International Women’s Day / Women in Codex leading technical work on food hygiene

International Women’s Day 2022 calls for a world “free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated.”

The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CFH52) will adopt its final report on Wednesday 9 March 2022. The food safety standards featured at this session include guidance on management of biological foodborne outbreaks; guidelines for the control of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in a range of foods; an approach for the HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control points) process in the Codex general guidelines for food hygiene, and another text on the safe use and re-use of water in food production.

All this work has been led in the technical working groups by women in Codex. Experts who give their time, often in addition to their regular professional duties, to develop international food safety Codex standards for the benefit of all.

Combined with women officers from the Codex Secretariat, Chairperson’s assistants during the meeting, women in the United States Codex office and in the technical support group hosting and producing the live event from Washington DC, CCFH52 is an example of an inclusive world in Codex where difference is valued and celebrated.

Codex experts pictured

Top row (left to right): Delphine Sergentet – France, Constanza Vergara – Chile, Gudrun Sandø – Denmark

Bottom row: Jenny Scott – United States of America, Ligia Lindner Schreiner – Brazil, Mirian Bueno – Honduras, Marion Castle – New Zealand.

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