Food Law News - FAO/WHO/WTO/Codex - 2001

Fribourg, Switzerland, 03-05 October 2001

Codex Committee on Cocoa Products and Chocolate (19th Session)

The Committee :

• Agreed to include a provision for the optionnal use of up to 5% of non-cocoa vegetable fats in the products covered by the Standard under specified conditions including informative labelling and methods of analysis;
• Agreed that the source of the non-cocoa vegetable fats should not be restricted;
• Agreed to advance the Draft Revised Standard for Chocolate and Chocolate Products for final adoption by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its 25th Session (June 2003);
• Recommended the withdrawal of three existing Codex Standards covering the same products as the revised standard;
• Decided to adjourn sine die as it had completed its programme of work.