27 - 30 April 1999: COMMITTEE - Food Labelling (7th session)

Codex Committee on Food Labelling (7th session)
Ottawa, Canada, 27 - 30 April 1999

The Committee:

• agreed to advance to Step 8 section 5.1 (criteria) of the Draft Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced;
• agreed to advance to Step 8 the Proposed Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (composite ingredients);
• agreed to advance to Step 5 the Proposed Draft Amendment to the Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling;
• agreed to advance to Step 5 the Proposed Draft Amendment to the General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (class names).

Other Matters of Interest to the Commission

The Committee:

• agreed to return to Step 6 the provisions on Livestock in the Draft Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods;
• agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Recommendations for the Use of Health Claims;
• agreed to return to Step 3 for redrafting and comments the Proposed Draft Recommendations for the Labelling of Foods Obtained through Biotechnology (section on mandatory labelling);
• agreed to return to Step 3 for redrafting and further comments the Proposed Draft Guidelines for the Use of the Term "Vegetarian";
• agreed to ask the advice of the CCNFSDU on some aspects of the Proposed Draft Recommendations for Sports and Energy Drinks and to discontinue work on this question in the meantime;
• endorsed the labelling provisions in the draft standards for milk and milk products, pineapples and sugars with some amendments.