ALINORM 03/28/8



Agenda Item 6

JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME



CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION



Twenty-sixth Session, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
30 June- 7 July 2003


LIST OF PROPOSED DRAFT STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS SUBMITTED AT STEP 5

1. The Commission is invited to adopt as Draft Standards, Codes of Practice or other recommendations, a number of Proposed Draft Texts submitted at Step 5 of the Uniform Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards and Related Texts. These texts are listed in Annex 1 and if adopted will be advanced to Step 6 for further government comments and consideration by the Codex Committees concerned.

Annex

PROPOSED DRAFT STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS SUBMITTED AT STEP 5

Codex body

Subject

Type

Reference

Notes

CCASIA

Instant Noodles

Standard

ALINORM 03/15; Appendix II, para(s) 74

Reservation by Japan at Step 5.

CCFAC

Risk Analysis Principles

Advisory text

ALINORM 03/12A; Appendix IV, para(s) 28

  

CCFAC

Food Category System of the General Standard for Food Additives

Standard

ALINORM 03/12A; Appendix II, para(s) 51

  

CCFAC

Principles for Exposure Assessment of Contaminants and Toxins in Foods

Advisory text

ALINORM 03/12A; Appendix VIII, para(s) 119

  

CCFAC

Prevention and Reduction of Aflatoxin Contamination in Peanuts

Code of Practice

ALINORM 03/12A; Appendix XI, para(s) 136

Revision of CAC/RCP 22-1979: Recommended International Code of Hygienic Practice for Groundnuts (Volume 7 of the Codex Alimentarius).

CCFAC

Maximum Levels for Cadmium in various Commodities

Maximum Levels

ALINORM 03/12A; Appendix XIV, para(s) 165

  

CCFAC

Prevention and Reduction of Lead Contamination in Food in Food

Code of Practice

ALINORM 03/12A; Appendix XII, para(s) 152

  

CCFFP

Model Certificate for Fish and Fishery Products

Advisory text

ALINORM 03/18; Appendix V, para(s) 101

  

CCFFP

Quick Frozen Lobsters (Amendment)

Standard

ALINORM 03/18; Appendix VI, para(s) 115

Amendment to extend its scope to Pleuroncodes monodon and Cervimundia johni.

CCFFV

Table Grapes

Standard

ALINORM 03/35; Appendix VI, para(s) 103

In cooperation with UNECE.

CCFH

Code of Hygienic Practice for Milk and Milk Products

Code of Practice

ALINORM 03/13A; Appendix III, para(s) 150

  

CCFJ

General Standard for Fruit Juices and Nectars: Brix Levels for certain products.

Standard

ALINORM 39A; Appendix III, para(s) 88

Proposed Draft Minimum Brix Levels for Reconstituted Juice and Reconstituted Purée and Minimum Juice and/or Purée Content for Fruit Nectar (% v/v) - grape, guava, mandarine/tangerine, mango, passion fruit and tamarind (Indian date) juice

CCFL

Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods: Section 5 - Permitted Substances: Annex 2

Guidelines

ALINORM 03/22A; Appendix VI, para(s) 98

  

CCMAS

Guidelines on Sampling

Guidelines

ALINORM 03/23; Appendix IV, para(s) 19

  

CCMAS

Measurement Uncertainty1

Guidelines

ALINORM 03/23; Appendix V, para(s) 52

Proposed as new work at CAC-24.

CCMPH

Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat

Code of Practice

ALINORM 03/16A; Appendix III, para(s) 18-77

  

CCPR

Pesticides: Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs)

MRLs

ALINORM 03/24A; Appendix V

  

CCRVDF

Veterinary Drugs: Maximum Residue Limits

MRLs

ALINORM 03/31A; Appendix V

Cefuroxime

1 Adoption of this text at Step 5 implies a consequential amendment to CAC/GL 27-1997 Guidelines for the Assessment of the Competence of Testing Laboratories Involved in the Import and Export of Foods. ISO/IEC Guide 25 has been superceded by ISO/IEC 17025 and the new reference is quoted in the Introduction of the Prposed Draft Guidelines on Measurement Uncertatinty (ALINORM 03/23, para 48).