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]
Kazakh officials deliver food safety messages in World Food Safety Day video
The National Codex Committee of Kazakhstan has produced a World Food Safety Day 2023 video, in which high-level officials speak about the importance of food safety.
The Vice Minister of Health and Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Kazakhstan, Yesmagambetova Aizhan, talks about the diseases caused by unsafe food, as well as the responsibility of each player in the food chain to ensure food safety.
Deputy Chair of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Baizhanov Kayirzhan, explains the measures the Ministry is taking to ensure food safety.
The Chair of the National Center for Expertise, Kiyassov Yerlan, emphasizes the key role of timely quality laboratory expertise to prevent unsafe food.
The video ends with the slogan "Food safety is everyone's business!"
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