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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/W/169
4 October 2001
(01-4778)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
LIST OF STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS ADOPTED OR REVOKED BY THE
TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Communication from Codex Alimentarius Commission
The following information has been received from the Codex Alimentarius Commission with
the request that it be circulated to Members.
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I. STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS ADOPTED AS FINAL TEXTS
STANDARD AND RELATED TEXTS REFERENCE STATUS
Draft Code of Hygienic Practice  for
Bottled/Packaged Drinking Waters (Otherthan Natural Mineral Waters)ALINORM 01/13,
Appendix IIAdopted
Draft Code of Hygienic Practice for the
Transport of Food in Bulk and Semi-Packed
FoodALINORM 01/13,
Appendix IIIAdopted with amendments
(see para 101)
Draft Revised Standard for Honey1ALINORM 01/25,
Appendix IIAdopted with amendments
(see para 102)
Draft Group Standard for Unripened CheeseIncluding Fresh CheeseALINORM 01/11,
Appendix IIAdopted with modification
(Pimaricin Temporary
Endorsed) (see paras 106-
107)
Codex General Standard for Food Additives:
Draft Guidelines for the Development ofMaximum Levels for the Use of Food
Additives with Numerical Acceptable Daily
Intakes (Annex A)ALINORM 01/12,
Appendix IIAdopted  
Codex General Standard for Food Additives:
Draft Additions to Table 1ALINORM 01/12,
Appendix IIIAdopted with amendments
(see paras 112-115)
Codex General Standard for Food Additives:
Draft Additions to Table 1ALINORM 01/12A,
Appendix IIAdopted
Draft Maximum Levels for Lead ALINORM  01/12,
Appendix XIAdopted with amendments,
ML for vegetable oils does
not apply to cocoa butter
(see paras 119-120)
Draft Amendments to the CodexInternational Numbering System for Food
AdditivesALINORM 01/12A,
Appendix IXAdopted
                                                     
1 Revised text:  Existing text to be revoked.G/TBT/W/169
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STANDARD AND RELATED TEXTS REFERENCE STATUS
Draft Maximum Level for Aflatoxin M 1  in
MilkALINORM 01/12A,
Appendix XAdopted
Draft Code of Practice for Source Directed
Measures to Reduce Contamination of Foods
with ChemicalsALINORM 01/12A,
Appendix XIIIAdopted with amendments
(see para 130)
Draft Maximum Level for Lead in Fruit
JuicesALINORM 01/12A,
Appendix XIVAdopted
Draft Guideline Level for Cadmium in
Cereals, Pulses and LegumesALINORM 01/12A,
Appendix XVAdopted as maximum levels
Draft Revision of the Codex Standard for
Food Grade Salt: Packaging, Transportationand StorageALINORM 01/12A,
Appendix XVIIAdopted
Draft Maximum Residue Limits for
Veterinary DrugsALINORM 01/31,
Appendix IIAdopted
Draft and Draft Revised Maximum Residue
Limits for PesticidesALINORM 01/24,
Appendix IIAdopted
Draft and Draft Revised Maximum Residue
Limits for PesticidesALINORM 01/24A,
Appendix IIAdopted except EMRL for
DDT
Codex Guidelines for the Production,
Processing, Labelling and Marketing of
Organically Produced Foods: Draft
Provisions concerning Livestock ProductionALINORM 01/22,
Appendix IIAdopted
Draft Guidelines for the Production,
Processing, Labelling and Marketing of
Organically Produced Foods (Bee-keeping
and additives for Livestock Production)ALINORM 01/22A,
Appendix IIAdopted
Draft Amendment to the General Standard
for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods:Labelling of Foods Obtained Through
Certain Techniques of Genetic
Modification/Genetic Engineering: allergensALINORM 01/22,
Appendix IIIAdopted
Draft Standard for Crackers from Marine and
Freshwater Fish, Crustaceans and MolluscanShellfishALINORM 01/18,
Appendix IIAdopted
Guidelines for the Use of Nutrition Claims:
Draft Table of Conditions for Nutrient
Contents (Part B)ALINORM 01/26,
Appendix IIAdopted
Draft Revised Codex Standard for Canned
Applesauce
2ALINORM 01/27,Appendix IIAdopted with editorial
amendments to the Spanish
version
Draft Revised Codex Standard for Canned
Pears
2ALINORM 01/27,Appendix IIIAdopted
Draft Codex Standard for Kimchi ALINORM 01/27,
Appendix IVAdopted
Draft Codex Standard for Tannia ALINORM 01/35,
Appendix IIAdopted
Draft Revised Codex Standard for Papaya
2ALINORM 01/35,
Appendix IIIAdopted
Draft Codex Standard for Asparagus ALINORM 01/35,
Appendix IVAdopted with amendments
(see para 171)
                                                     
2 Revised text: Existing text to be revoked.G/TBT/W/169
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STANDARD AND RELATED TEXTS REFERENCE STATUS
Draft Codex Standard for Cape Gooseberry ALINORM 01/35,
Appendix VAdopted
Draft Minimum Juice Content Provision in
the Codex Standard for LimesALINORM 01/35,
Appendix VIAdopted
Amendment to the Codex Standard for
Natural Mineral Waters (CODEX STAN108-1981, Rev.1 1997) - Health Related
Limits for Certain SubstancesALINORM 01/20,
Appendix IIIAdopted
Draft Revised Standard for Cocoa Butter
2ALINORM 01/14,
Appendix IIAdopted with amendments
(exception on level for lead)
(see para 177)
Draft Revised Standard for Cocoa (Cacao)
Mass (Cocoa/Chocolate Liquor) and Cocoa
Cake2ALINORM 01/14,
Appendix IIIAdopted with amendments
(exception on level for lead)
(see paras  178-179)
Draft Revised Standard for Cocoa Powders
(Cocoas) and Dry Mixtures of Cocoa andSugars
2ALINORM 01/14,Appendix IVAdopted with amendments
(exception on level for lead)(see paras 181-183)
Draft Guidelines for Generic Official
Certificate Formats and the Production and
Issuance of CertificatesALINORM 01/30A,
Appendix IIAdopted
Draft Revised Code of Hygienic Practice for
the Preparation and Sale of Street Foods
2ALINORM 01/36,Appendix IIAdopted
Draft Revised Codex Standard for Bouillons
and Consommés
2ALINORM 01/29A,Appendix 1Adopted
Draft Revised Codex Standard for Wheat
Protein Products
2ALINORM 01/37A,Annex IAdopted with amendments
(see paras 191-195)
IUPAC Guidelines for the Use of Recovery
Information in Analytical Measurement(Adoption by reference)ALINORM 01/23,
Appendix IIIAdopted
General Codex Methods for the Detection of
Irradiated FoodsALINORM 01/23,
Appendix IV Part IIIAdopted (see also paras
197-200)
General Codex Methods for Contaminants ALINORM 01/23,
Appendix IV Part IIIAdoptedG/TBT/W/169
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II. STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS ADOPTED AS FINAL TEXTS WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS TO OMIT STEP 6 AND 7
STANDARD AND RELATED TEXTS REFERENCE STATUS
Proposed Draft Amendment for the Standard
for SugarsALINORM 01/25,
Appendix IIIAdopted at Step 5/8
(see also paras 103-105)
Proposed Draft Revised Standard for EdibleCasein ProductsALINORM 01/11,
Appendix IIIAdopted at Step 5/8 with
amendments (exception on
level for lead)
Proposed Draft Amendment to the Codex
General Standard for Cheese (Description)ALINORM 01/11,
Appendix IVAdopted at Step 5/8
Proposed Draft Amendment to the Codex
Group Standard for Cheeses in Brine
(Sampling)ALINORM 01/11,
Appendix VAdopted at Step 5/8
Codex General Standard for Food Additives:
Draft Additions to Table 1ALINORM 01/12,
Appendix IIIAdopted at Step 5/8
Proposed Draft Amendments to the Codex
General Standard for Food Additives: Annex
to Table 3 (Food Categories or Individual
Food Items Excluded from the General
Conditions)ALINORM 01/12A,
Appendix VIAdopted at Step 5 only
Proposed Draft Codex Advisory
Specifications for the Identity and Purity of
Food AdditivesALINORM 01/12,
Appendix IX and
ALINORM 01/12A,
Appendix VIIIAdopted at Step 5/8
Proposed Draft Revised Sampling Plan for
Peanuts Intended for Further ProcessingALINORM 01/12A,
Appendix XIAdopted at Step 5/8 with
editorial amendments
Proposed Draft Amendments to the Standard
for Named Vegetable OilsALINORM 01/17,
Appendix IIAdopted at Step 5/8
Proposed Draft List of Acceptable Previous
Cargoes and Banned Immediate Previous
Cargoes for inclusion in the Code of Practice
for the Storage and Transport of Fats and
Oils in BulkALINORM 01/17,
Appendix IIIAdopted Draft List of
Acceptable Previous
Cargoes at Step 5 only and
List of Banned Immediate
Previous Cargoes at Step5/8
Proposed Draft Maximum Residue Limits
and Proposed Draft Revised Maximum
Residue Limits for Veterinary DrugsALINORM 01/31,
Appendix IIIAdopted at Step 5/8
Proposed Draft and Proposed Draft Revised
Maximum Residue Limits for PesticidesALINORM 01/24,
Appendix IIIAdopted at Step 5/8
Proposed Draft and Proposed Draft Revised
Maximum Residue Limits for PesticidesALINORM 01/24A,
Appendix IIIAdopted at Step 5/8 except
for Ethephon (Step 5)
Proposed Draft General Standard for
Bottled/Packaged Drinking Waters (OtherThan Natural Mineral Waters)ALINORM 01/20,
Appendix IIAdopted at Step 5/8
Proposed Draft Guidelines on the Judgement
of Equivalence of Sanitary Measures
Associated with Food Inspection and
Certification SystemsALINORM 01/30A,
Appendix IIIAdopted at Step 5 onlyG/TBT/W/169
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III. DRAFT STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS ADOPTED AT STEP 5 BY
ACCELERATED PROCEDURE
STANDARD AND RELATED TEXTS REFERENCE STATUS
Draft Revisions to the Codex International
Numbering System for Food AdditivesALINORM 01/12,
Appendix VIIAdopted
Proposed Draft Amendments to the Codex
General Standard for Food Additives: Table
3 (Additives with an Acceptable Daily Intake
of “Not Specified”)ALINORM 01/12A,
Appendix VAdopted
Proposed Draft amendment to the Guidelines
for the Production, Processing, Labelling and
Marketing of Organically Produced Foods(Table 1: Substances used in Soil Fertilizing
and Conditioning)ALINORM 01/22A,
Appendix IIIAdopted
Proposed Draft Amendments to the Codex
Classification of Foods and Animal FeedsALINORM 01/24A,
Appendix IVAdopted
IV. DRAFT STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS ADOPTED AT STEP 5
STANDARD AND RELATED TEXTS REFERENCE STATUS
Proposed Draft Principles for the Risk
Analysis of Foods Derived from Modern
BiotechnologyALINORM 01/34A,
Appendix IIAdopted
Proposed Draft Guideline for the Conduct of
Food Safety Assessment of Foods Derived
from Recombinant-DNA PlantsALINORM 01/34A,
Appendix IIIAdopted
V. TEXTS ABOLISHED/REVOKED
STANDARD AND RELATED TEXTS REFERENCE RELATED COMMITTEE
Codex Maximum Residue Limits for
Pesticides- Recommended for RevocationALINORM 01/24,
Appendix VICCPR
Codex Maximum Residue Limits for
Pesticides- Recommended for RevocationALINORM 01/24A,
Appendix VICCPR
Regional Standard for Vinegar (CODEX
STAN 162-1987)ALINORM 01/19,
para 44CCEURO
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