20-24 February 2012

CODEX - Sixth Session of the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Codex Task Force on Animal Feeding, Berne, Switzerland

The Sixth Session of the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Codex Task Force on Animal Feeding reached the following conclusions:

Matters for the 35th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

Matters for adoption

Proposed draft Standards and Related Texts at Step 5 of the Procedure

• The Task Force agreed to forward the proposed draft “Guidelines on application of risk assessment for feed” to the Commission for adoption at Step 5 (see para. 47 and Appendix II).

Matters of interest

The Task Force agreed that the document on prioritised list of hazards in feed would only focus on the prioritization of hazard in feed and on guidance on how governments could use these criteria. The Task Force agreed to return the renamed proposed draft “Guidance for use by governments in prioritizing the national feed hazards” to Step 2 for redrafting by an electronic working group, for circulation for comments at Step 3 and further consideration at its next session (see paras 77-83).