Public Meeting To Address Codex Committee On Milk And Milk Products
Congressional and Public Affairs
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Crystal Straughn
WASHINGTON, February 03, 2004 – The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety and the Agricultural Marketing Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced a public meeting to receive comments on all issues coming before the Sixth Session of the Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products (CCMMP), which will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, April 26 - 30, 2004.
The public meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, in Room 3501, South Agriculture Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20250. Agenda items for the meeting can be found at http://www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp
Agenda items to be discussed include: Matters referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other Codex committees; Review of the Proposed Draft and Draft Revised Standards: Dairy Spreads, Processed Cheese, Individual Cheeses, and Whey Cheeses; Proposed Standards for Products in which Milkfat is Substituted for by Vegetable Fat; Model Export Certificate for Milk Products; and Review of Proposals for New Standards for "Parmesan," Fermented Milk Drinks/Products, "Cheese Specialties," and a proposal to revise the Codex Standard for Extra Hard Grating Cheese.
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 #03-046N, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 102, Cotton Annex, 300 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700.
Persons requiring a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Syed A. Ali, International Issues Analyst at Phone (202) 205-7760, Fax (202) 720-3157.
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