CCNFSDU42 / Codex central role in health protection and removal of trade barriers
Welcoming delegates to the opening of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU), taking place virtually from 19 November to 1 December 2021, Julia Klöckner, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Germany, said food and health policy must respond to the need to fight hunger as well as combat overweight and obesity at international level.
CCNFSDU plays a central role in this and “health protection and the removal of trade barriers are more important than ever in our globalized world,” she said.
Steve Wearne, United Kingdom, Chairperson-elect of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, recognized the will among many delegations to move issues on the CCNFSDU agenda, such as follow up formula or ready to use therapeutic foods, forward or even bring them to a successful conclusion. “I applaud this appetite for advancement of consensus driven and science-based standards and texts and the willingness you have shown in the past to compromise where necessary,” he said.
Codex Secretary, Tom Heilandt reminded delegates that Codex has many rules but also great freedom of choice where it is important to exercise good judgement and to think of everyone in the standard development process. He called on delegates to use both procedure and wisdom in their deliberations and to show respect for previous decisions, focusing on key issues.
Learn more
Meeting documents available on the CCNFSDU42 meeting page.
Main photo © CCNFSDU Sec. Berlin Studio.: (left to right) Tobias Fischer, Chairperson Hilde Thordsen, Alina Steinert.
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.
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CCNFSDU42 / Codex central role in health protection and removal of trade barriers
Welcoming delegates to the opening of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU), taking place virtually from 19 November to 1 December 2021, Julia Klöckner, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Germany, said food and health policy must respond to the need to fight hunger as well as combat overweight and obesity at international level.
CCNFSDU plays a central role in this and “health protection and the removal of trade barriers are more important than ever in our globalized world,” she said.
Steve Wearne, United Kingdom, Chairperson-elect of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, recognized the will among many delegations to move issues on the CCNFSDU agenda, such as follow up formula or ready to use therapeutic foods, forward or even bring them to a successful conclusion. “I applaud this appetite for advancement of consensus driven and science-based standards and texts and the willingness you have shown in the past to compromise where necessary,” he said.
Codex Secretary, Tom Heilandt reminded delegates that Codex has many rules but also great freedom of choice where it is important to exercise good judgement and to think of everyone in the standard development process. He called on delegates to use both procedure and wisdom in their deliberations and to show respect for previous decisions, focusing on key issues.
Learn more
Meeting documents available on the CCNFSDU42 meeting page.
Main photo © CCNFSDU Sec. Berlin Studio.: (left to right) Tobias Fischer, Chairperson Hilde Thordsen, Alina Steinert.
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