- It fully revised the preamble and pending issues on the Codex Standard
Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Additives: CCFA53
This article was published in World Food Regulation Review, February 2023, p. 30-34.
The forthcoming 53rd meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Additives (CCFA53) and related meetings will be held in Hong Kong from 23 to 31 March 2023 in person for the first time since 2019. CCFA53 is expected to finalize the
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
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
Food safety: EU to ban the use of Titanium Dioxide (E171) as a food additive in 2022
Last week, Member States approved the European Commission’s proposal to ban the use of Titanium Dioxide (E171) as a food additive from 2022. Titanium Dioxide is used as a colorant in a number of products such as chewing gum, pastries, food supplements, soups and broths. Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, in charge of Health and Food
Consequences of Brexit: not to be underestimated
After the fuel shortages, will there be a shortage of mineral water in UK restaurants…?
In July, the UK made it clear that no EU mineral waters can be exported to the UK from January 7, 2022, unless the UK authorities grant formal approval to do so in the coming months. (The decision does not
The European Union authorises insect proteins in poultry and pig feed
Last week, the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF) – the umbrella association of the European insect sector in EU’s capital, Brussels – saluted the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1372[1], an act that will authorise the use of processed animal proteins derived