Codex Alimentarius
Codex Alimentarius
Codex Activities Updates
The 2024 Codex Update contains high-level updates on IFT's committee work as well as links to in-depth summaries, reports, comments, and agendas.
Comments to Codex Executive Committee regarding the Codex Strategic Plan 2026-2031 Key Questions
Includes jointly submitted comments from IFT, AOAC International, European Federation of the Associations off Dieticians, International Life Sciences Institute, NSF International, and American Society for Nutrition, addressing:
Summer 2023 Codex Activities Status Update
Contains substantial amount of Codex work occurred in the Spring/Summer of 2023. Summaries and reports on Codex Committee activities on Food Additives (CCFA), Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS), Contaminants in Food (CCCF) and Pesticide Residues (CCPR) and IFT comments submitted on these Codex Committees are included.
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Institutions Involved in Food Safety WHO-FAO Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)
Looking to understand global food laws and regulations? Get started with the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), the United Nations’ mandated institution under the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), who develops harmonized food standards and practices. IFT members can access a chapter from Encyclopedia of Food Safety written by IFT’s Codex Coordinator, Steve Havlik, for highlights on the organization, structure, and processes of the CAC.
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Opportunities to Engage with IFT Activities on Codex Work
IFT engages as a long-term scientific observer organization with the FAO-WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) in its continued work on global harmonization of food standards, codes of practice, and guidelines important to food trade. The various Codex committees and working groups are core to the development of Codex texts that are the basis of regulations for many countries. IFT has broadened its Codex engagement in 2025 with the initiation of a new IFT team observing and commenting on the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS). Additionally, IFT has been engaging with the Codex Executive Committee (CC EXEC) over the last two years on the development of the Codex 2026-2031 Strategic Plan.
Please contact IFT's Codex Coordinator, Steve Havlik, if you are interested in participating.