Report of the Tenth Session of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean

1. Contamination by Salmonella and other pathogens (para. 65)

Governments are invited to provide information on their experience with Salmonella spp. and other emerging pathogens, including measures taken for the monitoring and control of contamination.

2. National Codex Committees and Codex Contact Points (para. 88)

Governments are invited to provide comments on the opportunity of establishing Guidelines for the work of National Codex Committee and Codex Contact Points in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Comments on the above subjects should be submitted in writing to the Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, before 1 December 1997.

Table of Contents

Summary and Conclusions

Introduction

Opening of the Session (Agenda item 1)

Adoption of the Agenda (Agenda Item 2)

Matters of interest arising from the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other Codex Committees (Agenda Item 3)

Report on food safety/food control activities of FAO and WHO complementary to the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission since the 9^th Session of the Committee (Agenda Item 4)

Consequences for the Codex Alimentarius Commission arising from the World Trade Organization Agreements on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade (Agenda Item 5)

Report on acceptances of Codex standards and Maximum Residue Limits for pesticides in foods by countries in the Region (Agenda Item 6)

Report on activities related to economic integration and harmonization of food legislation in the Region (Agenda Item 7)

Food certification and inspection in Latin America and the Caribbean (Agenda Item 8)

Report on food safety matters of interest to the region (Agenda Item 9)

Report of the Workshop on Harmonization of Food Law and Regulations in Latin America and the Caribbean (Agenda item 10)

Consumer participation in Codex work and related matters (Agenda Item 11)

Activities related to the strengthening of Codex Contact Points and National Codex Committees in the Region (Agenda item 12)

Nomination of the Coordinator (Agenda Item 13)

Other business, future work, and date and place of the next session (Agenda Item 14)

Summary status of work