G/TBT/GEN/251  
 
3 September  2018 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
ACTIVITIES OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS C OMMISSION  (CODEX)  
RELATED TO THE WORK OF THE WTO TBT COMMI TTEE  
INFORMATION PROVIDED  BY CODEX   
This document contains information provided by Codex  at the TBT Committee meeting of 
20-21 June 2018 under Agenda Item 5 (Observers).  
 
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1  CODEX SESSIONS SINCE  LAST SUBMISSION (MAR CH 2018)  
 50th Codex Committee on Food Additives (Xiamen, China, 26 -30 March 2018)  
 50th Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (Haikou, China, 9 -14 April 2018 ) 
 24th Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (Chicago, 23 –27 April 
2018)  
 39th Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sa mpling (Budapest, Hungary, 
7-11 May 2018)  
1.  In particular, the TBT Committee may wish to note the following:  
2.  The Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling  endorsed a large number of 
methods of analysis  and performance criteria for methods of analysis  for provisions in several 
standards and agreed to start new work on the  revision of the Guidelines on Measurement 
Uncertainty and the Guidelines on Sampling , respectively . Full report  
3.  Update on work related to the Codex Committee on Food Labelling: Since the last submission, 
a Circular Letter, CL 2018/24 -FL was issued (18 April 2018) requesting information to help inform 
development of discussion papers on:  
 Internet sales/ e -commerce;  
 Allergen labelling;  
 Innovation – use of technology in food labelling;  
 Alcoholic beverages labelling;  
 Criteria for the definition of "high in" nutritional descriptors for fats, sugars and sodium; 
and  
 Labelling of food in multipack format.  
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  2  FORTHCOMING CODEX ME ETINGS (UNTIL NOVEMB ER 2018)  
 75th Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Rome, Italy, 
26-30 June 2018)  
 41st Codex Alimentarius Commission (Rome, Italy, 2 –6 July 2018)  
 76th Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius  Commission (Rome, Italy, 26 July 
2018)  
 24th Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems 
(CCFICS) (Brisbane, Australia, 22 -26 October 2018)  
 50th Codex Committee on Food Hygiene(Panama City, Panama, 12 –16 November 2018)  
4.  With regards to the forthcoming meetings, the TBT Committee may wish to note the following:  
5.  Information on the upcoming Executive Committee  and the Codex Alimentarius 
Commission  is available at www.codexalimentarius.org . Several CAC side events will be held 
including two events on food authenticity and integrity (Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 July 2018) and 
an event on the WTO Standards and Trade Development Facility (Wednesday 4 July 2018).  
6.  The 24th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and 
Certification Systems  will consider (i) guidance on the use of systems equivalence, (ii) guidance 
on paperless use of electronic certificates and (iii) guidance on regulatory approaches to third 
party assurance schemes in food safety and fair practices in the food trade. The Committee will 
also discuss (i) food integrity and food authenticity and (ii) consideration of emerging issues and 
future directions for the work of CCFICS.  
 
 
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