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Codex Alimentarius Commission

The Codex Alimentarius Commission is the international organization created by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization to develop food standards, guidelines and other texts under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair trade practices in the food trade.

Official Codex Meeting Reports

• 35th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems
• 34th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
• 2011 Codex Committee on Food Labeling
• 2011 Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods
• 2011 Codex Committee on Food Additives
• 2011 Codex Committee on Fats and Oils 
• 2011 Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling 
• 2010 Codex Committee on Food Hygiene
• 2010 Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses
• 6th Session (2011) of the FAO WHO Coordinating Committee for the Near East 
• 19th Session (2011) of the FAO WHO Coordinating Committee for Africa 
• 17th Session (2011) of the FAO WHO Coordinating Committee for Asia 
• 17th Session (2011) of the FAO WHO Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean 
• 11th Session (2011) of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and the South West Pacific (CCNASWP) 

To access the Codex Alimentarius website, go to http://www.codexalimentarius.net.

IFT Codex Involvement

IFT has been involved as a nongovernment organization with observer status in Codex since 1992. IFT participates in meetings of select Codex committees and task forces, represented by IFT Codex Subject Experts.