CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

The Codex Alimentarius Commission was created in 1963 by FAO and WHO to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme. The main purposes of this Programme are protecting health of the consumers and ensuring fair trade practices in the food trade, and promoting coordination of all food standards work undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations.

NEWS

CAC33 report

The report of the 33^rd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission in English is available here.

Report of the 64^th Session of the Executive Committee of Codex Alimentarius Commission

The report of the 64^th Session of the Executive Committee of Codex Alimentarius Commission is available in: English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese.

Codex videos on Youtube

Codex official videos have been posted on Youtube and are available at the following link: www.youtube.com/CodexAlim

Warning: This is the only official website of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Unofficial websites using similar domain names (URLs) exist. The information contained in unofficial websites is not guaranteed by the Codex Alimentarius Commission nor by FAO or WHO and in no way commits the Commission, FAO or WHO.

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