USDA Schedules Mid-June Meeting to Discuss Codex Positions

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
April 24, 2015

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
has announced a June 17, 2015, public meeting in Washington, D.C.
to provide information and receive comments about draft U.S. positions
to be discussed during the 38th Session of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, July 6-11.

Agenda items at the June 17 meeting include (i) proposed amendments to
the procedural manual; (ii) amendments to Codex standards and related
texts; (iii) implementation status of the Commission’s five-year strategic
plan; and (v) relations between the Commission and other international
organizations. See Federal Register, April 22, 2015.

Issue 562

Categories: Department of Agriculture, Issue 562, Legislation, Regulations and Standards
Tags: codex

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