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 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 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 7th session of the Codex alimentarius Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH7), chaired by India, concluded its work on several important new add-ons to existing and new standards on small cardamon; allspice, juniper berry and star anise; and turmeric. It advanced the work on vanilla, still subject to additional inter-sessional work until the
This article was published in World Food Regulation Review, January 2024, p. 25-34.
While celebrating its 60th anniversary, the 46th CAC meeting has seen several historical decisions taken.
First and foremost, it has closed the long-standing controversy about Zilpaterol hydrochloride by adopting through two successive votes by advancing and adopting the proposed maximum
This article was published in World Food Regulation Review, June 2023, p. 26-34.
The 47th meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL47) was held mid-May 2023 in Gatineau/Ottawa, Canada. CCFL47 advanced its food labelling international standardisation work on the revision of the list of allergens of global relevance for mandatory declaration (to
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
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
This article was first published at IHS Markit (subscription required), 3 September 2020
The internet has become a platform for selling food across the globe. This phenomenon has even increased with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, some malevolent operators use the current crisis as a business opportunity and have freed themselves from the EU food legislation.
