Codex Committee on Food Food Import and Export Certification and Inspection Systems

Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Certification and Inspection Systems
Host Government: Australia

The Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems is responsible for developing principles and guidelines for food import and export inspection and certification systems, with a view to harmonizing methods and procedures that protect the health of consumers, ensure fair trading practices, and facilitate international trade in foodstuffs; developing principles and guidelines for the application of measures by the competent authorities of exporting and importing countries to provide assurance, where necessary, that foodstuffs comply with requirements, especially statutory health requirements; developing guidelines for the utilization, as and when appropriate, of quality assurance systems to ensure that foodstuffs conform with requirements and promote the recognition of these systems in facilitating trade in food products under bilateral/multilateral arrangements by countries; developing guidelines and criteria with respect to format, declarations, and language of such official certificates as countries may require with a view towards international harmonization; making recommendations for information exchange in relation to food import/export control; consulting as necessary with other international groups working on matters related to food inspection and certification systems; and considering other matters assigned to it by the Commission in relation to food inspection and certification systems.

The Committee has not met since the 33rd session of the Commission in 2010. The Committee is working on:

Proposed draft Principles and Guidelines for National Food Control Systems
Discussion paper on further guidance regarding attestation in Generic Model Official Certificate (Annex to CAC/Gl 38-2001)

For a list of Committee Delegates, use the following link:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/codex_alimentarius/ Codex_Delegates_and_Alternates/index.asp

20th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems
(February 18-22, 2013) Chiang Mai, Thailand

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