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]
Azerbaijan’s World Food Safety Day campaign has expanded
The Food Safety Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (AFSA), together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Azerbaijan, continues its series of promotional events, following its initial awareness-raising initiative in food outlets across the country.
As part of the ongoing efforts, Azerbaijani officials recorded a series of video addresses. AFSA Chairman, Goshgar Tahmazli, recorded a message in which he emphasized the importance of food safety and then handed over to the head of the FAO Partnership and Liaison Office in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Melek Cakmak. In his video address, Melek Cakmak said that everyone has a responsibility to ensure food safety, and introduced the UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan Gulam Isaczai.
The Minister of Labour and Social Protection, Sahil Babayev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Mukhtar Babayev, and Minister of Agriculture, Inam Karimov, then contributed to the video campaign.
Government officials and heads of international organizations took the opportunity of World Food Safety Day to stress the commitment of the parties involved in the food chain and the importance of collective participation in the food production process.
This video campaign will continue into next week with different agencies joining in. The Azerbaijani Representative for the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Hande Harmanci, and European Union (EU) Ambassador, Mr Kestutis Jankauskas, will add their video messages.
Follow the campaign:
FAO Azerbaijan: https://twitter.com/FAOAzerbaijan
UN Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan: https://twitter.com/UNinAzerbaijan
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