What is the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme and the Codex Alimentarius Commission?
• The Codex Alimentarius Commission is an intergovernmental body to implement the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme which was established by an FAO Conference resolution in 1961 and a WHA resolution, WHA 16.42, in 1963. • Its principle objective is to protect the health of consumers and facilitate the trade of food by setting up international standards on foods (i.e. Codex Standards) and other texts which can be recommended to governments for acceptance. • The CAC is open to the governments of all member nations, or associate members of FAO and/or WHO. It currently has 168 Member States (31 January 2003). 2. What is the role of WHO in the Codex? • The FAO resolution in 1961 inviting WHO to collaborate in the work Codex Alimentarius Commission recognized the critical role of WHO in all health and safety aspects of food standards work. • In this role, WHO provides routine scientific advice on the health and safety aspects of proposed Codex Standards (e.g. JECFA and JMPR) as well as
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