European Union comments on:

• Codex Circular Letter CL 2013/8-FA-Matters for adoption by the 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Part A).

Codex Committee on Food Additives 45th Session - China, 18-22 March 2013

• Annotated Agenda for the Codex Committee on Food Additives 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:

• CCFA agenda item 2: Matters referred by the codex alimentarius commission and other codex committees and task forces
• CCFA agenda item 3: Matters of interest arising from fao and who and from the 76th meeting of the joint FAO/WHO expert committee on food additives
• CCFA agenda item 4a: Endorsement and/or revision of maximum levels for food additives and processing aids in codex standards
• CCFA agenda item 4b: Application of the decision-tree on the alignment of the food additive provisions of commodity standards and relevant provisions of the GSFA
• CCFA agenda item 6: Proposals for Changes and/or Addition to the International Numbering System for Food Additives (CX/FA 13/45/14).
• CCFA agenda item 6 (additional EU comments): Proposals for Changes and/or Addition to the International Numbering System for Food Additives
• CCFA agenda item 7: Specifications for the identity and purity of food additives arising from the 76th JECFA meeting.
• CCFA agenda item 8 a): CL 2012/8-FA - Priority list of compounds to be proposed for evaluation by JECFA
• CCFA agenda item 8 a) (additional EU comments): Priority list of compounds to be proposed for evaluation by JECFA
• CCFA agenda item 8 b): Proposed priotized list of colours for re-evaluation by JECFA
• CCFA agenda item 9a : Database on processing aids - Criteria for entry into the datadase.
• Annex 1
• Annex 2
• Annex 3
• Annex 4
• Codex Circular Letter CL 2012/5-FA – Part B – Points 7 and 8.
  • Comments at Step 3 on the provisions for aspartame-acesulfame salt (INS 962) of the GSFA
  • Proposals for new provisions for nisin (INS 234) in 08.0 "Meat and meat products, including poultry and game" sub-categories of the GSFA
• Codex Circular Letter CL 2012/5-FA - Part B - Point 10. Proposals for new additive provisions and/or revision of food additive provisions of the GSFA

European Union comments on:

• Codex Circular Letter CL 2012/5-FA Report of the forty-fourth session of the codex committee on food Additives (rep12/fa) - part a – matters for adoption by the 35th session of the codex alimentarius commission).

Codex Committee on Food Additives 44nd Session - Hangzhou, China, 12-16 March 2012

• Annotated Agenda for the Codex Committee on Food Additives 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 a): Endorsement and/or revision of maximum levels for food additives and processing aids in Codex standards.
• Agenda Item 4 b): Discussion paper on the alignment of the food additive provisions of the standards for meat products and relevant provisions of the GSFA.
• Agenda Item 5: CL 2011/04-FA - PART B: Matters for consideration by the 44th Session of the CCFA
• Agenda Item 5 a): Pending draft and proposed draft food additives provisions and related matters
• Agenda Item 5 b): Comments on the provision for carotenoids in food category 02.1.2.
• Agenda Item 5 c): Draft and proposed draft food additive provisions (Provisions in Table 1 and 2 of Table 3 food additives with "acidity regulators and emulsifier, stabiliser and thickener" function)
• Agenda Item 5 e): Discussion paper on description of food category 16.0 of the GSFA.
• Agenda Item 8 : Specifications for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives Arising from the 74th JECFA Meeting
• Agenda Item 9 a): Proposals for Additions and Changes to the Priority List of Food Additives proposed for Evaluation by JECFA (CL 2011/8-FA).

Codex Committee on Food Additives 43rd Session - Xiamen, China, 14 - 18 March 2011

• Annotated Agenda for the Codex Committee on Food Additives indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Union and its Member States.

European Union comments on:

• Agenda Item 2: Matters referred by the codex alimentarius comission and other codex committees and task forces
• Agenda Item 4 a): Endorsement and / or revision of maximum levels for food additives and processing aids in codex standards
• Agenda Item 4 C): discussion paper on the alignment of the food additive provisions of the standards for meat products and relevant provisions of the GSFA (CODEX document CX/FA 11/43/6)
• Agenda Item 5 b): Proposed draft food additive provisions (new and revised)
• Agenda Item 5 c): Comments and Information on several food addittives (CODEX Document CX/FA 11/43/9)
• Agenda Item 5 e): Proposed draft revision of the food category system (food categories 5.1, 5.2 and 5.4)
• Agenda Item 5 f): Revision of the name and descriptors of food category 16.0 (CODEX Document CX/FA 11/43/12)
• Agenda Item 5 h): Discussion Paper on the Revision of Section 4 "Carry-over of Food Additives into Food" of the Preamble to the GSFA
• Agenda Item 6: Proposed draft revision of the codex standard for food grade salt
• Agenda Item 9 b): Discussion paper on mechanisms for re-evaluation of substances by JECFA (CODEX document CX/FA 11/43/19)
• Agenda Item 10: Discussion paper on development of a database on processing aids

Codex Committee on Food Additives 42nd Session - Beijing, China, 15-19 March 2010

• Annotated Agenda for the Codex Committee on Food Additives indicating the division of competence and right to vote between the European Union and its Member States.

European Union comments on:

• Agenda item 2: Matters referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other Codex Committees and Task Forces.
• Agenda item 3: Matters of Interest arising from FAO and WHO from the 71th meeting of the joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA).
• Agenda item 5 a): Draft and proposed draft food additive provisions of the GSFA.
• Agenda item 5 b): Codex Circular Letter CL 2009/7-FA - Part B.
• Agenda item 5 e): Discussion paper on innovative proposals to expedite the work on the GSFA
• Agenda item 6 a): Proposed Draft Guidelines and Principles for the Use of Substances used as Processing Aids.
• Agenda item 9 a): Proposals for additions and changes to the priority list of food additive proposed for evaluation by JECFA (replies to CL 2009/09-FA).
• Agenda item 10: Discussion paper on the identification of problems and recommendations related to the inconsistent presentation of food additives provisions in Codex Commodity standards" (CX/FA 10/42/17).
• Codex Circular Letter CL 2009/8-FA: "Proposal for Changes and/or Addition to the International Numbering System for Food Additives
  CODEX Documents
  
• Codex Circular Letter CL 2009/7-FA - PART C – Others - 13: "Comments and innovative proposals to expedite the work on the GSFA"
  
• Codex Circular Letter CL 2009/7-FA - PART A: "Matters for adoption by the 32nd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission"
  

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