New Codex Chairperson promises strategic route for Codex placing Members at its centre

Dec 30, 2021, 09:56 AM by System

In an introductory message to Codex Members and Observers, the new Chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Steve Wearne, together with incoming Vice-Chairpersons Allan Azegele, Raj Rajasekar and Diego Varela, has promised the new team of officials will be impartial and deliver “an inclusive, transparent and resilient Codex respected throughout the world for its commitment to consensus-driven and science-based food standards”.

The message also underlines the importance of the Codex Strategic Plan and the new team’s commitment to ensuring the Codex membership is heard and understood on issues and debates.

 

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Codex Strategic Plan 2020-2025

Photo Credit © FAO/Bob Scott – left to right: Steve Wearne (United Kingdom), Allan Azegele (Kenya), Raj Rajasekar (New Zealand) and Diego Varela (Chile).

 

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

240
Codex Observers
60
IGOs
164
NGOs
16
UN

New Codex Chairperson promises strategic route for Codex placing Members at its centre

Dec 30, 2021, 09:56 AM by System

In an introductory message to Codex Members and Observers, the new Chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Steve Wearne, together with incoming Vice-Chairpersons Allan Azegele, Raj Rajasekar and Diego Varela, has promised the new team of officials will be impartial and deliver “an inclusive, transparent and resilient Codex respected throughout the world for its commitment to consensus-driven and science-based food standards”.

The message also underlines the importance of the Codex Strategic Plan and the new team’s commitment to ensuring the Codex membership is heard and understood on issues and debates.

 

Read more

Download full message in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Codex Strategic Plan 2020-2025

Photo Credit © FAO/Bob Scott – left to right: Steve Wearne (United Kingdom), Allan Azegele (Kenya), Raj Rajasekar (New Zealand) and Diego Varela (Chile).

 

Codex and Observer

Food is a sensitive commodity, which has travelled
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.