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Public Meeting to Address Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses |
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Congressional and Public Affairs
(202) 720-9113
Bridgette Keefe
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2005- The Office of the Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of
Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, today
announced a public meeting to provide information and receive comments on agenda items and draft United States
positions for the 27th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission's Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special
Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) to be held November 21-25 in Bonn, Germany.
The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 18, from 1 to 4 p.m., in the FDA Auditorium, Harvey Wiley Federal
Building, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, Md. The attendees will be given an opportunity to share comments on the
agenda items pertaining to the 27th Session in Germany.
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 CCNFSDU was established to study specific nutritional problems; draft general provisions concerning the nutritional aspects
of all foods; develop standards, guidelines or related information on foods for special dietary uses; and endorse provisions on
nutritional aspects proposed for inclusion in Codex standards.
Interested parties must pre-register and present a photo ID at the door. To pre-register, please send your name, organization,
mailing address, phone number, e-mail address to
nancy.crane@cfsan.fda.gov
by October 11.
For further information about the 27th Session of the CCNFSDU, contact Nancy Crane, Assistant to the U.S. Delegate
to the CCNFSDU, FDA, at (301) 436-1450 or by fax at (301) 436-2636. The interested parties are also welcome to submit
their comments electronically to nancy.crane@cfsan.fda.gov.
The agenda items and documents are also available electronically
at https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305081615/http://www.codexalimentarius.net.
Persons requiring a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Ellen Matten, U.S. Codex Office,
at (202) 205-7760, or by fax at (202) 720-3157. |
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