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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION |
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE |
WORLD HEALTH |
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JOINT OFFICE: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 ROME Tel:
57051 Telex: 625825-625853 FAO Email: [email protected] Facsimile:
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CX 5/15 |
CL 2000/16-FL |
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- Codex Contact Points |
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- Interested International Organizations |
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- Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food
Standards Programme, FAO, 00100 Rome, Italy |
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SUBJECT: |
Distribution of the Report of the 28th Session of the
Codex Committee on Food Labelling (ALINORM 01/22) |
Draft Standards and Guidelines at Step 8 of the Procedure
1. Draft Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods (livestock production) (para. 29, Appendix II)
2. Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods - Section 4.2.2 (Draft Recommendations for the Labelling of Foods Obtained through Certain Techniques of Genetic Modification/Generic Engineering) (para. 37, Appendix III)
Governments wishing to propose amendments or comments on the above documents should do so in writing in conformity with the Guide to the Consideration of Standards at Step 8 (see Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius Commission) to the Secretary, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy before 15 March 2001.
B. REQUEST FOR COMMENTS AND INFORMATION
Draft Standards and Guidelines at Step 6 of the Procedure
3. Draft Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods (Provisions for bees and for additives) (para. 29, Appendix IV)
4. Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods - Section 2 Definitions (Draft Recommendations for the Labelling of Foods Obtained through Certain Techniques of Genetic Modification/Generic Engineering) (para. 38, Appendix V)
5. Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (class names) (para. 53, Appendix VI)
Governments and international organizations wishing to submit comments should do so in writing to the Secretary, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, with a copy to the Secretary of the Committee, Mr. Ron B. Burke, Director, Bureau of Food Regulatory International and Interagency Affairs, Health Protection Branch, Health Canada, HPB Bldg, Room 200, Tunney’s Pasture, Ottawa K1A OL2, Canada (Telefax N° 613.941.3537, e-mail: [email protected], before 15 October 2000.
Proposed Draft Guidelines at Step 3 of the Procedure
6. Proposed Draft Amendment to the Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling (para. 64, Appendix VII)
7. Proposed Draft Recommendations for the Use of Health Claims (para. 73, Appendix VIII)
Governments and international organizations wishing to submit comments should do so in writing to the Secretary, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, FAO, viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, with a copy to the Secretary of the Committee, Mr. Ron B. Burke, Director, Bureau of Food Regulatory International and Interagency Affairs, Health Protection Branch, Health Canada, HPB Bldg, Room 200, Tunney’s Pasture, Ottawa K1A OL2, Telefax N° 613.941.3537, e-mail: [email protected], before 15 November 2000.
