The 48th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission addressed all the topics on its agenda and covered three more topics as other businesses (e.g., high quality cassava flour and related products, cashew kernels, and food classifications based on the intensity of processing, so-called highly- or ultra-processed). CAC48 approved about eight hundred new or revised
The 56th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Pesticides and Pesticide Residues in and on Foods (CCPR56) addressed all topics on its agenda. CCPR56 approved about two hundred new maximum residue limits for various pesticides for final adoption by the next CAC meeting (End November 2025, CAC48). CCPR56 finalized new guidelines for countries and
The 18th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF18) successfully addressed all the topics on its draft agenda and a few more under “other business”. Worth noting that CCCF18 approved two new international maximum limits (MLs) for the ‘heavy metal’ lead, in dried bark spice and in dried culinary herbs at
The 34th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on General Principles (CCGP34) successfully addressed all topics on its agenda. CCGP34 endorsed several proposed key changes to the Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission relating to (a) the guidelines for Codex subsidiary bodies (Committees and Task Forces), (b) inconsistencies in language used in the main
The 44th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS44) successfully addressed all topics on its agenda. CCMAS44 endorsed methods of analysis from commodity standards and recommended approval of others e.g., on chocolate, chocolate products and other cocoa-based products, fruits juices and nectars, fish products, follow-up formulas, food grade salt.
End February, the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (CCFFV) concluded its work on two new Codex Alimentarius Standards on Fresh Dates and on Fresh Curry Leaves, at its 23rd session. CCFFV23 also advanced the alignment of two existing Codex standards on avocado and on asparagus with the proposed layout for all standards
The 55th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Additives, Flavorings, Enzymes, Yeasts, and Processing Aids (CCFA55) successfully addressed all topics on its agenda during three full days of plenary meeting discussions. As a landmark first time in recent times, CCFA55 reviewed a draft commodity standard, i.e., on baker’s yeasts, but decided to return
End November, the Codex Alimentarius Commission reviewed all texts proposed for adoption, advancement, amendments, revocation, and discontinuation from its technical Codex Committees, Regional Coordinating Committees, or specific intersessional work they performed in the past twelve months since CAC46 meeting. CAC47 adopted decisions on product standards, e.g., spices and culinary herbs, avocado oil, olive oil, other
The 48th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL48) finalized a historical update of the section on allergens in the General Standard on the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (GSLPF or CXS 1) and completed work on two new guidelines on the use of new information technologies to convey food labelling and on
The 44th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU44) finalized work on new General Principles for the Establishment of NRVs-R For Persons Aged 6 – 36 Months; a first set of NRV-Rs for that population group; a stepwise approach to develop new NRV-Rs; editorial amendments to the infant formula
