Report of the Twenty-Seventh Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling
Table of Contents
Ottawa, Canada, 27 - 30 April 1999
JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Twenty-third Session
Rome, 28 June - 3 July 1999
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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JOINT OFFICE: Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 ROME
Tel.: 57051 Telex: 625825-625853 FAO Email: [email protected] Facsimile:
3906.5705.4593ALINORM 99/22A
Note: This document incorporates Circular Letter CL
1999/10-FL
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CX 5/15
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CL 1999/10-FL
May 1999
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TO:
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- Codex Contact Points
- Interested International Organizations
- Participants at the 27th Session of the Codex Committee on
Food Labelling
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FROM:
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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 27th Session
of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (ALINORM99/22A)
A. MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE 23RD
SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
B. REQUEST FOR COMMENTS AND
INFORMATION
SUMMARY AND
CONCLUSIONS
INTRODUCTION
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (Agenda Item
1)
MATTERS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE BY THE CODEX
ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND OTHER CODEX COMMITTEES (Agenda Item 2)
CONSIDERATION OF LABELLING PROVISIONS IN DRAFT
CODEX STANDARDS (Agenda Item 3)
DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR THE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING,
LABELLING AND MARKETING OF ORGANICALLY PRODUCED FOODS (Agenda Item 4)
DRAFT AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL STANDARD FOR THE
LABELLING OF PREPACKAGED FOODS (Agenda Item 5)
PROPOSED DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE LABELLING
OF FOODS OBTAINED THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGY (Agenda Item 6)
PROPOSED DRAFT AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL STANDARD
FOR THE LABELLING OF PREPACKAGED FOODS (CLASS NAMES) (Agenda Item 7)
PROPOSED DRAFT AMENDMENT TO THE GUIDELINES ON NUTRITION
LABELLING (Agenda Item 8)
PROPOSED DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE USE OF HEALTH
CLAIMS (Agenda Item 9)
PROPOSED DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPORTS AND ENERGY
DRINKS (Agenda Item 10)
PROPOSED DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF THE TERM
"VEGETARIAN" (Agenda Item 11)
OTHER BUSINESS, FUTURE WORK AND DATE AND PLACE
OF NEXT SESSION (Agenda Item 12)
Appendix I. List of
Participants/Liste des Participants/Lista de Participantes
Appendix II. Draft Guidelines for
the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced
Foods (at Step 8 of the Procedure)
Appendix III. Draft Amendment to the General Standard
for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (at Step
8 of the Procedure)
Appendix IV. Draft Guidelines for
the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced
Foods Livestock and Livestock Products (at Step 6 of the
Procedure)
Appendix V. Proposed Draft Amendment
to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (at Step 5 of the
Procedure)
Appendix VI. Proposed Draft
Amendment to the Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling (at Step 5 of the
Procedure)
Appendix VII. Proposed Draft Recommendations for
the Use of Health Claims (at Step 3 of the Procedure)