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Public Meeting To Address Agenda Items for the 42nd Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Bridgette Keefe
WASHINGTON, January 28, 2010 - The Office for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today
announced a public meeting to discuss information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions that will
be discussed at the 42nd Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA)
of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, to be held in China, March 15 - 19, 2009.
The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 8, 2010, from 1 to 4 p.m., in the Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building Auditorium
(Room 1A003), FDA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), 5100 Paint Branch Highway, College Park, Md.
Attendees are encouraged to register electronically at cfsan-ccfda@fda.hhs.gov
by Feb. 4. Pre-registration is not required but is encouraged to expedite entry in the building and its parking area. Attendees must
present photo identification at the door to gain admittance to the building. If you require parking, please include your vehicle
make and tag number at the time of registration.
Attendees that are unable to attend the meeting in-person, but wish to participate may do so by phone. They should request the call-in
number and conference code when they register for the meeting. Comments may also be sent electronically to
cfsan-ccfda@fda.hhs.gov.
Agenda items and documents related to the 42nd Session of the CCFA may be accessed prior to the public meeting at
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp.
Codex was created in 1963 by two United Nations organizations, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Codex develops food standards, guidelines and codes of practice in order to protect the health of consumers, ensure fair food trade
practices and promote coordination of food standards undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations.
CCFA was established to set or endorse maximum levels for individual food additives; prepare priority lists of food additives for risk
assessment by the Joint FAO and WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives; assign functional classes to individual food additives;
recommend specifications of identity and purity for food additives for adoption by the Commission; consider methods of analysis for
the determination of additives in food; and consider and elaborate standards or codes for related subjects such as labeling of food additives.
The Committee is hosted by the People's Republic of China.
For further details regarding the 42nd Session of the CCFA, contact Dr. Dennis Keefe, Office of Food Additive Safety, FDA, CFSAN, by phone at
(301) 436-1284, or by e-mail at Dennis.Keefe@fda.hhs.gov.
For further information about the public meeting or to request a sign language interpreter or any other special accommodation,
contact Dr. Paul Honigfort, Office of Food Additive Safety, FDA, CFSAN, at (301) 436-1206, or by e-mail at
Paul.Honigfort@fda.hhs.gov.
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