Food Law News - FAO/WHO/WTO/Codex - 2011
Codex Report (REP 11/FO), 21 - 25 February 2011
CODEX - Report of the 22nd Session of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils, Penang, Malaysia
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The summary and conclusions of the 22nd Session of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils are as follows:
Matters for adoption by the 34th Session of the Commission:
The Committee:
- Advanced to Step 8 the Draft Amendment to the Standard for Named Vegetable Oils: Inclusion of Palm Kernel Olein and Palm Kernel Stearin, Code of Practice for the Storage and Transport of Edible Fats and Oils in Bulk: Draft Criteria to Assess the Acceptability of Substances for Inclusion in a List of Acceptable Previous Cargoes and Code of Practice for the Storage and Transport of Edible Fats and Oils in Bulk: Draft List of Acceptable Previous Cargoes and to Step 5/8 the Proposed Draft List of Acceptable Previous Cargoes
- agreed to propose new work on the Development of a Codex Standard for Fish Oils and Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Named Vegetable Oils; Rice Bran Oil
- agreed to discontinue work on Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Olive Oils and Olive Pomace Oils: Linolenic Acid Level
Matters referred to other Codex Committees
The Committee agreed
- To ask the Committee on Contaminants in Foods whether halogenated solvents should be considered as contaminants for inclusion in the GSCTFF
- To ask the Committee on Contaminants in Foods to replace these entries with “fat spreads and blended spreads”
- To inform the Committee on Food Labelling that there was no need for general guidance in the case of fatty acid composition of fats and oils
- To inform the Committee on Fish and Fishery Products to inform that the Committee proposed to initiate a new work on the Standard for Fish Oils
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