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Coordinating Committee for Latin America & the Caribbean
The Coordinating Committee is responsible for defining problems and needs concerning food standards and food control of all Codex member countries of the region. Host government rotates among the committee members.

Mexico will host the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean tentatively scheduled for November 10-13, 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Codex members in the Latin American and Caribbean Region include:
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Columbia
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Jamaica
  • Mexico
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Suriname
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela

U.S. Contact
U.S. Codex Office, Room 4861
Food Safety and Inspection Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20250
Phone: (202) 205-7760
Fax: (202) 720-3157
Email: uscodex@fsis.usda.gov

Current CCLAC Documents Requesting Comments
CX or CL
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Subject Comments Due Send comments to:
CX 12/18/15 Proposed New Work: Regional Standard for Yacon Information only  None needed 
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Last Modified: November 16, 2012

 

 

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