ASIA CODEX EWG ANALYSIS

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

18th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF18)

23-27 June 2025, Bangkok, Thailand • CLICK HERE to visit the Codex website for official meeting details

  • Analysis of Agenda Items 5.1, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18: English
    • 5.1: Maximum levels for lead in certain food categories (at Step 7)
    • 7: Sampling plans for total aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in certain spices (at Step 7)
    • 8: Maximum level and associated sampling plan for total aflatoxins in ready-to-eat peanuts (at Step 4)
    • 9: Revision of the Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of aflatoxin contamination in peanuts (CXC 55-2004) (at Step 4)
    • 11: Review of the Code of practice for the reduction of acrylamide in foods (CXC 67-2009)
    • 12: Review of the Code of practice for the reduction of aflatoxin B1 in raw materials and supplemental feeding stuffs for milk-producing animals (CXC 45-1997)
    • 13: Development of a Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of tropane alkaloids in food and feed
    • 15: Review of numeric performance criteria for methods of analysis for total aflatoxins utilizing the sum of components concept in relevant sampling plans
    • 16: Application of maximum levels to multi-ingredient products
    • 17: Analysis of the occurrence data of lead in spice mixtures
    • 18: Analysis of the occurrence data of aflatoxins in cereals