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U.S. Codex Delegates Schedule Spices and Culinary Herbs Meeting

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Under Secretary for
Food Safety and the Agricultural Marketing Service have announced
an August 19, 2015, public meeting in Washington, D.C., to discuss
draft U.S. positions for consideration at the 2nd Session of the Codex
Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) slated for September
14-18 in Goa, India. The CCSCH sets global standards for dried and
dehydrated spices and culinary herbs in whole, ground, cracked or
crushed form. Agenda items at the August meeting include proposed
draft standards for black, white and green pepper as well as cumin and
oregano. See Federal Register, June 17, 2015.

 

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