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G/SPS/GEN/1126 
19 October 2011 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
INFORMATION ON ACTIVITIES 
 
Communication from the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) 
  
 The following communication, received on 19 Octo ber 2011, is being circulated at the request 
of the Codex secretariat. 
 
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I. CODEX SESSIONS SINCE THE LAST MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE (30 JUNE 
– 1 JULY 2011) 
 Codex Alimentarius Commission (Gen eva, Switzerland, 4-9 July 2011) 
1. In particular, the SPS Committee may wish to note the following: 
The 34th Session of the Codex Alim entarius Commission, among others: 
 adopted 31 new or revised Codex standards or related texts and many new or revised 
provisions for additives and MRLs for pesticid es (see Appendix I), and approved a number of 
new work proposals (see Appendix II); 
 considered the implementation of the Strate gic Plan 2008-2013 of the Codex Alimentarius 
Commission and was informed of the prepar ation of the Strategic Plan 2014-2018 in the 
Executive Committee;  
 Made several recommendations to respond to the Codex Trust Fund Mid-term Review;  
 Elected as Chairperson Mr Sanjay Dave (India), as Vice-Chairpersons Mr Samuel Godefroy 
(Canada), Mrs Awilo Ochieng Pernet (Swit zerland), and Professor Samuel Sefa Dedeh 
(Ghana); as Members of the Executive Committee elected on a geographical basis: Australia, 
China, France, Jamaica, Kenya, Tunisia, a nd United States of America; and appointed as 
regional Coordinators: Cameroon (Africa), Japan (Asia), Poland (Europe), Costa Rica (Latin 
America and the Caribbean), Lebanon (Near East), Papua New Guinea (North America and South-West Pacific). 
2. The full report of the meeting is available at: http://www.codexalimentarius.net  or at 
ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/ Reports_2011/REP11_CACe.pdf . 
II. FORTHCOMING CODEX MEETINGS  
 Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspec tion and Certification Systems (Cairns, 
Australia, 17-21 October 2011); G/SPS/GEN/1126 
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   Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Spec ial Dietary Uses (Bad Soden am Taunus, 
Germany, 14-18 November 2011); 
 Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (Miami, United States of America, 5-9 December 2011); 
 Executive Committee of the Codex Alimenta rius Commission (7-10 February 2012); 
 Task Force on Animal Feeding (Bern, Switzerland, 20-24 February 2012). 
3. The Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems will 
proceed with its work on the development of Prop osed Draft Principles and Guidelines for National 
Food Control Systems and will consider a discussion paper on further guidance regarding attestation 
in Generic Model Official Certificates and other proposals for new work. 
4. The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene will consider Proposed Draft Guidelines on the 
Application of General Principles of Food Hygiene to the Control of Viruses, the Proposed Draft 
Annex on Melons to the Code of Hygienic Practi ce for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, the Proposed 
Draft Revision of the Principles for the Establishment and Application of Microbiological Criteria,  
and Proposed Draft Guidelines for Control of  Specific Zoonotic Parasites in Meat. 
5. The ad hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Animal Feeding will consider the Proposed 
Draft Guidelines on Application of Risk Assessment for Feed, how to apply the existing Codex risk 
assessment methodologies to the various types of h azards related to contaminants/residues in feed 
ingredients, including feed additi ves used in feedingstuffs, and a Pr oposed Draft Prioritised List of 
Hazards in Feed.  G/SPS/GEN/1126 
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APPENDIX I 
LISTS OF STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS ADOPTED BY THE 34TH SESSION OF 
THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION 
 
 
Part 1 – Standards and Related Texts Adopted at Step 8 
Standards and Related Texts Reference 
MRLs for narasin (pig tissues) and tilmicosin (chicken and turkey 
tissues) REP11/RVDF, Appendix III 
Guidelines for Risk Analysis of Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance REP11/AMR, Appendix II 
Annex to the Guidelines on Nutritio n Labelling: General Principles 
for Establishing Nutrient Reference Values of Vitamins and Minerals 
for General Population REP11/NFSDU, Appendix II 
Regional Standard for Edible Sa go Flour REP11/ASIA, Appendix II 
Amendment to the Standard for Na med Vegetable Oils: Inclusion of 
Palm Kernel Olein and Palm Kernel Stearin REP11/FO, Appendix II 
Code of Practice for the Storage and Transport of Edible Fats and 
Oils in Bulk: Criteria to Assess the Acceptability of Substances for 
Inclusion in a List of Acceptable Previous Cargoes REP11/FO, Appendix III 
Code of Practice for the Storage and Transport of Edible Fats and 
Oils in Bulk: List of Acceptable Previous Cargoes REP11/FO, Appendix IV 
Revised Guidelines on Measurement Uncertainty REP11/MAS, Appendix II 
Food Additive Provisions of the General Standard for Food 
Additives  (GSFA) REP11/FA, Appendix III 
Maximum Residue Limits for P esticides REP11/PR, Appendix II 
Standard for Fish Sauce REP11/FFP, Appendix III 
Standard for Tree Tomatoes REP11/FFV, Appendix III 
Revision of the Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling: List of Nutrients 
that are always declared on a Voluntary or Mandatory Basis REP11/FL, Appendix II G/SPS/GEN/1126 
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Part 2 – Standards and Related Texts Adopted at Step 5/8 (with omission of Step 6 and 7) 
Standards and Related Texts Reference 
Standard for Desiccated Coconut (revision of CODEX STAN 177-1991) REP11/PFV, Appendix III 
Annex on Certain Mushrooms (revision of CODEX STAN 55-1981)( For 
inclusion in the Codex Standard for Certain Canned Vegetables ) REP11/PFV, Appendix IV 
Standard for Canned Bamboo Shoots (revision of CODEX STAN 241-
2003) REP11/PFV, Appendix V 
Regional Standard for Culantro Coyote REP11/LAC, Appendix II 
Regional Standard for Lucuma REP11/LAC, Appendix III 
Regional Standard for Chilli Sauce REP11/ASIA, Appendix III 
Guideline for the Control of Campylobacter  and Salmonella  spp in 
Chicken Meat REP11/FH, Appendix III 
Revision of the Recommended International Code of Hygienic Practice 
for Collecting, Processing and Marke ting of Natural Mineral Waters 
(CAC/RCP 33-1985) REP11/FH, Appendix V 
Code of Practice for the Storage and Tr ansport of Edible Fats and Oils in 
Bulk: List of Acceptable Previous Cargoes REP11/FO, Appendix V 
Food Additive Provisions of the General Standard for Food Additives  
(GSFA) REP11/FA, Appendix III 
Revision of the Food Category System of the GSFA (food categories 
05.1, 05.2 and 05.4) REP11/FA, Appendix VIII 
Amendments to the International Numbering System for Food Additives  REP11/FA, Appendix XII 
Specifications for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives REP11/FA, Appendix XIII 
Code of Practice for the Prevention and Reduction of Ethyl Carbamate 
Contamination in Stone Fruit Distillates REP11/CF, Appendix II 
Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides REP11/PR, Appendix III 
Revision of the Guidelines on the Estimation of Uncertainty of Results 
for the Determination of Pesticide Residues (Annex to CAC/GL 59-2006) REP11/PR, Appendix X 
Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (section on smoked fish 
and relevant definitions) REP11/FFP, Appendix V 
Amendment to Section 3.4.5.1 Water of  the Code of Practice for Fish and 
Fishery Products REP11/FFP, Appendix VI 
Amendment to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks REP11/FFP, Appendix XI 
Standard for Chilli Peppers REP11/FFV, Appendix IV 
Compilation of Codex Texts Relevant  to Labelling of Foods Derived 
from Modern Biotechnology REP11/FL, Appendix III 
Regional Standard for Harissa REP11/NEA, Appendix III 
Regional Standard for Halwa te henia REP11/NEA, Appendix IV  G/SPS/GEN/1126 
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Part 3 – Other Standards and Related Texts Submitted for Adoption 
Standards and Related Texts  Reference 
Amendments to Food Additive Provision s for Antioxidants and Preservatives 
of Food Category 04.1.2.2 "dried fruits" of the GSFA REP11/FA, para. 26 
Revision of Section 4 "Carry-over of Food Additives" into food of the 
Preamble to the GSFA REP11/FA, Appendix IX 
Amendment to "Explanatory notes on the lay-out of the INS" Section 1 of the 
Class Names and International Numbering System for Food Additives 
(CAC/GL 36-1989) REP11/FA, para. 148 
Methods of Analysis in Codex Standards at  different steps REP11/MAS, Appendix III 
Amendment to the Preamble of Section 6, Aquaculture Products of the Code 
of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products REP11/FFP, Appendix II G/SPS/GEN/1126 
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  APPENDIX
 II 
LIST  OF DRAFT  STANDARDS  AND  RELATED  TEXTS  APPROVED  AS NEW  WORK  BY 
THE  34TH SESSION  OF THE  CODEX  ALIMENTARIUS  COMMISSION 
 
Responsible 
Body Standard and Related Texts Reference Job Code  
CCRVDF Performance criteria for multi-residue analytical 
methods for veterinary drug residue analyses 
(Appendix to the Guidelines for the design and 
implementation of national regulatory food safety 
assurance programmes associated with the use of veterinary drugs in food producing animals  
(CAC/GL 71-2009)) REP11/RVDF, 
Appendix V N01-2011 
CCRVDF Priority list of veterinary drugs for evaluation or re-
evaluation by JECFA REP11/RVDF, 
Appendix VI ongoing 
CCEURO Regional Standard for Fresh Fungus "Chanterelle" REP11/EURO, 
Appendix II N02-2011 
CCEURO Regional Standard for Ayran REP11/EURO, 
Appendix III N03-2011 
CCNFSDU Inclusion of a New Part B for Underweight Children 
in the Standard for Processed Cereal-Based Foods 
for Infants and Young Children  (CODEX STAN 74-
1981) REP11/NFSDU, 
Appendix V N04-2011 
CCASIA Regional Standard for Tempe REP11/ASIA, 
Appendix IV N05-2011 
CCFFV 
CCASIA (Regional) Standard for Durian REP11/ASIA, 
Appendix V N06-2011 
CCFH Guidelines for Control of Specific Zoonotic 
Parasites in Meat: Trichinella spiralis  and 
Cysticercus bovis REP11/FH,   
Appendix VI N07-2011 
CCFH Annex on Melons to the Code of Hygienic Practice 
for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables  (CAC/RCP 53-
2003) REP11/FH,   
Appendix VII N08-2011 
CCFO Standard for Fish Oils REP11/FO,   
Appendix VI N09-2011 
CCFO Amendment to parameters for rice bran oil in the 
Standard for Named Vegetable Oils  REP11/FO,   
Appendix VII N10-2011 
CCMAS Principles for the Use of Sampling and Testing in 
International Food Trade REP11/MAS,  
Appendix IV N11-2011 
CCCF Maximum Levels for Arsenic in Rice REP11/CF,     
Appendix IV N12-2011 
CCS Standard for "Panela" REP11/LAC,        
para. 135 N13-2011  G/SPS/GEN/1126 
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  Responsible 
Body Standard and Related Texts Reference Job Code  
CCASIA Regional Standard for Laver Products REP11/ASIA,       
para. 144 and          
REP 11/FFP,  para. 
176 N14-2011 
CCFFP Criteria/Parameters for screening methods for 
biotoxins in the Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs REP11/FFP,         
paras 119-121 N15-2011 
CCFFP Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products 
(section on sturgeon cavier) REP11/FFP           
para. 178 N16-2011 
CCFFV Standard for Golden Passion Fruit (problem in 
Spanish text) REP11/FFV          
para. 143 N17-2011 
CCFL Inclusion of new substances into the Guidelines for 
the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods REP11/FL,    
Appendix VI N18-2011 
CCPFV Standard for Certain Quick Frozen Vegetables REP11/PFV,         
paras 116-117 N19-2011 
CCPFV Standard for Certain Canned Fruits REP11/PFV,         
paras 116-117 N20-2011 
CCPR Priority List for the Establishment of MRLs for 
Pesticides REP11/PR,    
Appendix XI Ongoing 
CCNEA  Regional Standard for Doogh REP11/NEA,        
paras 80-82 N21-2011 
CCMAS Definitions and Criteria for Proprietary Methods in 
Codex Standards for Inclusion in the Procedural 
Manual REP11/MAS,          
para. 78 Procedure 
 
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