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Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables
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The Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables (CCPFV) is responsible for elaborating worldwide standards for all types of processed fruits and vegetables including dried products, canned dried peas and beans, and jams and jellies (but not dried prunes or fruit and vegetable juices), as well as revision of standards for quick frozen fruits and vegetables.

The 25th Session of the CCPFV met in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on October 25-29, 2010. The reference document is ALINORM REP 11/PFV. The results of the 25th Session of the CCPFV will be considered by the Commission at its 34th session in July 2011. The following item will be considered for final adoption:
  • Proposed amendment to the Terms of Reference of the Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables to add responsibility for elaboration of standards for fruit and vegetable juices and nectars and related products

The following items will be considered for final adoption at Step 5/8:
  • Proposed draft Codex Standard for Desiccated Coconut
  • Proposed draft Annex on Certain Mushrooms
  • Proposed draft Codex Standard for Canned Bamboo Shoots

The Committee continues to work on the following:
  • Proposed draft Codex Standard for Table Olives
  • Proposed draft Codex Sampling Plans including Metrological Provisions for Controlling Minimum Drained Weight of Canned Fruits and Vegetables in Packing Media
  • Proposed draft Codex Standard for Certain Quick Frozen Vegetables
  • Proposed draft Codex Standard for Certain Canned Fruits
  • Food Additive Provisions for Processed Fruits and Vegetables
  • Packing Media Provisions for Pickled Vegetables
  • Methods of Analysis for Applesauce
  • Discussion paper on the Extension of Territorial Application of the Codex Standard for Ginseng Products
  • Discussion paper on the Need for a Codex Standard for Chemically Flavored Water-based Drinks

Delegation Report of the 26th Session of the Committee held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Oct 15-19, 2012
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Last Modified: November 8, 2012
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