The CCEURO Region - Regional Coordinator Germany
In 1964, at its second session, the Codex Alimentarius Commission established the Coordinating Committee for Europe to succeed the 'European Council of the Codex Alimentarius' and to replace the 'Advisory Group for Europe' set up at its first session in 1963.
The first meeting of the Coordinating Committee for Europe took place in July 1965 in Berne, Switzerland and was attended by 16 countries from the region.
The current coordinator, Germany, is based in the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL).
Germany’s main priorities as coordinator are to:
- reduce barriers to active participation of Members of the region in Codex work;
- increase the awareness of the role of Codex and food safety in general in the transition towards sustainable food systems; and
- promote the use of Codex standards in priority areas such as antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
In addressing these priorities, the coordinator will use synergies from international and regional level activities of the Codex Secretariat, FAO and WHO as well as Codex Observers.
CCEURO Coordinator
All information on Codex is public and free
For regional enquiries contact:
CCEURO Secretariat
German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Wilhelmstrasse 54, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Tel :+49 30 18 529 4065
Email: [email protected]
EFSA / communication and common ground key to working together
A team from the FAO Food Safety and Quality Unit together with representatives from the Codex Secretariat and the FAO Nutrition Department travelled to Parma, Italy today to meet with the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA). The meeting was an opportunity to find common ground and share insights on a range of issues including scientific opinions, risk communication and possibilities for cooperation on major campaigns such as World Food Safety Day and the International Year of Plant Health.
Bernhard Url, Executive Director of EFSA opened the session welcoming the collaboration between EFSA and FAO in these areas.
Markus Lipp, Head of the FAO Food Safety and Quality Unit said: “I believe it's absolutely critical to have these communications or conversations” establishing personal contact and building the relationships that make it easy to collaborate.
FAO and EFSA meeting an opportunity to find common ground
“There's an impetus to talk and the visit allowed for an extremely positive exchange of views”, said Codex Secretary Tom Heilandt. It's good to hear what is happening in big agencies and to understand the EFSA approach because there are issues that it is not possible for one agency to face alone.
Marta Hugas, Chief Scientist, EFSA said how important it was for EFSA to be aligned with FAO and to try to address issues in a global way. “I hope we will keep working together for the public good, which is something that we are all committed to”, she said.
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