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Food Law News - FAO / WHO / WTO / Codex - 2016

Codex Meeting Report, 22 September 2016

CODEX - FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and the South West Pacific (14th Session)

Given below is the summary and Status of Work table presented in the Report of the Forteenth Session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and the South West Pacific at Port Vila, Vanuatu on 19 – 22 September 2016.

A copy of the report is available at: CCNASWP14 FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and South West Pacific

Responsible Party

Purpose

Text/Topic

Code

Step

Para.

Vanuatu / New Zealand/ Australia CCEXEC73 CAC40 CCNASWP15

Approval

New work on development of a regional standard for kava as a beverage when mixed with cold water.

-

1/2/3

76

CAC40

Appointment

Recommended that Vanuatu be re-appointed as Coordinator for North America and the South West Pacific.

-

-

77

EWG (Tonga) CCNASWP15

Redrafting

Proposed draft regional standard for fermented noni juice

-

2/3

69

CCEXEC73

Information

Agreed to discontinue monitoring and reporting of Strategic Plan for CCNASWP 2014 – 2019.

 

 

55

CAC Chair and vice Chairs

Information

Considered that the four goals of the Codex Strategic Plan 2014 – 2019 were still valid and relevant for the new Strategic Plan; but were not in a position to provide comments on Objectives at the present session.

 

 

58 – 59

CCCF

Request for advice / information

The work on the regional standard for fermented noni juice is still ongoing and safety assessment of scopoletin is still needed.

-

-

68

Members

Information

CCNASWP members are urged to provide to JECFA data on safety / toxicity of scopoletin

-

-

68

FAO/WHO

Members

Information

Discussion on Item 3 is an important first step for identifying issues and priorities for the region.

-

-

26

Information

Asked FAO and WHO to take account of the suggestions made in the continued development of the online platform for information sharing on food quality and safety systems.

 

 

31

Information

Suggested to expand the scope of the survey on the use of Codex standards to a category of standards of critical interest to the region.

 

 

39

Information

Urged CCNASWP Members to follow the discussion and actively contribute to the work on a number of Codex work of interest to the region.

 

 

48

 

 

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