CONSIDERATION AT STEP 4 OF PROPOSED DRAFT REVISED STANDARDS FOR COCOA BUTTER, FOR COCOA (CACAO) NIB, COCOA (CACAO) MASS, COCOA PRESS CAKE AND COCOA DUST (COCOA FINES) FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS, AND FOR COCOA POWDERS (COCOAS) AND DRY COCOA-SUGAR MIXTURE [5] (Agenda Item 4)

60. Due to time constraints, the Committee could not consider the Proposed Draft Standards for: Cocoa Butter; Cocoa (Cacao) Nib, Cocoa (Cacao) Mass, Cocoa Press Cake and Cocoa Dust (Cocoa Fines) for Use in the Manufacture of Cocoa and Chocolate Products; and Cocoa Powders (Cocoas) and Dry Cocoa-Sugar Mixture. The Committee agreed to return them to Step 3 for further government comments. The Committee also agreed to include couverture chocolate/milk couverture chocolate, and powder chocolate and drinking chocolate preparation in the standards for cocoa nib and for cocoa powders respectively at its next Session.

[5] CL 1995/28-CPC, CX/CPC 96/3 (comments from Czech Republic, France, Cote d'Ivoire, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Spain, UK and CAOBISCO), CX/CPC 96/3-Add.l (comments from Czech Republic, France, Cote d'Ivoire, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Spain, UK and CAOBISCO), CX/CPC-Add. 2 (comments from EC), CX/CPC 96/3-Add. 3 (comments from Hungary, Japan, Thailand, IOCCC), CX/CPC 96/3-Add. 4 (CRD 1: methods of analysis).