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Public Meeting To Address Agenda Items for the 17th 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
Emily Metz
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2008 - 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 17th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee (CAC) on
Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS),
to be held in Cebu, Philippines Nov. 24 - 28, 2008.
The public meeting will be held on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, from 2 to 4 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. These include the proposed draft "Principles and Guidelines for the Conduct of Foreign On-Site Audits and Inspections,"
the proposed draft "Generic Model Health Certificate," the annex to the "Guidelines for Design,
Production, Insurance and Use of Generic Official Certificates." Also on the agenda are discussion papers
on the need for guidance for national food inspection systems, the need for further guidance on traceability
and product tracing and the development of guidance on the prevention of international contamination of food.
Other business and future work will be discussed as well. Documents and agenda items related to the 17th Session
of the CCFICS are available at the Codex Web site at
www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp.
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.
For further information concerning the 17th Session of the CCFICS, contact Mary Stanley, the U.S. Delegate to the
CCFICS, by phone at (202) 720-0287 or by e-mail at
Mary.Stanley@fsis.usda.gov.
Individuals are invited to submit their comments electronically to the following e-mail address:
Michael.Wehr@fda.hhs.gov.
For further information about the public meeting, contact Edith Kennard, Staff Officer, U.S. Codex Office, FSIS, by phone at (202) 720-5261 or by e-mail at
Edith.Kennard@fsis.usda.gov.
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