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Codex Alimentarius – Request for comments, at Step 3/4, on the draft Guidelines on the Prevention and Control of Food Fraud
Codex Members and Observers are invited to submit comments at Step 3/4 on the draft Guidelines
on the Prevention and Control of Food Fraud contained in the Appendix I of the document CX/FICS
24/27/5, and to also provide specific answers to the questions highlighted in the boxes under the
relevant sections of the Appendix.
The purpose is to provide guidance to competent authorities and FBOs on the prevention, detection,
mitigation, and control of food fraud to help protect the health of consumers, and to ensure fair practices
in food trade, including feed for food producing animals [that may impact human food safety].
Codex – CX/NFSDU 24/44/6 Add.1: DISCUSSION PAPER ON HARMONIZED PROBIOTIC GUIDELINES FOR USE IN FOODS AND FOOD SUPPLEMENTS
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.
Spain – Government approves law against food waste for parliamentary approval
The Council of Ministers today approved the draft Law on the Prevention of Food Loss and Waste, the first regulation on this subject to be enacted in Spain, with the aim of reducing the disposal of unconsumed food in the trash and promoting better use of food. During 2020, Spanish households threw away 1,364 million kilos/liters of food, an average of 31 kilos/liters per person.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has drawn attention to these data, which represent the loss of 250 euros per person. The law aims to “regulate and raise awareness” and “responds to a social need”, he stressed. On the one hand, it “regulates the preferential use of food for human consumption”, favoring donation, and on the other it tries to “make society aware of the need to reduce food wastage”.
Codex – REPORT OF THE 15th SESSION OF THE CODEX COMMITTEE ON CONTAMINANTS IN FOODS
The Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF) held its 15 th Session virtually, from 9 to 13 and 24 May 2022,
at the kind invitation of the Government of The Netherlands. The session was chaired by Dr. Sally Hoffer, Manager, Food
Safety and Sustainable Food, Directorate Plant Agro Food Chains, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, The
Netherlands. The session was attended by 85 Member Countries, 1 Member Organization and 17 observer organizations
and Palestine. The list of participants is contained in Appendix I.
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