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Codex Committee on Food Additives
Host Government: China
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The Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) establishes or endorses acceptable maximum levels
(MLs) for individual food additives; prepares a priority list of food additives for risk assessment
by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA); assigns functional classes to
individual food additives; recommends specifications of identity and purity for food additives for
adoption by the Commission; considers methods of analysis for the determination of additives in food;
and considers and elaborates standards or codes for related subjects such as the labeling of food
additives when sold as such. The 43rd Session of the Committee met in Xiamen, China, March 14-18, 2011.
The relevant document is REP11/FA. Immediately prior to the Plenary Session, there was a 2-day physical
Working Group on the General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA) chaired by the United States. The
following items discussed at the Plenary Session will be considered by the 34th Session of the
Commission in July 2011. To be considered for adoption at Step 8:
- Draft food additive provisions of the GSFA
- Revised text of Section 4 (Carry-over of Food Additives into Food) of the Preamble of the GSFA
To be considered for adoption at Step 5/8:
- Proposed draft food additive provisions of the GSFA
- Proposed draft revision of the Food Category System of the GSFA (Food Categories 05.1, 05.3 and
05.4) (N07-2010)
- Proposed draft amendments to the Codex Guideline on Class Names and International Numbering
System for Food Additives (CAC/GL 36-1989)
- Proposed draft specifications for the identity and purity of food additives arising from the 73rd
JECFA, including 14 food additives and 167 flavorings
To be considered for adoption at Step 5:
- Proposed draft revision of the Standard for Food Grade Salt (CODEX STAN 150-1985) (N08-2010)
The Committee also agreed to forward the following to the CAC:
- Food additive provisions of the GSFA recommended for revocation
- Draft and proposed draft food additive provisions of the GSFA recommended for discontinuation
- Amendment to the GSFA provision for sulfites in food category 04.1.2.2 (Dried fruits) to reflect
the food additive provisions in the Draft Standard for Desiccated Coconut (revision of CODEX STAN 177-1991)
- Amendment to "Explanatory Notes on the Lay-out of the INS" (Section 1 of the Codex
Guideline on Class Names and International Numbering System for Food Additives (CAC/GL 36-1989))
The Committee agreed to establish electronic Working Groups and named lead countries on:
- Provisions for aluminum-containing food additives in the GSFA (Brazil)
- Application of Note 161 ("Subject to national legislation of the importing country aimed, in particular,
at consistency with Section 3.2 of the Preamble.") to food additive provisions in the GSFA, with formulation
of recommendations to facilitate a uniform implementation of Section 3.2 of the Preamble to the GSFA (South Africa)
- A discussion paper on Food Category 16.0 (Composite foods – foods that could not be
placed in categories 01 – 15) that would: (1) contain a description of the products in this category, and (2) provide
proposals for revision of the name and descriptors of this food category (United States)
- Proposals for changes and additions to the INS, with a focus on changes to technological
purposes (Iran)
- Mechanisms for re-evaluation of substances by JECFA, that would establish criteria to prioritize
food additives for re-evaluation, with a focus on food colors (Canada)
- Food additive provisions in the GSFA, including: (1) draft and proposed draft provisions, (2)
provisions for which additional information was requested, and (3) provisions in Tables 1 and 2 of
the GSFA for those food additives in Table 3 with the function "acidity regulators" and "emulsifiers,
stabilizers, thickeners" (United States)
- Alignment of the food additive provisions in the Codex commodity standards for meat products
and relevant provisions of the GSFA (Australia)
The Committee agreed to continue working on:
- Prototype of a database on processing aids (China)
- Information document on the GSFA (Codex Secretariat)
- Information document on food additive provisions in commodity standards (Codex Secretariat)
- Information document on Inventory of Substances Used as Processing Aids (New Zealand)
The Committee also agreed to hold a physical Working Group on the GSFA immediately preceding the
44th session of CCFA.
For a list of Committee Delegates, use the following link:
http://www/fsis.usda.gov/codex_alimentarius/
Codex_Delegates_and_Alternates/index.asp
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