Rome, 19th July 2013 (WAM) - The UN food standards body Codex Alimentarius has agreed on new standards to protect the health of consumers worldwide. These include standards on fruit, vegetables, fish ...

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2012 -The Codex Alimentarius Commission, the United Nations food standards body, agreed Friday on a set of residue limits for the veterinary drug ractopamine in animal tissues.

Starting the development of guidelines to control Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in certain foods was one of the decisions made by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its annual meeting in Geneva this ...

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) participated in the forty-eighth session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which was recently held in Rome, the Italian capital, with representatives from ...

The main session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission could adopt texts relating to E. coli, the use of water in food processing and mycotoxins when it meets later this month. The event, in Rome ...

Guidelines for the control of Salmonella in beef and pork and on hygiene to control foodborne parasites were among the decisions taken during the first day of the Codex Alimentarius Commission meeting ...

Established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the Codex Alimentarius Commission is the United Nation’s body charged with ...

The global food standards body Codex Alimentarius Commission has adopted a landmark agreement on how to assess the risks to consumers from foods derived from biotechnology, the FAO and the World ...

The US Pharmacopoeial Convention (USP) has been granted observer status by the Codex Alimentarius Commission - a Standards-Setting Body for guidance on international Food Standards. With this, the USP ...

India's role in global food safety gained recognition at a recent international meeting. The Codex Alimentarius Commission praised India's millet grain standards. India co-chaired initiatives for ...

FALSE: In June 2005 the U.S. was forced to accept Codex Alimentarius regulation of vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements. OUTDATED: Bills proposing the regulation of dietary supplements are ...