Food Law News - FAO/WHO/WTO/Codex - 2005

28 February - 4 March 2005

CODEX - Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (27 th Session) Cape Town, South Africa

The summary and conclusions of the 27th Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products are as follows:

Matters for adoption by the Commission:

The Committee:

• advanced to Step 8 the Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (Section on Aquaculture) (para. 59, Appendix II);
• advanced to Step 5/8 the Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (Shrimps and Prawns; Cephalopods; Transport; Retail; and relevant Definitions) (para.91, Appendix III);
• advanced to Step 8 the Draft Amendment to the Standard for Salted Fish and Dried Salted Fish of the Gadidae Family (para. 34, Appendix IV);
• advanced to Step 5 the Proposed Draft Standard for Sturgeon Caviar (para. 148, Appendix VI);
• agreed to propose new work on the elaboration of a Code of Practice on the Processing of
• Scallop Meat (para. 114).

Other matters of interest to the Commission:

The Committee:

• agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Standard for Live and Non-Viable Bivalve Molluscs (para. 98, Appendix VIII);
• agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Standard for Quick Frozen Scallop Adductor Muscle Meat (para. 115, Appendix VII);
• agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Standard for Smoked Fish (para. 129, Appendix V);
• agreed to return to Step 3 the Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products (other sections) (para. 92, Appendix IX);
• agreed to consider further at its next session the Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine Type Products (Clupea bentincki); the review of the procedure for the inclusion of additional species; and a proposal for the amendment of the labelling section in the Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine-Type Products (para. 155).