G/SPS/GEN/1368  
13 October 2014  
(14-5836)  Page: 1/5  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  INFORMATION ON ACTIVITIES 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CODEX AL IMENTARIUS COMMISSION (CODEX) 
The following communication, received on 10 Octobe r 2014, is being circulated at the request of 
the Codex secretariat. 
 
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 1  CODEX SESSIONS SINCE THE LAST MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE (JULY 2014) 
 69
th Executive Committee of Codex Alimentarius Commission (Geneva, Switzerland, 
8-11 July 2014). 
 37th Codex Alimentarius Commission (Geneva, Switzerland, 14-18 July 2014). 
 27th Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables (Philadelphia, The United 
States of America, 8-12 September 2014). 
 13th FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and South West Pacific 
(Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, 23-26 September 2014). 
 29th FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Europe (The Hague, Netherlands, 
30 September-3 October 2014). 
In particular, the SPS Committee may wish to note the following: 
1.1.  The 37th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, among others: 
 adopted new or revised food quality and safety standards and related texts; new or 
revised provisions for additives and contaminants (maximum levels); new or revised provisions for pesticides and veterinary drugs (maximum residue limits)
1; and approved 
new work proposals2; 
 elected as Chairperson Mrs Awilo Ochieng Pernet (Switzerland), and as 
Vice-Chairpersons: Mr Guilherme Antonio da Costa Jr. (Brazil), Ms Yayoi Tsujiyama 
(Japan) and Mr Mahamadou Sako (Mali); 
 endorsed the conclusion of the Executiv e Committee to establish a monitoring 
framework for the implementation of the Strategic Plan 2014-2019; 
 noted the continued interest in the Codex Trust Fund (CTF) and its importance to enable 
participation in Codex and expressed support to the development and implementation of 
a successor initiative when current CTF ends in 2015; 
 endorsed the guidance to promote collaboration between Codex and OIE. 
2  FORTHCOMING CODEX MEETINGS3 
 21st Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Executive 
(Brisbane, Australia, 13-17 October 2014). 
 42nd Codex Committee on Food Labelling (Rome, Italy, 21-24 October 2014). 
 19th FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Asia (Tokyo, Japan, 3-7 November 2014). 
                                               
1 Appendix I. 
2 Appendix II. 
3 For the agenda please visit the Codex website at: http://www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings-
reports/en/ . For some Codex meetings scheduled for late 2014 or early 2015 the agenda may not yet be 
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   19th FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (San Jose, 
Costa Rica, 10-14 November 2014). 
 46th Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (Lima, Peru, 17-21 November 2014). 
 36th Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (Bali, Indonesia, 
24-28 November 2014). 
 21st FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Africa (Yaoundé, Cameroon, 
27-30 January 2015). 
 24th Codex Committee on Fats and Oils (TBA, Malaysia, 9-13 February 2015). 
 8th FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Near East (TBA, Lebanon, 
16-20 February 2015). 
2.1.  The Codex Committee on Food Import and Ex port Inspection and Certification 
Systems  will consider matters addressing principles and guidelines for the elaboration and 
management of questionnaires directed at expo rting countries; principles and guidelines for 
monitoring regulatory performance of national food control systems; revision of the principles and 
guidelines for the exchange of information in f ood safety emergency situations (CAC/GL 19-1995); 
amendments to the guidelines for the exchange of  information between countries on rejections of 
imported foods (CAC/GL 25-1997); and consideration of emerging issues and future work direction 
for the work of the Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems. 
2.2.  The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene  will consider in particular Guidelines for Control of 
Specific Zoonotic Parasites in Meat: Trichinella spp .; Annex on Statistical and Mathematical 
Considerations to the Principles and Guidelines for the Establishment and Application of 
Microbiological Criteria Related to Foods; Code of Practice for Low-Moisture Foods; Guidelines for 
the Control of Nontyphoidal Salmonella spp . In Beef and Pork Meat; and Guidelines on the 
Application of General Principles of Food Hy giene to the Control of Foodborne Parasites. 
3  SCIENTIFIC ADVICE 
3.1.  The document on the status of requests for scientific advice provided by FAO and WHO is 
available at the following address: ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/meetings/CAC/CAC37/cac37_14e.pdf . 
4  TECHNICAL COOPERATION 
4.1.  The document on relevant activities of FAO and WHO, including specific projects at the 
regional and national level, is available at the following address: ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/meetings /CAC/CAC37/cac37_14e_add1.pdf . 
4.2.  The documents on the Codex Trust Fund are available at the following addresses: 
ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/meetings/CAC/CAC37/cac37_13e.pdf . 
ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/meetings /CAC/CAC37/cac37_13_add1e.pdf . 
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  APPENDIX I 
LIST OF ADOPTED STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS 
Standards and Related Texts Reference Status 
Risk Management Recommendations (RMRs) for 
chloramphenicol, malachite green, carbadox, furazolidone, nitrofural, chlorpromazine, stilbenes 
and olaquindox REP14/RVDF 
Appendix IV Adopted 
Performance Characteristics for Multi-Residues 
Methods (MRMs) for Veterinary Drugs (Appendix C 
of CAC/GL 71-2009) REP14/RVDF 
Appendix VI Adopted 
Guidelines for the Control of Taenia saginata in Meat 
of Domestic Cattle REP14/FH 
Appendix IV Adopted 
Code of Hygienic Practice for Spices and Dried 
Aromatic Herbs  (CAC/RCP 42-1995) (Revision)  REP14/FH 
Appendix V Adopted 
Definitions of the Principles and Guidelines for the 
Conduct of Microbiological Risk Assessment (CAC/GL 
30-1999) (Amendment) REP14/FH 
Appendix II Adopted 
Performance Criteria for Methods for the 
Determination of Marine Biotoxins (Section I-8.6) in 
the Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs  REP14/FFP 
Appendix II Section I-8.6.1 Adopted 
Standard for Fresh and Quick Frozen Raw Scallop 
Products REP14/FFP 
Appendix III Adopted 
(Labeling provisions to be endorsed by CCFL) 
Food Additive Provisions in Standards for Fish and 
Fishery Products (Revision) REP14/FFP 
Appendix VI Adopted 
Standard for Passion Fruit REP14/FFV 
Appendix II Adopted with editorial 
amendments Spanish 
version (Labeling provisions to be 
endorsed by CCFL) 
Standard for Durian REP14/FFV 
Appendix III Adopted 
(Labeling provisions to be 
endorsed by CCFL) 
Standard for Okra  REP14/FFV 
Appendix IV Adopted 
(Labeling provisions to be endorsed by CCFL) 
Methods of Analysis and Sampling in Codex 
Standards REP14/MAS 
Appendix II Adopted with exception 
I-8.6.2 Biological and 
Functional Methods to 
Determine Paralytic 
Shellfish 
Food Additive Provisions of the General Standard for 
Food Additives (GSFA)  REP14/FA 
Appendix IX Adopted  
Guidelines for the Simple Evaluation of Dietary 
Exposure to Food Additives (Revision of CAC/GL 
3-1989) REP14/FA 
Appendix VIII Adopted 
International Numbering System for Food Additives  
(CAC/GL 36-1989) (Amendment)  REP14/FA 
Appendix XIII Adopted 
Specifications for the Identity and Purity of Food 
Additives REP14/FA 
Appendix XIV Adopted 
Notes of the GSFA (A mendment) REP14/FA 
Appendix II Adopted 
Provisions for Aluminium-containing Food Additives 
in Selected Standards (Revision) REP14/FA 
Appendix III Adopted 
Food Additive Sections of Standards for Meat 
Products (Revision) REP14/FA 
Appendix VII Adopted G/SPS/GEN/1368 
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  Standards and Related Texts Reference Status 
Food Additives Provisions of Food Category 08.0 
"Meat and meat products, including poultry" and its 
Sub-categories of the GSFA (Revision) REP14/FA 
Appendix IX Part 
D Adopted with amendments  
Maximum Level for Lead in Infant Formula and 
Formula for Special Medical Purposes Intended for 
Infants and for Follow up Formula (Revision) REP14/CF 
Appendix II  Adopted 
Maximum Level for Inorganic Arsenic in Polished 
Rice REP14/CF 
Appendix III Adopted 
Maximum Levels for Fumonisins in Maize and Maize 
Products and Associated Sampling Plans REP14/CF 
Appendix IV Adopted 
(Sampling plans to be endorsed by CCMAS) 
Annex for the Prevention and Reduction of Aflatoxins 
and Ochratoxin A Contamination in Sorghum ( Code 
of Practice for the Prevention and Reduction of 
Mycotoxin Contamination in Cereals CAC/RCP 
51-2003) REP14/CF 
Appendix V Adopted 
Code of Practice for Weed Control to Prevent and 
Reduce Pyrollizidine Alkaloid Contamination in Food 
and Feed REP14/CF 
Appendix VI Adopted 
General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in 
Food and Feed  (Editorial Amendments) REP14/CF 
Appendix VII Adopted 
Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides REP14/PR 
Appendices II 
and III Adopted 
Consequential Amendments for the Maximum 
Residue Limits for "Citrus Fruits" and "Lemons and 
Limes" following the Revision of the Classification of 
Food and Feed as per the Fruit Commodity Groups 
(Inclusion of Kumquats Under the Citrus Fruit 
Group) REP14/PR 
Appendix VIII Adopted 
 
 
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  APPENDIX II 
LIST OF APPROVED NEW WORK 
Codex 
Body Text Reference Job 
Number 
CCRVDF Priority List of Veterinary Drugs for 
Evaluation or Re-evaluation by JECFA REP14/RVDF, Appendix X Ongoing 
CCNFSDU Potential NRV for Potassium in 
Relation to the Risk of NCD REP14/NFSDU, Appendix III  N01-2014 
CCFH Guidelines for the Control of 
Nontyphoidal Salmonella spp. in Beef 
and Pork Meat REP14/FH, Appendix VI N02-2014 
CCFH Guidelines on the Application of 
General Principles of Food Hygiene to 
the Control of Foodborne Parasites REP14/FH, Appendix VII N03-2014 
CCSCH Standard for Black, White and Green 
Pepper REP14/SCH, Appendix II N04-2014 
CCSCH Standard for Cumin REP14/SCH, Appendix III N05-2014 
CCSCH Standard for Oregano REP14/SCH, Appendix IV N06-2014 
CCSCH Standard for Thyme REP14/SCH, 
CX/CAC 14/37/9 Annex 1 N07-2014 
CCFFV Standard for Ware Potato REP14/FFV, Appendix V N08-2014 
CCFFV Standard for Garlic REP14/FFV, Appendix VI N09-2014 
CCFFV Standard for Aubergines REP14/FFV, Appendix VII N10-2014 
CCFFV Standard for Kiwifruit REP14/FFV, Appendix VIII N11-2014 
CCCF Code of Practice for the Prevention 
and Reduction of Arsenic 
Contamination in Rice REP14/CF, Appendix VIII N12-2014 
CCCF Revision of the Code of Practice for 
the Prevention and Reduction of 
Mycotoxin Contamination in Cereals 
(CAC/RCP 51-2003)  REP14/CF, Appendix IX N13-2014 
CCCF Maximum Level for Total Aflatoxins in 
Ready-to-eat Peanuts and Associated 
Sampling Plan REP14/CF, Appendix X N14-2014 
CCCF Maximum Levels for Cadmium in 
Chocolate and Cocoa-derived Products  REP14/CF, Appendix XI N15-2014 
CCPR Priority List for the Establishment of 
Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides  REP14/PR, Appendix XV Ongoing 
CCMMP Standard for Processed Cheese CX/CAC 14/37/10 Add.1, Annex 3 N16-2014 
  
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