—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 4, 1977
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Food
standards
established
NEW YORK, N.Y. - U.S.
Department of Agriculture
representatives who
attended the recent annual
meeting of the Codex
Alimentarius Committee on
Processed Fruits and
Vegetables in Washington,
D.C. reported on the
committee’s progress in
developing international
food standards.
The committee is one of
several operating under the
Codex Aliment a rill s
Commission, an
international body
established by the Food and
Agriculture Organize lion
(FAO) of the United Nations
and the World Health
Organization (WHO) to
develop food standards that
would insure wholesome,
acceptable food for
consumers and facilitate
international trade by
harmonizing the legal
requirements of the
participating countries.
Food standards must be
advanced through eight
formal steps of development
before the Codex
Commission submits them at
step 9 to more than 100
member governments for
acceptance. At the May 9-13
meetings at the State
Department, repre
sentatives from 22 countries
and two international
organizations reviewed the
standard for tropical fruit
salad and submitted it to the
Commission at step 8. Three
standards covering pickled
cucumbers, canned carrots,
and ried apricots were
advance in step 5, which
means they will be
reconsidered by the
committee after another
review by participating
governments. Standards for
dates, pistachio nuts, and
canned apricots were also
considered by the
committee.
In previous meetings, the
committee has advanced
standards for 22 major
processed fruits and
vegetables. These standards
have been sent to member
governments for
acceptance. Codex
standards will eventually be
developed for most principal
processed foods that have a
significant volume of
international trade.
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