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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
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For regional enquiries contact:
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‍CCEURO Secretariat
German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Wilhelmstrasse 54, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Tel :+49 30 18 529 4065
Email: [email protected]

World Food Safety Day campaign in the Russian social media

Jun 19, 2020, 10:16 AM by System

The 2nd World Food Safety Day (WFSD) took place on 7 June 2020 to raise awareness and inspire action to contribute not only to food security and human health, but also sustainable development. This Day proved to be of special value in the unprecedent time of the COVID-19 pandemic as the food safety is a shared responsibility of all sectors and society as a whole.

The WHO Country Office in the Russian Federation used this year’s theme “Food safety, everyone’s business” to amplify communications efforts to inform the public of the burden of foodborne diseases, promote actions to detect and manage foodborne risks, remind of importance of food safety education that should start from the childhood.

The office launched a wide online campaign on the country’s largest social media platform VKontakte, which reached more than 16 thousand views, with multiple posts regularly appearing from 2nd of June.

 

Part of the World Food Safety social media campaign in Russian