arab Codex EWG analysis

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

55th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA55)

24 - 28 March 2025, Seoul, Republic of Korea • CLICK HERE to visit the Codex website for official meeting details

  • Agenda Items 3(a)(b), 4(a)(b), 5(a)(b), 6, 7, 8, 9: English | Français | العربية
    • 3a. Matters of Interest Arising from FAO/WHO and from the 99th Meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
    • 3b. Proposed Draft Specifications for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives Arising from the 99th JECFA Meetings
    • 4a. Endorsement and/or revision of maximum levels for food additives and processing aids in Codex standards
    • 4b. Alignment of the food additive provisions of commodity standards Report of the Electronic Working Group on Alignment
    • 5a. General Standard for Food Additives (Report of the Electronic Working Group on the GSFA)
    • 5b. GSFA: Proposals for new and/or revision of food additive provisions
    • 6. Proposed draft revision to the Class names and the international numbering system for food additives (CXG 36 1989)
    • 7. Proposals for additions and changes to the Priority List of Substances proposed for evaluation by JECFA (replies to CL 2024 59 FA)
    • 8. Standard for baker’s yeast (Step 4)
    • 9. Discussion paper on the working practices and the engagement plan to avoid divergence between the GSFA, commodity standards and other related Codex texts

54th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA54)

22 - 26 April 2024, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

  • Agenda Items 3.11, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7, 8, 9: English | Français | العربية
    • 3.11: Matters related to azodicarbonamide (INS 927a)
    • 4.1: Endorsement and/or revision of maximum levels for food additives and processing aids in Codex standards
    • 4.2: Alignment of the food additive provisions of commodity standards: Report of the Electronic Working Group on Alignment 
    • 5.1: General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA): Report of the Electronic Working Group on the GSFA
    • 5.2: General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA): Proposals for new and/or revision of food additive provisions (replies to CL 2023/46-FA)
    • 6.1 and 6.2: Proposed draft revision to the class names and the international numbering system (ins) for food additives
    • 7: Proposals for additions and changes to the priority list of substances proposed for evaluation by JECFA (replies to CL 2023/47-FA)
    • 8: Discussion paper on divergence between the General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA), Codex commodity standards and other texts – Identification of outstanding issues
    • 9: Discussion paper on the development of a standard for baker’s yeast

53rd Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA53)

27 - 31 March 2023, Hong Kong