G/SPS/GEN/1443  
 
1 October 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
 INFORMATION ON ACTIVITIES 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CODEX AL IMENTARIUS COMMISSION (CODEX) 
The following communication, received on 29 Septem ber 2015, is being circulated at the request 
of the Codex secretariat. 
 
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 1  CODEX SESSIONS SINCE THE LAST MEETING OF THE SPS COMMITTEE (JULY 2015) 
 2
nd Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (Goa, India, 14–18 September 2015) 
 19th Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (Ixtapa, Mexico, 5-9 October 2015) 
2  FORTHCOMING CODEX MEETINGS 
 34th Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (Ålesund, Norway, 19-24 October 2015) 
 47th Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (Boston, United States, 9-13 October 2015) 
 37th Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (Bad Soden a.T., 
Germany, 23–27 November 2015) 
 22nd Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems 
(Melbourne, Australia, 6–12 February 2016) 
 37th Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (Budapest, Hungary, 
22-26 February 2016) 
In particular, the SPS Committee may wish to note the following: 
2.1.  The Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products  will consider in particular revision of 
the Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products  (CAC/RCP 52-2003) to include sections on fish 
sauce; fresh and quick frozen raw scallop products; and sturgeon caviar, and an appendix on 
Modified Atmosphere Packaging. The Committee will also consider matters related to food additive 
provisions in Standards for fish and fishery Products and provisions for histamine. 
For the agenda see http://www.codexalimentarius.org/ download/report/930/fp34_01e.pdf . 
2.2.  The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene  will consider in particular development of 
Guidelines for the Control of Nontyphoidal Salmonella  spp. in Beef and Pork; Guidelines on the 
Application of General Principles of Food Hygiene to the Control of Foodborne Parasites; and Code 
of Practice for Low-Moisture Foods, and revision of the Code of Hygienic Practice for Fresh Fruits 
and Vegetables  (CAC/RCP 53-2003) and the General Principles of Food Hygiene  (CAC/RCP 1-1969) 
and its HACCP annex. 
For the agenda see http://www.codexalimentarius.org/ download/report/931/fh47_01e.pdf . 
2.3.  The Codex Committee on Food Import and Ex port Inspection and Certification 
Systems  will consider in particular development of Principles and/or Guidelines for the Exchange 
of Information (including questionnaires) Between Countries to Support Food Import and Export; 
Guidance for Monitoring the Performance of National Food Control Systems, and revision of the Principles and Guidelines for the Exchange of Information in Food Safety Emergency Situations  
(CAC/GL 19-1995) and the Guidelines for the Exchange of Information between Countries on 
Rejections of Imported Food  (CAC/GL 25-1997). The Committee will also consider matters related 
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  and migration to paperless certification, as well as emerging issues and future directions for the 
work of the CCFICS. For the agenda see http://www.codexalimentarius.org/ download/report/944/fc22_01e.pdf . 
2.4.  The Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling  will consider in particular 
Criteria for Endorsement of Biological Methods to Detect Chemicals of Concern; Procedures for 
Determining Uncertainty of Measurement Results; Development of Procedures/Guidelines for Determining Equivalency to Type I Methods; Criteria Approach for Methods Which Use a "Sum of 
Components"; and Review and Update of Methods in CODEX STAN 234-1999. 
(Agenda will be available on the website in the near future.) 
 
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