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]
European Food Safety Authority raises consumer awareness for World Food Safety Day
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) together with national food safety bodies across Europe highlighted their joint communication campaign #EUChooseSafeFood for World Food Safety Day 2022. The focus was to inspire Europeans to make food choices with confidence by raising awareness about the science behind food safety. The partners also marked World Food Safety Day by recognising the efforts of food safety actors to safeguard consumer health every day of the year.
Among EFSA’s activities were:
- Cross-promotion with international partners - coordinating efforts through the International Risk Communication Liaison Group to facilitate cross-promotion of social media activities. EFSA engaged on social media with eight organisations (FAO, US FDA, WHO, Japan (FSCJ), UK FSA, New Zealand (MPI), the EC & the Health and Digital Agency.
- EFSA content production – across Twitter, INSTAGRAM and LinkedIn
- Content enabling - providing editable social media posts to EU Member States - the so-called Communication Expert Network (CEN) - to highlight support from the EU food safety community for World Food Safety Day . Member States could translate the text and add their own organizational logos network. Six Member States used these materials for their own tailored posts and one cross-promoted EFSA’s post.
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