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Food Law News - FAO / WHO / WTO / Codex - 2015
Codex Meeting Report, 30 January 2015
CODEX – Coordinating Committee for Africa: Report of 21st Session
The Twenty first Session of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Africa reached the following conclusions:
MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE 38TH SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND BY THE 68TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Coordinating Committee:
- Agreed on the need for revitalisation of RCCs and made comments on several proposals for the revitalisation (para 30, 32, 34)
- Unanimously agreed to recommend that Kenya be appointed as Regional Coordinator for Africa (para 78).
- Agreed to propose new work for development of regional standards on the following 4 products: Dried meat; fermented cooked cassava based products; Shea butter and Gnetum spp leaves (para 61, 63, 65, 66);
OTHER MATTERS
The Coordinating Committee:
- Noted matters arising from the 36th and 37th Session of the Commission (para 7);
- Expressed appreciation to FAO and WHO for their work in the area of capacity building and scientific advice and the support provided through the Codex Trust Fund (para. 22, 23, 24);
- Agreed to adopt a new strategic plan for CCAFRICA (2014 – 2019) (para 53);
- Agreed to internally maintain and further develop the guidelines for the submission of candidature from Africa for Positions of responsibility at the Commission and its subsidiary bodies (para 72).
- Noted the information on the progress towards the development of the definition for biofortification (para 80);
A copy of the report is available on the Codex website at: http://www.codexalimentarius.org/download/report/918/REP15_CAe.pdf
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