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Codex Seeks Comments On Sanitary ad Phytosanitary International Standard-Setting Activities
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Amanda Eamich
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2004 – The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the publication of standard setting activities of the 27th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex).
The notice provides a complete list of standard setting activities from June 1, 2003 to May 31, 2004 and from June 1, 2004 to May 31, 2005. This notice contains information on all planned Codex sessions that involve standard setting activities. The list of all scheduled sessions and standards currently under consideration include information on the agency that is responsible to the committee as well as the extent of U.S. involvement.
Comments are requested on all standards currently under consideration and suggestions for new standards. Codex carries out activities related to international sanitary and phytosanitary standard setting aimed at ensuring food products are free from adulteration and are correctly labeled.
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 trade practices in the food trade and promote coordination of food standards undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations.
To submit comments contact the FSIS Docket Room, Docket #04-004N, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 102, Cotton Annex, 300 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700. Comments may also be submitted using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov.
For further information, contact Edward Scarbrough, Ph.D., United States Manager for Codex, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Undersecretary for Food Safety, Room 4861, South Agriculture Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250; phone (202) 205-7760.
To obtain copies of the attachments including session scheduling and standards contact the Codex Delegate or the U.S. Codex Office: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations/Codex_Alimentarius/. Persons requiring a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Dr. Gregory Diachenko, Director, Division of Chemistry Research and Environmental Review, FDA, at telephone
(301) 436-1898; Fax (301) 436-2634.
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