC/RCP 1-1969)
Code of Hygienic Practice for Milk and Milk
Products (CAC/RCP 57-2004)
Relevant on-going work
proposed draft Code of Practice for Powdered
Formulae for Infants and Young Children
Code of Hygienic Practice for Milk and
Milk Products outstanding issues
Relevant texts
Codex Standard on Infant Formula (Codex STAN 72-
1981)
Ongoing work
Draft revised Standard for Infant Formulas and
Formulas for Special Medical Purposes intended for
Infants. Final draft of Section A provisions for infant
formulas and Section B provisions for Formulas for
Special Medical Purposes to be submitted for adoption
at 30th CAC (July 2007)
Others
Additives
Codex General Standard for Food Additives GSFA (CODEX STAN 192-1995) -
Food Category 01.0 Dairy Products and analogues
Methods of Analysis
Recommended Methods of Analysis and Sampling
(CODEX STAN 234-1999)
Cooperation between Codex
and OIE