Codex Alimentarius Commission Schedules Mid-June Meeting

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Food and Drug Administration have announced a June 18, 2014 public meeting in Washington, D.C., to provide information and receive comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions for discussion during the 37th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, July 14-18, 2014.

Agenda items include (i) proposed amendments to the procedural manual;(ii) amendments to Codex standards and related texts; (iii) proposals for theelaboration of new standards and related texts and for the discontinuation of work; (iv) matters referred to the Commission by Codex committees and task forces; (v) the Commission’s 2014-2019 strategic plan; and (vi) relations between the Commission and other international organizations. See Federal Register, April 30, 2014.

Issue 522