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Codex Alimentarius Commission

Procedural Manual - Twelfth Edition










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    The 2014–2019 Strategic Plan: Presents the vision, goals, and objectives for the Commission and is supported by a more detailed work plan that includes activities, milestones, and measurable indicators to track progress toward accomplishment of the goals; Underpins the high priority placed on food safety and quality by FAO and WHO and ensures that the Commission will carry out the responsibilities given to it by FAO and WHO; Informs Members, inter-governmental and international non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders of how the Commission intends to fulfil its mandate and to meet the needs and expectations of its Members during the period 2014–2019.
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    CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION, 29th Session, Geneva, 3-7 July 2006
    Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme
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    The FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission is the unique United Nations body responsible for establishing international food standards aimed at protecting the health of consumers and ensuring fair practices in the food trade. The food standards, codes of practice and other guidelines and recommendations adopted by the Commission for the Codex Alimentarius: the international food code. The Codex Alimentarius Commission envisages a world afforded the highest attainable levels of consumer protection, including food safety and quality.
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    The Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission helps national delegations and international organizations attending as observers, participate effectively in the work of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. It sets out the basic rules of procedure, procedures for the elaboration of Codex standards and related texts, and basic definitions and guidelines for the operation of Codex committees. It also gives the membership of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The 30th edition of the Codex Procedural Manual continues to work towards a harmonization of language, particularly around synonymous terminology, thus setting precedent for Codex’s other written materials. Specifically, this latest edition contains three changes to "Section 4.6: Risk analysis principles applied by the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods", 1) a revision of "Annex C: Approach for the extrapolation of maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs to one or more species"; 2) the inclusion of "Annex D: Criteria and procedures for the establishment of action levels for residues of veterinary drugs in food of animal origin resulting from unavoidable and unintentional veterinary drug carryover in non-target animal feed"; and 3) a consequential amendment to paragraph 133, Establishment of priority list. In "Section 5.1: Table of committees, document references and terms of reference", following the decision by the Commission to reactivate the Codex Committee on Cereals, Pulses and Legumes, this committee was moved from “commodity committees (adjourned sine die)” to “commodity committees (active)”. Finally, editorial changes have been made to more consistently apply abbreviations and provide more accurate cross-referencing by numbering subsections.

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    The International Rice Commission (IRC), which works within the framework of FAO, was established on 4 January 1949 with the object of promoting national and international action in respect of production, conservation, distribution and consumption of rice. Matters relating to trade are outside the purview of the Commission. Membership of the Commission is open to all FAO Member Nations and Associate Members who accept the constitution of the IRC. The present membership of the Commission is 61 an d represents all the ricegrowing regions of the world. The Commission keeps under review the scientific, technical and economic problems relating to rice, encourages and coordinates research, organizes (where necessary) cooperative projects and reports to the member countries and the Director-General of FAO on appropriate action to be taken in furthering its objectives.
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    IPTRID No.7 Modernizing Irrigated Agriculture in the Near East 2009
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    The Near East is one of the most water scarce regions in the world. Water resources were mobilized only recently. There was a rapid irrigation development but also problematic sharing of the water resources leading to political tension and mobilizing the international community. This document describes the efforts carried out by the French cooperation from 1993 to 2007 through the Regional Mission for Water and Agriculture (MREA). The originality of the approach, based on action research , in contact with the field, is described here with concrete cases: support for the upgrading of the Jordan Valley Irrigation system, improving distribution at plot level, economic value of food production, wastewater reuse in Gaza and water balance at basin level. An assessment of the Mission completed by a Rapid Appraisal Procedure of FAO had confirmed that a margin of progress is possible in the management of irrigation and has suggested ways for local partners (NGOs and universitie s) to carry out these efforts of modernization.
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