28 February – 4 March 2005

CODEX – Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (27 th Session) Cape Town , South Africa

The summary and conclusions of the 27th Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products are as follows:

Matters for adoption by the Commission:

The Committee:

• advanced to Step 8 the Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (Section on Aquaculture) (para. 59, Appendix II);
• advanced to Step 5/8 the Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (Shrimps and Prawns; Cephalopods; Transport; Retail; and relevant Definitions) (para.91, Appendix III);
• advanced to Step 8 the Draft Amendment to the Standard for Salted Fish and Dried Salted Fish of the Gadidae Family (para. 34, Appendix IV);
• advanced to Step 5 the Proposed Draft Standard for Sturgeon Caviar (para. 148, Appendix VI);
• agreed to propose new work on the elaboration of a Code of Practice on the Processing of
• Scallop Meat (para. 114).

Other matters of interest to the Commission:

The Committee:

• agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Standard for Live and Non-Viable Bivalve Molluscs (para. 98, Appendix VIII);
• agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Standard for Quick Frozen Scallop Adductor Muscle Meat (para. 115, Appendix VII);
• agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Standard for Smoked Fish (para. 129, Appendix V);
• agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (other sections) (para. 92, Appendix IX);
• agreed to consider further at its next session the Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine Type Products (Clupea bentincki); the review of the procedure for the inclusion of additional species; and a proposal for the amendment of the labelling section in the Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine-Type Products (para. 155).