The 49th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission successfully addressed all the topics on its agenda. CAC49 adopted new international commodity standards (e.g., baker’s yeasts, vanilla, coriander, food additives, veterinary drugs residues, fats and oils amendments) and new regional standards (e.g., maamoul, quick-frozen dumplings). CAC49 also adopted important new or revised food hygiene texts
The 49th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL49) successfully addressed all the topics on its agenda, including two proposals for new work (on alcohol beverages labelling and on a definition for small packs). CCFL49 indeed finalized (i) new guidelines on precautionary allergen labelling (to reduce the overuse of “may contain”
The 56th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Additives (and on Flavorings, Enzymes, Yeasts, and Processing Aids) (i.e., CCFA56) successfully addressed all the topics on its agenda. Two historical features were achieved this year: (a) the finalization of a first-ever commodity standard developed by CCFA on baker’s yeasts, and (b) a novel approach
The 45th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS45) successfully addressed all topics on its agenda, with one more topic about adequate method of “analysis” of the presence of ‘microplastics’ in food grade salt, as raised by Korea. CCMAS45 endorsed methods of analysis from several commodity standards (e.g.
The 29th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Fats and Oils (CCFO29) addressed all the topics on its agenda. CCFO29 main discussions focused on options to include nutritional restrictions to limit the presence of industrially produced trans-fatty acids (iTFAs) in foods covered by three Codex standard (edible fats and oils not covered by individual
The 55th session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Hygiene addressed all the topics on its agenda. In particular, it finalized revised guidelines on measures to (a) control of Campylobacter and Salmonella in chicken meat and (b) control of Listeria Monocytogenes in foods, including interesting discussions on ready-to-eat foods; and on (c) two revised
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
