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Public Meeting to Address Agenda Items for the 16th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Peggy Riek
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2007 - The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, today announced a public meeting to discuss agenda items coming before the
16th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee (CAC) on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification
Systems (CCFICS), to be held in Queensland, Australia, Nov. 26-30, 2007.
The public meeting will be held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the South Agriculture Building,
Room 0161, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C.
Agenda items to be discussed during the public meeting will include general matters referred to the committee
by the Codex bodies, the proposed draft appendix to the guidelines on the judgment of equivalence of sanitary
measures associated with food inspection and certification, discussion papers on the need to revise the
Principles for Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification and the Guidelines for the Design, Operation,
Assessment and Accreditation of Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems. Also on the
agenda are the need for guidance for national food inspection systems, the development of guidelines for the
conduct of foreign audit team inspections, and the need for further guidance on traceability and product tracing,
consistency of the draft "Model Export Certificate for Milk and Milk Products." Other business and
future work will be discussed as well. Documents and agenda items related to the 16th Session of the CCFICS are
available at the Codex Web site at https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920140438/http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/current.jsp?lang=en.
Codex was created in 1963 by two United Nations organizations, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World
Health Organization. Codex develops food standards, guidelines and codes of practice in order to protect the
health of consumers, ensure fair food trade practices and promote coordination of food standards undertaken by
international governmental and non-governmental organizations.
The CCFICS, hosted by the government of Australia, was established to develop principles and guidelines for
food import and export inspection and certification systems to facilitate trade through harmonization by supplying
safe and quality foods to consumers. This includes measurements made by competent authorities to provide assurance
that foods comply with essential requirements.
Interested U.S. parties should submit their comments by email to Dr. Michael Wehr, Acting Deputy Director, Codex
Program Coordinator, International Affairs Staff, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, at
Michael.Wehr@fda.hhs.gov.
For further information about the public meeting, contact Edith Kennard, Staff Officer, U.S. Codex Office,
Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 4861, South Agriculture Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, D.C. 20250, by phone (202) 720-5261, fax (202) 720-3157, or e-mail
Edith.Kennard@fsis.usda.gov.
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