Report of the 33rd Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants
Table of Contents
The Hague, The Netherlands
12-16 March 2001
ALINORM 01/12A
codex alimentarius commission
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS
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WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
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00100 ROME
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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Twenty-fourth Session
Geneva, Switzerland, 2-7 July 2001
Note: This report includes Codex Circular Letter CL
2001/13-FAC.
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CX 4/30.2
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CL 2001/13-FAC
April 2001
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TO:
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- Codex Contact Points
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- Interested International Organizations
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FROM:
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Secretary, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme,
FAO
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Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy
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SUBJECT:
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Distribution of the Report of the Thirty-third Session
of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (ALINORM
01/12A)
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The attached report of the Thirty-third Session of the Codex
Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (ALINORM 01/12A) will be considered
by the 24th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Geneva,
Switzerland, 2 - 7 July 2001).
Part A: Matters for Adoption by the
24th Session of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission
Part B: Request for Comments and
Information
Summary and
Conclusions
Introduction
Opening of the
Session
Adoption of the Agenda (Agenda Item 1)
Appointment of Rapporteur (Agenda
Item 2)
Matters Referred from Other Codex Committees (Agenda
Item 3)
Summary Reports of the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth
Meetings of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) (Agenda
Item 4a)
Action Required as a Result of Changes in ADI Status
and Other Toxicological Recommendations (Agenda Item 4b)
Discussion Paper on the Application of Risk Analysis
Principles for Food Additives and Contaminants (Agenda Item 5)
Endorsement and/or Revision of Maximum Levels for
Food Additives in Codex Standards (Agenda Item 6)
Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Codex
General Standard for Food Additives (Agenda Item 7a)
Discussion Paper on the Relationship Between Codex
Commodity Standards and the Further Development of the Codex General Standard
for Food Additives (GSFA) (Agenda Item 7b)
Comments on the Food Category System of the Codex
General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA) (Agenda Item 7c)
Comments on the Revised Table 1, including Benzoates,
of the Codex General Standard for Food Additives (Agenda Item 7d)
Comments on the Use of Food Additives as Carriers
(Agenda Item 7e)
Discussion Paper on Processing Aids (Agenda Item
8)
Proposed Draft Revision to the Codex General Standard
for Irradiated Foods (Agenda Item 9a)
Specifications for the Identity and Purity of Food
Additives Arising from the Fifty-fifth Meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee
on Food Additives (JECFA) (Agenda Item 10)
Proposed Amendments to the International Numbering
System, Including Technological Functions and Functional Classes/Sub-Classes
(Agenda Item 11)
Endorsement and/or Revision of Maximum Levels for
Contaminants in Codex Standards (Agenda Item 12)
Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Contaminants
and Toxins (Agenda Item 13a)
Comments on the Agreed Position of the Codex Committee
on Pesticide Residues on Setting Extraneous Maximum Residue Limits (EMRLs) (Agenda
Item 13b)
Schedule 1 of the Proposed Draft Codex General
Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Foods (Agenda Item 13c)
Comments on the Methodology and Principles for
Exposure Assessment in the Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins
in Foods (Agenda Item 14a)
Comments on the Technical Annex on the Distribution
Curves of Contaminants in Food Products (Agenda Item 14b)
Comments on the Draft Maximum Level for Aflatoxin
M1 in Milk (Agenda Item 15a)
Proposed Draft Revised Sampling Plan for Peanuts
(Agenda Item 15b)
Comments on the Proposed Draft Maximum Level for
Ochratoxin A in Cereals and Cereal Products (Agenda Item 15c)
Proposed Draft Code of Practice for the Prevention
of Patulin Contamination in Apple Juice and Apple Juice Ingredients in Other
Beverages (Agenda Item 15d)
Proposed Draft Code of Practice for the Prevention
of Mycotoxin Contamination in Cereals, Including Annexes on Ochratoxin A, Zearalenone
and Fumonisins (Agenda Item 15e)
Comments on the Draft Code of Practice for Source
Directed Measures to Reduce Contamination of Food with Chemicals (Agenda Item
16a)
Standard Format for Codes of Practice (Agenda Item
16b)
Comments on the Draft Maximum Levels for Lead (Agenda
Item 16c)
Comments on the Draft Guideline Level and Proposed
Draft Maximum Levels for Cadmium (Agenda Item 16d)
Position Paper on Dioxins and Dioxin Like PCBs
(Agenda Item 16e)
Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Source Directed
Measures to Reduce Dioxin Contamination of Foods (Agenda Item 16f)
Position Paper on Chloropropanols (Agenda Item
16g)
Proposals for the Priority Evaluation of Food Additives
and Contaminants by JECFA (Agenda Item 17)
Other Business and Future Work
(Agenda Item 18)
Date and Place of Next Session
(Agenda Item 19)
Appendix I: List of
Participants/Liste des Participants/Lista de Participantes
Appendix II: Draft Amendments to
Table 1 and Table 2 of the Codex General Standard for Food Additives (At Step 8
of the procedure, presented in Table 1 format only)
Appendix III: Proposed Draft
Amendments to Table 1 and Table 2 of the Codex General Standard for Food
Additives (At Step 5 of the procedure, presented in Table 1 format
only)
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Appendix IV: Proposed Draft
Amendments to Table 1 and Table 2 of the Codex General Standard for Food
Additives (At Step 6 of the procedure, presented in Table 1 format
only)
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Appendix V: Draft Amendments to
Table 3 (Additives with an Acceptable Daily Intake of "Not Specified") of the
Codex General Standard for Food Additives (At Step 5 of the Accelerated
Procedure)
Appendix VI: Proposed Draft
Amendments to Food Categories or Individual Food Items Excluded from the General
Conditions of Table 3 of the Codex General Standard for Food Additives (Annex To
Table 3) (At Step 5/8)
Appendix VII: Proposed Draft Revised
Codex General Standard for Irradiated Foods (At Step 5 of the
Procedure)
Appendix VIII: Specifications for
the Identity and Purity of Food Additives Arising from the Fifty-fifth Meeting
of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (At Step 5/8 of the
Procedure)
Appendix IX: Draft Amendments to the
International Numbering System for Food Additives (At Step 8 of the
Procedure)
Appendix X: Draft Maximum Level for
Aflatoxin M1 in Milk (At Step 8 of the
Procedure)
Appendix XI: Proposed Draft Revised
Sampling Plan for Total Aflatoxins in Peanuts Intended for Further Processing
(At Step 5/8 of the Procedure)
Appendix XII: Proposed Draft Maximum
Level for Ochratoxin A in Wheat, Barley, Rye and Derived Products (At Step 5 of
the Procedure)
Appendix XIII: Draft Code of Practic
for Source Directed Measures to Reduce Contamination of Food With Chemicals (At
Step 8 of the Procedure)
Appendix XIV: Draft Maximum Levels
for Lead (At Steps 6 and 8)
Appendix XV: Draft Guideline Level
(at Step 8) and Proposed Draft Maximum Levels (at Step 5) for
Cadmium
Appendix XVI: Priority List of Food
Additives, Contaminants and Naturally Occurring Toxicants Proposed for
Evaluation by JECFA
Appendix XVII: Amendment to the
Codex Standard for Food Grade Salt
Appendix XVIII: Action Required as a Result of Changes in Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) Status and Other Toxicological Recommendations Arising from the 55th Meeting of JECFA