G/SPS/GEN/1648  
 
10 October  2018 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
INFORMATION ON ACTIV ITIES  
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE CODEX ALIMENTARIU S COMMISSION (CODEX)  
The following communication, received on 9 October 2018, is being c irculated at the request of 
the Codex  secretariat.  
 
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1  CODEX SESSIONS SINCE  THE LAST MEETING OF THE COMMI TTEE ( JULY  2018)  
• 41st Codex  Alimentarius Commission (Rome, Italy, 2 -6 July 2018)  
• 76th Executive Committee of the Codex  Alimentarius Commission (Rome, Italy, 7 September 
2018)  
In particular, the SPS Committee may wish to note the followi ng: 
1.1.  The Codex Alimentarius Commission  adopted a number of standards , including maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for different pesticides in various foods and feeds; maximum levels (MLs) for 
methylmercury in certain fish species and for cadmium in chocolate; M RLs for veterinary drugs used 
in food -producing animals and the Risk Management Recommendation for Gentian Violet; revisions 
of the Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products: Guidance for Histamine Control ; the Code of 
Practice for the prevention and reduction of dioxins, dioxin -like PCBs and non -dioxin -like PCB 
contamination in food and feed; and the food -additive provisions of the General Standard for Food 
Additives, the revised food -additive sections of a number of Codex Standards, the revision of t he 
Class Names and the International Numbering System for Food Additives and the Specifications for 
the Identity and Purity of Food Additives.  
Full Report:  http://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/sh -
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Meetings%252FCX -701-41%252FReport%252FFINAL%252FREP18_CACe.pdf  
2  FORTHCOMING CODEX ME ETINGS  
• 24th Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Sys tems 
(Brisbane, Australia, 22 -26 October 2018)  
• 50th Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (Panama  City, Panama, 12 -16 November  2018)  
• 40th Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Di etary Uses (Berlin, Germany, 
26-30 November  2018)  
• 6th Ad hoc Codex Intergover nmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistanc e (Busan, Republic 
of Korea, 10 -14 December 2018)  
In particular, the SPS Committee may wish to note the following:  
2.1.  The Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification 
Systems  will discuss food integrity and food authenticity as well as emerging issues and future 
directions for the work of CCFICS.  
For the agenda  see http://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/sh -
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Meetings%252FCX -733-24%25 2FWorking%2BDocuments%252Ffc24_01e_Rev.pdf  G/SPS/GEN/1648  
 
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  2.2.  The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene  will proceed with its work on the revision of the 
General Principles of Food Hygiene  and its HACCP Annex (CXC 1 -1969). The Committee will also 
continue to work on the consequent ial amendments to sections the Code of Practice for Fish and 
Fishery Products  (CXC 52 -2003) (following the adoption of the guidance for histamine control), 
revisions of the section on sampling, examination and analysis in 11 standards for fish and fish 
products related to histamine food safety, Code of practice on food allergen management for food 
business operators, and Guidance for the management of (micro)biological foodborne 
crises/outbreaks.  
For the agenda  see http://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/sh -
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Meetings%252FCX -712-50%252Ffh50_01e.pdf  
2.3.  The Ad hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance  will 
discuss the revision of the Code of Practice to Minimize and Contain Antimicrobial Resistance  
(CXC 61-2005) and will al so discuss the development of the Guidelines on integrated surveillance of 
antimicrobial resistance.  
For the agenda  see http://www.fao.org/fao -who-codexalimentarius/sh -
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Meetin gs%252FCX -804-06%252FWD%252Famr06_01e_Rev.pdf  
 
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