G/SPS/GEN/1362  
6 October 2014  
(14-5624)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  46TH SESSION OF THE CODEX COMMITTEE ON FOOD HYGIENE 
LIMA (PERU) – NOVEMBER 2014 
The following communication, received on 3 October 2014, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Peru. 
 
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 1.  As a Member of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Peru specifies that "until such time as the relevant standard is adopted, food and beverage manufacturing is governed by the 
Codex Alimentarius standards applicable to the product or products manufactured …"
1, and the 
country has a National Codex Alimentarius Committee (CNC). 
2.  The Plenum of the CNC is composed of repr esentatives of the Ministry of Health through 
the General Directorate of Environmental Health (DIGESA), which holds the chairmanship, 
the Ministry of Agriculture through the National Agricultural Health Service (SENASA), the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, the Pe ruvian Commission for the Promotion of Exports 
and Tourism (PROMPERÚ), the National Institute for the Defence of Competition and the 
Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI), the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, the 
Ministry of Foreign Relations and the Ministry of Production. Industry, the Consumer Association and academia are members of the National Codex Committee. 
3.  The CNC Plenum meets in regular ordinary sessions. At its 67
th regular meeting on 
23 April 2012, it decided to co-sponsor the meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene. In coordination with the United States Government, it was agreed that Peru would host the 
46
th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene in 2014, one of the objectives being Peru's 
positioning within the Codex Alimentarius. This would bring Peru's National Codex Committee closer to other Codex Committees worldwide and build up the capacities of Peru's 
Technical Committee on Food Hygiene through coordinated and methodical work on issues 
of national interest. 
4.  Co-sponsoring will also enable Peru's delegates to participate more effectively in this year's 
session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene, with a focus on prioritizing risk-oriented 
preventive measures aimed at ensuring food safety , which will help to prevent diseases caused by 
consuming contaminated foods and to reduce expenditure on medical treatment for these diseases. This will likewise lead to greater emph asis on prioritizing food safety and health 
regulation policies. 
5.  The meeting is intended for the delegates of  the 186 Member States (having National Codex 
Alimentarius Committees), one member organization and 225 observers (intergovernmental 
organizations, international non-governmental organizations, United Nations and specialized 
agencies)
2 in the Codex. 
                                               
1 Supreme Decree No. 007-98/SA, Regulation on Sani tary Surveillance and Control of Food and 
Beverages, Fourth Supplementary, Transitional and Final Provision. 
2 According to Letter CX 2/7 from the Representa tive of the Food and Agriculture Organization of 
the United Nations. G/SPS/GEN/1362 
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  6.  The Codex Secretariat has issued the invita tions to Member States along with the agenda 
for the 46th Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene, which will take place 
from 17 to 21 November 2014 at the Hilton Hotel in Lima, Peru. 
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