DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT SESSION (Agenda Item 16)

118. The Committee was informed that the 31^st Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants was tentatively scheduled to be held in The Hague from 22-26 March 1999.

ANNEX

CODEX COMMITTEE ON FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS - CURRENT STATUS OF WORK

SUBJECT	STEP	FOR ACTION BY	DOCUMENT REFERENCE*
Draft Specifications for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives	8	23rd CAC	paras. 49-51 and Appendix VIII
Draft Maximum Level and Sampling Plans for Total Aflatoxins in Peanuts Intended for Further Processing	8	23rd CAC	paras. 64-72 and Appendix X
Draft Maximum Level for Aflatoxin M1 in Milk	8	23rd CAC	paras. 73-75 and Appendix X
Proposed Draft Amendments to the Codex International Numbering System for Food Additives	5/8	23rd CAC	paras. 52-54 and Appendix IX
Draft Tables for Antioxidants, Preservatives, Stabilizers, Thickeners and Sweeteners	6	Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 34-35 and Appendix III
Draft Maximum Levels for Lead	6	Denmark Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 94-97
Proposed Draft Tables for Colours, Colour Retention Agents, Bulking Agents and Emulsifiers	5	45th CCEXEC Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 36-39 and Appendix IV
Proposed Draft Tables for Acidity Regulators, Anticaking Agents, Antifoaming Agents, Firming Agents, Flavour Enhancers, Flour Treatment Agents, Foaming Agents, Glazing Agents, Humectants, Propellants and Raising Agents	5	45th CCEXEC Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 40-41 and Appendix V
Proposed Draft Amendments to the Codex International Numbering System for Food Additives	1/2/3**	45th CCEXEC Governments 31st CCFAC	para. 55 and Appendix IX
Proposals for Amendments to the Codex International Numbering System for Food Additives, including Technological Functions and Functional Classes/Sub-Classes	3	Governments 31st CCFAC	para. 56
Codex Standard for Natural Mineral Water: Health- Related Limits for Certain Substances (Section 3.2)	3	Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 57-60 and Appendix XV
Proposed Draft Maximum Level for Patulin in Apple Juice and the Apple Juice Ingredient in Ready Made Soft Drinks	3	Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 81-85 and Appendix XI
Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Source Directed Measures to Reduce Contamination of Food with Chemicals	3	Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 92-93 and Appendix XIV
Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Tin	3	Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 105-107 and Appendix XI
Food Additives and Contaminants Proposed for Evaluation by JECFA	3	Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 108-110 and Appendix XIII
Methods of Analysis for the Determination of Food Additives and Contaminants in Foods	3	Governments 31st CCFAC	para. 111
Inventory of Processing Aids	3	Governments 31st CCFAC	para. 112
Packaging Provisions for Maintaining the Stability of Iodised Salt in the Codex Standard for Food Grade Salt	3	45th CCEXEC Governments 31st CCFAC	para. 113 and Appendix XII
Amendments to the Table of Additives Permitted for Use in Food in General, Unless Otherwise Specified, in Accordance with GMP and Food Categories or Individual Food Items Where the Use of Food Additives with GMP Limitations on Use are Not Allowed or Restricted	2/3	United States Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 29-33
Proposed Draft Revised Annex A of the Codex General Standard for Food Additives	2	Denmark 31st CCFAC	paras. 42-44
Comments Concerning the Draft Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding	-----	45th CCEXEC	paras. 89-91
Amendments to the Food Additive Provisions of the Codex Standard for Food Grade Salt	-----	23rd CAC	paras. 18-21 and Appendix VII
Discussion Paper on the Application of Risk Analysis for Additives and Contaminants	-----	Governments United States 31st CCFAC	paras. 7-13
Use of Colours in Food	-----	Denmark 31st CCFAC	para. 38
Methodology and Principles for Exposure Assessment in the Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Foods	-----	UK Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 61-63
Position Paper on Ochratoxin A	-----	Sweden Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 76-80
Position Paper on Patulin	-----	France 31st CCFAC	paras. 81-85
Position Paper on Zearalenone	-----	Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 86-88
Discussion Paper on Cadmium	-----	Denmark Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 98-100
Position Paper on Arsenic	-----	Denmark Governments 31st CCFAC	paras. 101-104
Discussion Paper on Dioxins	-----	Netherlands Governments 31st CCFAC	para. 117

* All references refer to the report of the thirtieth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (ALINORM 99/12).

** Accelerated Procedure.