arab Codex EWG analysis

Proposed review and analysis with respect to CCCF agenda items of relevance to the region.

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to which they are affiliated. The selection and participation in the EWG proceedings is based on each expert’s own credentials and experience
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17th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF17)

15-19 26 April 2024, Panama City, Panama

  • Agenda Items 5.1, 6.1, 7, 9.1, 13, 14, 15, 16.1: English | Français | العربية
    • Agenda Item 5.1: Maximum levels for lead in certain food categories (at Step 4)
    • Agenda item 6.1: Sampling plans for methylmercury in fish (at Step 4)
    • Agenda item 7: Definition for ready-to-eat peanuts for the establishment of a maximum level for total aflatoxins in this product
    • Agenda Item 9.1: Code of practice/guidelines for the prevention or reduction of ciguatera poisoning (At Step 4)
    • Agenda Item 13: Discussion paper on Lead and Cadmium in Quinoa
    • Agenda Item 14: Discussion Paper on the Review of the Code of Practice for the Prevention and Reduction of Aflatoxin Contamination in Peanuts
    • Agenda Item 15: Discussion Paper on Review of the Code of Practice for the Reduction of Aflatoxin B1 in Raw Materials and Supplemental Feedingstuffs for Milk-producing Animals
    • Agenda Item 16.1: Development of a Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of cadmium contamination in foods

16th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF16)

18-21, 26 April 2023, Utrecht, Netherlands

15th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF15)

9-13, 24 May 2022

Report of the CCCF15: English | Français | العربية

  • Call for Experts | Application Deadline 8 April 2022: English | Français | العربية
  • Agenda Item 5 – Cadmium in cocoa powder (At Step 4): English | Français | العربية
  • Agenda Item 6 – Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of cadmium contamination in cocoa beans (At Step 7): English | Français | العربية
  • Agenda Item 7 – Maximum levels for lead in certain food categories (at Step 4): English | Français | العربية
  • Agenda Item 8 – Maximum levels for methylmercury in certain fish species and associated sampling plan (orange roughy and pink cusk-eel) (at Step 4): English | Français | العربية
  • Agenda Item 9 – Maximum levels for total aflatoxins in certain cereals and cereal-based products including foods for infants and young children and associated sampling plans (at step 4): English | Français | العربية
  • Agenda Item 10 – Maximum level for total aflatoxins in ready-to-eat peanuts and associated sampling plan (at step 4): English | Français | العربية
  • Agenda Item 11 – Maximum levels for total aflatoxins and Ochratoxin A in nutmeg, dried chili and paprika, ginger, pepper, and turmeric and associated sampling plans (at step 4): English | Français | العربية
  • Agenda Item 13 – Maximum levels for methylmercury in certain fish species and associated sampling plan (orange roughy and pink cusk-eel) (at Step 4): English | Français | العربية
  • Agenda Item 16 – Review of methods of analysis for contaminants: English | Français | العربية 

14th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF14)

3-7, 13 May 2021