18 – 22 September 2006

CODEX - Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (28th Session), Beijing , China

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

The summary and conclusions of the 28th Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products are as follows:

Matters for adoption by the Commission:

The Committee:

• advanced to Step 5/8 the Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (Quick Frozen Coated Products, Salted Fish and relevant Definitions) (para. 91, Appendix II);
• advanced to Step 5 of the Accelerated Procedure the Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine-Type Products (para.12, Appendix III);
• advanced to Step 5 the Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs, Lobsters and Crabs and relevant Definitions) (para. 92, Appendix IV);
• advanced to Step 5 the Proposed Draft Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs (para. 111, Appendix V);
• agreed to propose new work on the revision of the Procedure for the Inclusion of Additional Species in Standards for Fish and Fishery Products (para. 123); an amendment to the Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks, Fish Portions and Fish Fillets – Breaded or in Batter (Nitrogen Factors) (para. 129); a Proposed Draft Standard for Fish Sauce (para. 127) and a Proposed Draft Standard for Abalone (para. 133).

Other matters of interest to the Commission:

The Committee:

• agreed to return to Step 6 the Draft Standard for Sturgeon Caviar (para. 26, Appendix VII);
• agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (other sections) (para. 92, Appendix VI);
• agreed to return the Proposed Draft Standard for Smoked Fish for redrafting, circulation at Step 3 and consideration at the next session (para. 121);
• agreed to defer consideration of the Proposed Draft Standard for Quick Frozen Scallop Adductor Muscle Meat and the Proposed Draft Code of Practice for the Processing of Scallop Meat until its next session (paras. 112 and 122);
• agreed to consider further at its next session a proposal for the inclusion of additional species in the Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine-Type Products (para. 130).