7^th Session - Moscow, 8 – 12 March 2013 

• Annotated agenda for the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Union and its Member States in respect of each particular agenda item.

European Union comments on :

• Agenda Item 5: "Revision of the maximum levels for lead in selected commodities in the General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed"
• Agenda Item 6: "Proposed draft revision of guideline levels for radionuclides in foods"
• Agenda Item 7: "Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Deoxynivalenol (DON) in Cereals and Cereal-based Products and Associated Sampling Plans"
• Agenda Item 8: "Proposed draft annex for the prevention and reduction of aflatoxins and ochratoxin A contamination in sorghum (Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of mycotoxins contamination in cereals)"
• Agenda Item 9: "Proposed draft Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of ochratoxin A contamination in cocoa"
• Agenda Item 10: "Proposed draft maximum levels for hydrocyanic acid in cassava and cassava products"
• Agenda Item 11: "Proposed draft Code of practice to reduce the presence of hydrocyanic acid in cassava and cassava products"
• Agenda Item 12: "Proposed draft Code of practice for weed control to prevent and reduce pyrrolizidine alkaloid contamination in food and feed"
• Agenda Item 14: "Discussion paper on the development of a Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of arsenic contamination in rice"
• Agenda Item 15: "Discussion paper on management practices to reduce exposure of foodproducing animals (livestock and bees) to pyrrolizidine alkaloids; and to reduce presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in commodities (raw and processed)"
• Agenda Item 16: "Discussion paper on the review of the guideline level for methylmercury in fish and predatory fish (methylmercury)."
• Agenda Item 17: "Discussion paper on control measures for fumonisins in maize products"
• Agenda Item 18: "Discussion paper on aflatoxins in cereals"

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6^th Session - Maastricht, The Netherlands, 26 – 30 March 2012 

• Annotated agenda for the Codex Committee on Food Contaminants indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Union and its Member States in respect of each particular agenda item.

European Union comments on :

• Agenda Item 2b: "Revision of the CCCF Risk Analysis Principles"
• Agenda Item 2c: "Revision of the Code of Practice for Source Directed Measures to Reduce Contamination of Food with Chemicals as to their applicability to feed"
• Agenda Item 4: "Draft Maximum Levels for Melamine in Food (liquid infant formula)"
• Agenda Item 5: "Proposed draft Maximum Levels for Arsenic in Rice"
• Agenda Item 6: "Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Deoxynivalenol (DON) and its Acetylated Derivatives in Cereals and Cereal-based Products"
• Agenda Item 7: "Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Total Aflatoxins in Dried Figs"
• Agenda Item 9a: "Discussion Paper on Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in food and feed"
• Agenda Item 9b: "Discussion Paper on Maximum levels for lead in various foods in the General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed and the related Code of Practice for the Prevention and Reduction of Lead Contamination in Foods and the Code of Practice for Source Directed Measures to Reduce Contamination of Foods with Chemicals"
• Agenda Item 9c: "Discussion Paper on Mycotoxins in Sorghum"
• Agenda Item 9d: "Discussion Paper on Ochratoxin A in Cocoa"
• Agenda Item 9e: "Discussion Paper on Guidance for Risk Management Options in light of different risk assessment options"
• Agenda Item 12a: "Discussion Paper on Proposed draft Maximum Levels for Fumonisins in Maize and Maize-Products and Associated Sampling Plans"

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5^th Session - The Hague, 21 – 25 March 2011 

• Annotated agenda for the Codex Committee on Food Contaminants indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Union and its Member States in respect of each particular agenda item.

European Union comments on :

• Agenda Item 4: "Proposed Draft Code of Practice for the Reduction of Ethyl Carbamate in Stone Fruit Distillates"
• Agenda Item 5: "Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Melamine in Food (liquid infant formula)"
• Agenda Item 6: "Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Deoxynivalenol (DON) and its Acetylated Derivates in Cereals and Cereal-based Products"
• Agenda Item 7: "Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Total Aflatoxins in Dried Figs"
• Agenda Item 9a): "Discussion Paper on Mycotoxins in Sorghum"
• Agenda Item 9b): "Discussion Paper on Arsenic in Rice"
• Agenda Item 9c): "Discussion paper on guidance for risk management options on how to deal with the results from new risk assessment methodologies"
• Agenda Item 9d): "Discussion Paper on Ochratoxin A in Cocoa"
• Agenda Item 9e): "Proposed Discussion Paper on Furan"
• Agenda Item 9f): "Discussion Paper on Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids"
• Agenda Item 10: "Endorsement of Provisions for Health-Related Limits for Certain Substances in the Standard for Natural Mineral Waters"

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4^th Session - Izmir, Turkey, 26 – 30 April 2010 

• Annotated agenda for the Codex Committee on Food Contaminants indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Union and its Member States in respect of each particular agenda item.

European Union comments on :

• Agenda Item 4: "Proposed Draft Code of Practice for the Reduction of Ethyl Carbamate in Stone Fruit Distillates"
  
• Agenda Item 5: "Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Melamine in Food and Feed"
  
• Agenda Item 6: "Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Total Aflatoxins in Brazil nuts"
  
• Agenda Item 7: "Proposed Draft Revision of the Code of Practice for the Prevention and Reduction of Aflatoxin in Tree nuts (Additional measures for Brazil Nuts)"
  
• Agenda Item 8: "Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Fumonisins in Maize and Maize-products and Associated Sampling Plans "
  

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