- It fully revised the preamble and pending issues on the Codex Standard
Codex Alimentarius
Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), 45th Session: Main Outcome

This article was published in World Food Regulation Review, January 2023, p. 29-34.
By Christophe Leprêtre1 (Keller and Heckman LLP)
The once-a-year Codex Alimentarius Commission session (CAC45) recently adopted eleven (11) new international norms in various areas ranging from national food law template to new limits for heavy metals, pesticides, new standards on dried…
Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), 45th Session – A Brief Outcome

This article was published in World Food Regulation Review, November 2022, p. 33-34.
By Christophe Leprêtre1 (Keller and Heckman LLP)
The 45th plenary session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC45) was held on the week of 21 to 25 November 2022. It generally made expected progresses on important standards such as heavy metals and…
Spices and Culinary Herbs – Codex Committee (CCSCH) – 6th outcome

This article was published in World Food Regulation Review, November 2022, p. 30-34.
By Christophe Leprêtre1 (Keller and Heckman LLP)
The 6th session of the Codex alimentarius Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH6), chaired by India, concluded on several important commodity standards while meeting virtually end September 2022. CCCSH6 concluded on new Codex…
New Guidance for Management of Biological Foodborne Outbreaks, and Identification of CCPs
The 52nd session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), chaired by the USA, was held virtually in early March 2022.
During this session, the CCFH52 reported that it finalized its work on:
- a new Guidance for the Management of Biological Foodborne Outbreaks; and on,
- a decision-tree to guide food business operators and countries
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Gone virtual and nevertheless been successful!
This article was published in World Food Regulation Review, October 2021, p.29-34.
Early September, food additive risk managers from record-breaking 85 participating countries attended the 52nd session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Additives (CCFA52) through electronic means (called “virtual meeting”), after three successive postponements in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic…
The 43rd Codex Alimentarius Plenary Commission meeting will be held remotely
The 43rd Codex Alimentarius Plenary Commission meeting will be held remotely this year, in multiple online sessions. The digital format is new, but the program essentials remain the same: adopting new CAC texts, revoking old texts and revising those which have reached the end of the development process.
This article was published in Les Marchés…
CCNFSDU41 made good progresses
This article was first published in the World Food Regulation Review January 2020, Vol. 29, Number 8
This article explains the main topics discussed by 400+ global food safety and nutrition regulators during the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU41) in Düsseldorf from 24 to 29 November 2019.
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Forthcoming 51st meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Additives (25-29 March 2019, Jinan, People’s Republic of China)
This article originally appeared in World Food Regulation Review, Vol. 28, Number 9, February 2019.
This article aims to present and explain the main topics on the agenda of the forthcoming 51st session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Additives, taking place in Jinan from 25 to 29 March 2019.
In next month’s…
Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) November Review
This article originally appeared in World Food Regulation Review.
FEATURE
Last week of November, the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) reviewed most of the draft standards and guidelines on its agenda. However, only in part and to be further worked out (e.g. follow-up formulas; RUTFs), or sent back …