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JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX COMMITTEE ON METHODS OF ANALYSIS AND SAMPLING
Twenty-fourth Session
Budapest, Hungary, 18-22 November 2002

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

The Twenty-fourth Session of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling will be held in the Thermal Hotel Hélia, Kárpát utca 62 - 64. H-1133 Budapest, from Monday 18 November at 10.00 hours through Friday 22 November 2002.

Agenda Item	Subject Matter	Doc. Ref. No.
	Opening of the Session
1.	Adoption of the Agenda	CX/MAS 02/1
2.	Matters Referred to the Committee by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and Other Codex Committees	CX/MAS 02/2 CX/MAS 02/2-Add.1
3.	Proposed Draft General Guidelines on Sampling	CX/MAS 02/3
	- Government comments at Step 3	CX/MAS 02/3-Add.1 CX/MAS 02/3-Add.2
4	Criteria for Evaluating Acceptable Methods of Analysis for Codex Purposes
	a) Proposed Draft Guidelines for Evaluating Acceptable Methods of Analysis	CX/MAS 02/4
	- Government comments at Step 3	CX/MAS 02/4 -Add.1 CX/MAS 02/4 -Add.2
	b) Proposed Amendment to the Principles for the Establishment of Codex Methods of Analysis in the Procedural Manual	CX/MAS 02/5
	- Government comments	CX/MAS 02/5-Add.1 CX/MAS 02/5-Add.2
5.	Proposed Draft Guidelines on Measurement Uncertainty	CX/MAS 02/6
	- Government comments at Step 3	CX/MAS 02/6-Add.1 CX/MAS 02/6-Add.2
6.	Endorsement of Methods of Analysis Provisions in Codex Standards	CX/MAS 02/7 CX/MAS 02/7-Add.1 CX/MAS 02/7-Add.2 CRD 1
7.	Consideration of methods for the detection and identification of foods Derived from Biotechnology
	*a) Methods submitted by the ad hoc* Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology**	CX/MAS 02/8
	b) General Approach and Criteria for the Methods	CX/MAS 02/9
8.	Single-Laboratory Validation
	a) Consideration of Harmonized IUPAC Guidelines for the in-House Validation of Methods of Analysis	CX/MAS 02/10
	- Governments comments	CX/MAS 02/10-Add.1
	b) Requirements for Single-Laboratory Validation for Codex purposes	CX/MAS 02/11
	c) Validation of Methods through the Use of Results from Proficiency Testing Schemes	CX/MAS 02/12
9.	The Use of Analytical Results: sampling, relationship between the analytical results, the measurement uncertainty, recovery factors and the provisions in Codex Standards	CX/MAS 02/13
10.	Report of an Inter-Agency Meeting on Methods of Analysis	CRD 2
11.	Other Business and Future Work
12.	Date and Place of Next Session
13.	Adoption of the Report

NB: Delegates are kindly requested to bring with them to the meeting all documents which have been distributed as the number of additional copies which can be made available at the meeting is limited.

The Ad Hoc Working Group on Endorsement of Methods of Analysis will be held in the Thermal Hotel Hélia, Kárpát utca 62 - 64. H-1133 Budapest from 9.00 hours to 13.00 hours on Saturday 16 November 2002.

The Ad Hoc Working Group on the proposed Draft Guidelines on Sampling will be held at the Thermal Hotel Hélia, Kárpát utca 62 - 64. H-1133 Budapest from 9.00 hours to 17.00 hours on Saturday 16 November 2002.

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