Codex alimentarius
Subtitle: food import and export inspection and certification systems
Contributors: World Health Organization; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: World Health Organization; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Roma
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9789251070772
Subjects: Food adulteration and inspection; Standards; Food
Other titles: Food import and export inspection and certification systems.
Description: "Official and officially recognized inspections and certification systems are fundamentally important and very widely used means of food control systems. The confidence of consumers in the safety and quality of their food supply depends in part on their perception as to the effectiveness of these systems as food control measures. A substantial part of the worldwide trade in food depends upon the use of inspection and certification systems. Following the FAO/WHO Conference of Food Standards, Chemicals in Food and Food Trade in 1991, the Codex Alimentarius Commission undertook the development of guidance documents for governments and other interested parties on food import and export inspection and certification systems. This fifth edition includes texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission up to 2011"--Page 4 of cover.