We need common international safety standards for food.
Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima WHO Director, Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses and former Codex Secretary, talks about the importance of Codex in International Standard setting for food safety.
Speaking at the margins of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the largest health policy meeting in the world and the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organization, he underlined the importance of the scientific basis that advises the standard setting process.
The full interview is available here.
At the heart of the Codex mandate are the core values of collaboration, inclusiveness, consensus building and transparency. Governmental and non-governmental, public and private organizations alike play a vital role in ensuring Codex texts are of the highest quality and based on sound science.
Codex would have little authority in the field of international standard setting if it did not welcome and acknowledge the valuable contributions made by observers. Expert technical bodies, industry and consumer associations
contribute to the standard-setting process in a spirit of openness, collaboration and transparency.
Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can apply for observer status in Codex in order to attend and put forward their views at every stage of the standard-setting process.
Current Codex Alimentarius Commission
We need common international safety standards for food.
Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima WHO Director, Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses and former Codex Secretary, talks about the importance of Codex in International Standard setting for food safety.
Speaking at the margins of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the largest health policy meeting in the world and the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organization, he underlined the importance of the scientific basis that advises the standard setting process.
The full interview is available here.
Codex and Observer
around the world since ancient times.
We might not always know where it comes from,
but we expect it to be available, safe and of good quality.
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