Food Law News - FAO/WHO/WTO/Codex - 2002
Halifax, Canada, 6 - 10 May 2002
Codex Committee on Food Labelling (30th Session)
The summary and conclusions of the 30th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling are as follows:
Matters for adoption by the 50th Session of the Executive Committee:
The Committee:
- agreed to advance to Step 5 the Proposed Draft Amendment to the Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods: Proposed Draft Revised Section 5 - Criteria;
- agreed to advance to Step 5 the Proposed Draft Amendment to the Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling;
- agreed to advance to Step 5 the Proposed Draft Guidelines for Use of Nutrition and Health Claims.
Other Matters of Interest to the Commission
The Committee:
- endorsed the labelling provisions in the Draft Standard submitted for consideration;
- agreed to return to Step 6 the Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (Draft Recommendations for the Labelling of Foods Obtained through Certain Techniques of Genetic Modification/Genetic Engineering): Definitions;
- agreed to return to Step 6 the Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (class names);
- agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Guidelines for the Labelling of Food and Food Ingredients Obtained through Certain Techniques of Genetic Modification/Genetic Engineering: Labelling Provisions;
- agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Revised Annex 2 (Permitted Substances) in the Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods;
- agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (Quantitative Declaration of Ingredients);
- agreed to discuss further the need to undertake new work on the amendment of the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods concerning country of origin labelling; and to discuss the need for new work on traceability and misleading claims at its next session.
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