The Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products will be held in Auckland, New Zealand February 4-8, 2010.

The Committee will continue work on:

• Proposed Draft Amendment to the Codex Standard for Fermented Milks pertaining to Fermented Milk Drinks at Step 6
• Proposed Draft Standard for Processed Cheese — discussion on working group outcome and discontinuation of current processed cheese standards
• Maximum Levels for Annatto Extracts in Codex individual cheese standards
• Methods of Analysis and Sampling for Milk and Milk Products Standards, including AOAC standards

For a list of Committee Delegates, use the following link:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/codex_alimentarius/ Codex_Delegates_and_Alternates/index.asp

Alternate Delegate
John F. Sheehan
Director, Division of Dairy and Egg Safety
Office of Plant and Dairy Foods and Beverages
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - HFS-306
Food and Drug Administration
Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740
Phone: (301) 436-1488
Fax: (301) 436-2632
Email: john.sheehan@fda.hhs.gov