Codex Meeting on Food Contaminants Scheduled

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a public meeting scheduled for April 19, 2022, to discuss U.S. positions for the meeting of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Issues to be discussed include:

• “Maximum level for cadmium in cocoa powder (100% total cocoa solids on a dry matter basis)”;
• “Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of cadmium contamination in cocoa beans”;
• “Maximum levels for lead in certain food categories”;
• “Maximum levels for total aflatoxins in certain cereals and cereal-based products including foods for infants and young children”;
• “Sampling plans and performance criteria for total aflatoxins in certain cereals and cereal-based products including foods for infants and young children”;
• “Maximum level for total aflatoxins in ready-to-eat peanuts and associated sampling plan”;
• “Maximum levels for total aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in nutmeg, dried chili and paprika, ginger, pepper and turmeric and associated sampling plans”; and
• “Methylmercury in fish.”