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Codex Activities and its
implication to Food Sector
By
Metanee Sukontarug
Director, Office of National Codex
Alimentarius Committee
TISI, THAILAND
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Purposes of Codex establishment
(1961/62)
Protect consumers health
Ensure fair practices in food trade
Promote coordination of food standards
work
Determine priorities, initiate and guide
the preparation of standards
Finalize standards and publish
Amend published standards
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Codex Alimentarius Commission
EXECUTIVE CODEX ALLIMENTARIUS FAO/WHO
COMMITTEE COMMISSION SECRETARIAT
SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE COMMISSION
WORLD WIDE WORLD WIDE REGIONAL
ad hoc International
GENERAL SUBJECT COMMODITY CODEX CO-ORDINATING
Task Forces
CODEX COMMITTEES COMMITTEES COMMITTES
RESIDUES OF IMPORT/EXPORT COCOA PRODUCTS NATURAL MINERAL Foods derived from
VETERINARY INSPECTION AND AND CHOCOLATE Biotechnology AFRICA
(Switzerland) WATERS (Switzerland)
DRUGS IN FOOD CERTIFICATION (Japan)
(U.S.A) (Australia) FISH AND FISHERY
SUGARS PRODUCS Animal Feeding ASIA
FOOD ADDITIVES GENERAL (United Kingdom) (Norway) (Denmark)
AND PRINCIPLES
CONTAMINANTS PROCESSED FRUITS VEGETABLE Fruit and
(Netherlands)
(France)
AND VEGETABLES PROTEINS EUROPE
(U.S.A.) (Canada) Vegetable
PESTICIDE Juices
RESIDUES FOOD LABELLING
(Canada) FATS AND OILS MEAT HYGIENE (Brazil) LATIN AMERICA
(Netherlands) AND THE
(United Kingdom) (New Zealand)
CARIBBEAN
ANALYSIS AND FOOD HYGIENE FRESH FRUITS AND
SOUPS AND BROTHS
SAMPLING (U.S.A.) VEGETABLES
(Switzerland) NORTH AMERICA
(Mexico)
(Hungary) AND THE SOUTH-WEST
NUTRITION AND CEREALS, PULSES PACIFIC
AND LEGUMES
FOODS FOR (U.S.A.)
SPECIAL DIETARY
MILK AND MILK Near East
USES (Germany)
PRODUCTS
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Codex Standard : Consensus
many THE
opinions CODEX
CONSENSUS
governments
consumers
producers
manufacturers
experts
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Risk Analysis
Risk Assessment Risk Management
• Hazard Identification • Risk Evaluation
• Hazard Characterization • Option Assessment
• Exposure Assessment • Option Implementation
• Risk Characterization • Monitoring & Review
Risk Communication
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Codex Strategic Framework :
Vision Statement
The Codex Alimentarius Commission envisages
a world afforded the highest attainable levels of
consumer protection, including food safety and
quality. To this end, the Commission will develop
internationally agreed standards and related texts
for use in domestic regulation and international
trade in food that are based on scientific principles
and fulfil the objectives of consumer health
protection and fair practices in food trade.
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WTO (1 January 1995)
• Agreement on the Application of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
(SPS)
• Agreement on Technical Barriers to
Trade (TBT)
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SPS and Codex
• measures conform to Codex presume to
meet requirement of SPS in protect
human life or health
• stricter measures than Codex need
scientific justification
• Codex are references for resolving
trade disputes
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SPS and Codex (cont.)
SPS encourage member
• to participate in development of
Codex Standards
• to use Codex Standards for
establishing national food standards
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TBT and Codex
TBT covers other food standards except
SPS matters
TBT measures
• based on international standard
• aimed to prevent of deceptive and
dishonest
• concerning labelling, quality, nutrition,
packaging, testing requirement etc.
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Codex Standards
Commodity Standards General Subject
Standards
Quality Food Food
Safety Safety
TBT SPS
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Codex safety standards
referred by SPS
• additives
• veterinary drug
• pesticide residues
• contaminants
• methods of analysis and sampling
• codes and guidelines of hygienic practice
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Additives, Contaminants & Residues
• General Standards on the Use of Food
Additives
• General Standards on Contaminants
• Maximum Residue Limits
• Pesticides
• Veterinary Drugs
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Food Hygiene
• General Principles of Food Hygiene
• Hazard Anlaysis and Critical Control
Point (HACCP)
• Microbiological Criteria
• Code of Hygienic Practice for Specific
Commodities
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Food Labelling
• General Standards
• Nutrition Labelling & Claims
• Special Labelling
Halal
Organic
Special dietary foods
Infant foods
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Codex Commodity Standards
• product description
• essential composition and quality
factor
• safety and hygiene
• labelling
etc.
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Codex General Principles
• Code of Ethics
• Principles for the Application of Risk
Analysis
• General Principles
• Rules of Procedure
• Elaboration Procedure
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Import/Export Inspection
and Certification System
• Principles
• Design, Operation, Assessment & Accreditation
• Development of Equivalence Agreement
• Exchange of Information in Food Control
Emergency Situation
• Exchange of Information between Countries on
Rejections of Imported Food
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Import/Export Inspection
and Certification System (cont.)
• Generic official certificate formats and the
production and issuance of certificates
• Judgement of equivalence of sanitary measures
• Food import control systems
• Utilization and promotion of quality assurance
system
• Judgement of equivalence of technical regulation
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Recommendations
Conference on International Food Trade Beyond 2000
Countries should accept the challenge
of strengthening the capacities and capabilities
of their national food regulatory system by devoting
increased resources, improving information
technology system and participation more actively in
meeting of relevant technical committees and
commissions dealing with food regulatory matters.
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Recommendations
Conference on International Food Trade Beyond 2000
Countries should take all necessary
steps to apply Codex standards to all
imported, exported and domestically
produced and
traded foods.
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Recommendations
Conference on International Food Trade Beyond 2000
Governments should in close contact with
industry and consumer associations, develop
education and training programme to explain
the importance of safe application of new
technologies. Emphasis should be placed on
the infrastructure required for an effective food
safety programme including trained inspectors,
technically competent analysts, skilled public
information officer and competent administrative
staff.
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Recommendations
Conference on International Food Trade Beyond 2000
Government, industry, farmers,
consumers should be associated with
developing appropriate training packages
for the safe production and handling of
food, particularly for the application of
HACCP.
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Recommendations
Conference on International Food Trade Beyond 2000
National food regulatory framework
should acknowledge the prime responsibilities
of the whole food chain for the production of
safe food by setting objectives. Operators
have a major responsibilities in developing
appropriate means to achieve those objectives.
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