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Codex alimentarius

Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission

199853 pagesabout 1 hour
1998
first published
  • 1998Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Health Organization · 53 pages · ENGISBN 9789251041420
  • 2012World Health Organization · 112 pages · ENGISBN 9789251070772

"Official and officially recognized inspections and certification systems are fundamentally important and very widely used means of food control systems. The confidence of consumers in the safety and quality of their food supply depends in part on their perception as to the effectiveness of these systems as food control measures. A substantial part of the worldwide trade in food depends upon the use of inspection and certification systems. Following the FAO/WHO Conference of Food Standards, Chemicals in Food and Food Trade in 1991, the Codex Alimentarius Commission undertook the development of guidance documents for governments and other interested parties on food import and export inspection and certification systems. This fifth edition includes texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission up to 2011"--Page 4 of cover.

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