ALINORM 70/43 May 1970 REPORT OF THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE JOINT FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION Rome, 7–17 April 1970 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

Participants and Officers of the Commission
Address by Assistant Director-General
Tribute to Mr. H.V. Dempsey
Adoption of Agenda

PART II

Executive Committee - Reports of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Sessions

• Meat Hygiene
• Uniform System of References for Codex Documents
• Inclusion in Codex Standards of criteria which were not verifiable by examination of the end-product

PART III

Membership of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Status of Acceptances of Recommended Codex Standards

PART IV

Finance of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme for 1970/71 and 1972/73

PART V

Rules of Procedure of the Commission

• Rule VI.3 (Regional or Group of Countries Standards)
• Amendment of Rule XII (Languages)
• Consideration of Substance of Rule XII.3 (Languages Used in Subsidiary Bodies of the Commission set up under Rule IX.1(b))

PART VI

Food Standards and Food Legislation in Africa, Asia and Latin America

PART VII

Information on the Activities of Other International Organizations Working on the Standardization of Foods and Related Matters

• UN Economic Commission for Europe
• International Olive Oil Council
• International Organization for Standardization
• Commission of the European Economic Community
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Council of Europe (Partial Agreement).

Related Activities within FAO and WHO
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

PART VIII

Consideration of Standards at Step 8 of the Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards

• Decisions and Remarks Affecting All Standards Considered at Step 8
• Draft Standard for Canned Pineapple
• Draft Standard for Olive Oil, Virgin and Refined and for Refined Olive-Residue Oil
• Draft Standard for Edible Mustardseed Oil
• Draft Standard for Quick-Frozen Gutted Pacific Salmon
• Draft Standard for Canned Shrimps or Prawns
• Draft General Standard for Edible Fungi and Fungus Products
• Draft Standard for Dried Edible Fungi
• Draft European Regional Standard for Fresh Fungus Chanterelle
• General Comment on the three Standards for Edible Fungi
• Draft European Regional Standard for Natural Mineral Waters
• Draft Standard for Quick Frozen Peas
• Draft Standards for Apricot, Peach and Pear Nectars, Apple Juice, Orange Juice, Lemon Juice and Grapefruit Juice
• Tolerances for Pesticide Residues
  • Diphenyl
  • Heptachlor
  • Hydrogen Phosphide
  • Inorganic Bromide
  • Piperonyl Butoxide
  • Pyrethrins
  • General

PART IX

Sampling Plans

PART X

Consideration of Standards at Step 5 of the Procedure for the Elaboration of Codex Standards

• Cocoa Products and Chocolate
• Processed Fruits and Vegetables (processed raisins, processed tomato concentrate, canned peas, canned mandarin oranges)
• Fish and Fishery Products (quick-frozen fillets of plaice, quick-frozen fillets of ocean perch)
• Processed Meat Products (canned hams, canned corned beef, canned luncheon meat, canned chopped meat)
• Quick Frozen Spinach and Quick-Frozen Raspberries
• Foods for Special Dietary Uses (low-sodium foods)
• Pesticide Residues
• Code of Hygienic Practice for Tree Nuts
• Meat - Descriptions of Cutting Methods of Commercial Units of Carcases, Halves and Quarters in International Trade

PART XI

Labelling Provisions in the Step 9 Sugar Standards
Consideration of the Need for a Standard for Powdered Dextrose

PART XII

The Idea of a General Standard

PART XIII

Definition of “Food Additive”, “Contaminant”, and “Process”
General Principles for the Use of Food Additives
List of Food Colours

PART XIV

Codex General Subject Committees Reports of the Codex Committees on

• Food Hygiene
• Food Labelling
• Food Additives
• Pesticide Residues
• Methods of Analysis and Sampling

Codex Committee on General Principles (Confirmation of Chairmanship)

PART XV

Codex Commodity Committees Reports of the Codex Committees on

• Fats and Oils
• Meat and Meat Products, ¹ Sub-Committee I on Cutting Methods and Cuts of Carcases, and Sub-Committee IV on Processed Meat Products and Consumer Packaged Meat²
• Foods for Special Dietary Uses
• Cocoa Products and Chocolate
• Processed Fruits and Vegetables
  • Proposed amendment to Step 9 Standard for Canned Peaches
• Fish and Fishery Products

Codex Committee on Sugars (Confirmation of Chairmanship)
Codex Committee on Natural Mineral Waters (Confirmation of Chairmanship)
Report of the Coordinating Committee for Europe
Reports of the Joint ECE/Codex Alimentarius Groups of Experts on Standardization of
- Fruit Juices
- Frozen Foods

PART XVI

Report on the Twelfth Session of the Joint FAO/WHO Committee of Government Experts on the Code of Principles concerning Milk and Milk Products

Relationship between the Commission and the Committee of Government Experts (Governing Paragraph 10)

Edible Ices

PART XVII

Soups and Broths

Consideration of Possible Programme of Work of the Commission for the Next Ten Years

PART XVIII

Timetable of Codex Sessions 1970/71

PART XIX

Other Business

• Statement of the Mexican Delegation Regarding the European Regional Standard for Honey

PART XX

Valediction

APPENDICES

Appendix I - List of Participants

Appendix II - Report of the Fifteenth Session of the Executive Committee

Appendix III - Uniform System of References for Codex Documents

Appendix IV - Report to the FAO Conference on Rule VI. 3 of the Rules of Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

Appendix V - Argentine and United Kingdom Statements

Appendix VI - General Principles for the Use of Food Additives

Appendix VII - List of Food Colours which have been given an ADI or Temporary ADI

¹ Re-named Codex Committee on Meat
² Re-named Codex Committee on Processed Meat Products