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]
Kazakhstan supports World Food Safety Day
On the eve of the World Food Safety Day which is celebrated around the world on June, 7 2020 the collegium session aimed to implementation of the State Health Development Program of Kazakhstan for 2020 – 2025 (hereinafter – Program) was held at the Ministry of Healthcare on May 29, 2020.
One of the main priority of this Program is “Formation of population’s commitment to healthy lifestyle and developing public health services”. Workshops for capacity building of food producers to develop their professional skills for introduction HACCP principles at food enterprises. There no doubts that it will stimulate the concrete actions aimed at prevention, identification, and management of foodborne risks, that will contribute to food safety, and population’s health, as a whole.
In order to implement this Program team of National Center for Expertise, of the Committee for Quality and Safety of Goods and Services of the Ministry of Healthcare jointly with Codex Alimentarius team initiated a round of cluster training seminars on food safety in the regions In particular, these seminars are aimed at raising the awareness of food producers, business operators, considered state bodies about the standards of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, Kazakhstan’s activities as the Chairperson of WHO/FAO Coordinating Committee for Europe, as well as the implementation of HACCP principles and GMP and GNP at food enterprises. More than fifty inspectors, food producers, laboratory service specialists participated at the training seminars.
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