G/TBT/GEN/160  
 
4 February 2014  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 INFORMATION ON ACTIVITIES OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION  
This document contains information provided by the Codex Alimentarius at the TBT Committee 
meeting of 30-31 October 2013 under Agenda Item 4 (Update by Observers). 
 
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1  CODEX SESSIONS SINCE THE LAST MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE (JUNE 2013) 
 Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Rome, Italy, 25-28 June 2013) 
 Codex Alimentarius Commission (Rome, Italy, 1-5 July 2013) 
 Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drug s in Foods (Minneapolis, United States of 
America, 26-30 August 2013) 
In particular, the TBT Committee may wish to note the following: 
1.  The 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, among others: 
 adopted 25 new or revised Codex standards or related texts and many new or revised 
provisions for additives and MRLs for pesticides and veterinary drugs, and approved several 
new work proposals; 
 adopted the Strategic Plan 2014-2019  of the Codex Alimentarius Commission;  
 considered budgetary issues and in particular the difficulties related to funding for FAO/WHO 
scientific advice; and 
 considered the 2012 Annual Report, Progress Report and Monitoring Report of the Codex 
Trust Fund, and the timeline for the final project evaluation the implementation of the Codex Trust.  
2  FORTHCOMING CODEX MEETINGS  
 Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (Bad Soden am Taunus, 
4-8 November 2013) 
 Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (Hanoi, Viet Nam, 11-15 November 2013) 
 Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (Kochi, India 11-14 February 2014) 
 Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (Bergen, Norway, 17-21 February 2014) 
 Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (Bangkok, Thailand, 24-28 February 2014) 
2.  The Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses  will proceed with 
the revision of the General Principles for the Additi on of Essential Nutrients to Food; the revision of 
the Standard for Processed Cereal-Based Foods fo r Infants and Young Children to Include a New 
Part B for Underweight Children; the revision of the Codex Standard for Follow-up; and will 
proceed with work on Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs), including Nutrient Reference Values for Nutrients Associated with Risk of Diet-Relat ed Non-communicable Diseases (NRVs-NCD) and 
consideration of food additives provisions in several standards.  
3.  The Codex Committee  on Fish and Fishery Products will consider in particular the Draft 
Performance Criteria for Reference and Confirmatory  Methods for Marine Biotoxins in the Standard G/TBT/GEN/160 
 
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  for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs; the Standard for Smoked Fish, Smoke-Flavoured Fish and 
Smoke-Dried Fish – Section 4 Food Additives; the Draft Standard for Raw, Fresh and Quick Frozen Scallop Products; the Proposed Draft Code of Pr actice on the Processing of Scallop Meat; the 
Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (section on sturgeon caviar); the 
Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Processing of Fi sh Sauce; the review of food additive provisions 
in adopted standards; and a discussion paper on histamine. 
3  TECHNICAL COOPERATION 
4.  The document on relevant activities of FAO an d WHO, including specific projects at the regional 
and national level, is available at the following address: 
ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/meetings /CAC/CAC36/cac36_15_add1e.pdf  
 
The documents on the Codex Trust Fund are available at the following addresses: 
ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/meetings/CAC/CAC36/cac36_14e.pdf  
ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/meetings /CAC/CAC36/cac36_14_add1e.pdf  
 
  
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