During the forty-third session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU43) on 7-10 March and 15 March 2023, Argentina and Malaysia introduced the revised Discussion Paper and Project Document on Harmonized Probiotic Guidelines for Use in Foods and Food Supplements and provided a response to concerns raised in the Physical Working Group (PWG) which took place on 6 March 2023 (as contained in CRD39).

Develop a revised discussion paper and project document, taking into account comments at CCNFSDU43 and with the aim to consider it at CCNFSDU44 as part of the discussions of new work proposals. The revised discussion paper is attached as Appendix I and the project document as Appendix II.