Report of the Forty-Ninth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene

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Responsible Party

Purpose

Text/Topic

Code

Step

Para.

Members

CCEXEC75

CAC41

Adoption

Proposed Draft Revision of the Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (CXC 52-2003):

Guidance for histamine control

CXC 52-2003

5/8

40 and App.II

CCEXEC75

CAC41

Approval

New work on Code of practice on food allergen management for food business operators

48

New work on guidance for the management of (micro)biological foodborne crises/outbreaks

54

CCEXEC75

CAC41

adoption

Editorial amendments to the Code of Hygienic Practice for Low-Moisture Foods (CXC 75-2015)

CXC 75-2015

-

6

EWG/PWG (United Kingdom, France, Ghana, India, Mexico, United States of America)

CCFH50

Redrafting

Proposed Draft Revision of the General Principles of Food Hygiene and Its HACCP Annex

CXC 1-1969

2/3

21

EWG (Japan, United States of America)

CCFH50

Drafting

The placement for the guidance on histamine control in CXC 52-2003, the amendments of other sections of CXC 52-3002, and the revision of the section on sampling, examination and analyses in standards for fish and fishery products related to histamine food safety

CXC 52-2003

-

40

EWG (Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States of America)

CCFH50

Drafting

Code of practice on food allergen management for food business operators

-

2/3

48

EWG (Denmark, Chile, the European Union)

CCFH50

Drafting

Guidance for the management of (micro)biological foodborne crises/outbreaks

-

2/3

54

United States of America, Uruguay, Chile

CCFH50

Drafting

Discussion paper on future work on Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)

-

-

56

Members

PWG (United States of America, Panama)

CCFH50

Comments/ Discussion

New work proposals / Forward Workplan

-

-

57