CODEX AND FEED & FOOD SAFETY
5th GFFC, Antalya (Turkey), 18-20 April 2016 Plenary III: Global Regulations & Feed Trade
Facilitation Tuesday, 19 April 2016
AnnamariaBrunoSecretariatofCodexAlimentariusCommission
Content
• Codex mandate and interest in animal feeding
• Codex recent and ongoing work
• Conclusion
Objective of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Dual objective/mandate • Protecting health of consumers
• Ensuring fair practices in food trade
Achieved through its standards, codes of practice, guidelines and other recommendations
Codex interest in animal feeding
• Recognizes that animal feed contributes to production of safe food
• Modern approach to food safety
• Preventing the entry of hazards at early stage of the food chain
• Established two ad hoc Task Forces
• Now work on animal feeding is carried out by Codex committees within their mandate
Codex recent and ongoing work relevant to animal feeding
Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF)
• Code of Practice for Weed Control to Prevent and Reduce Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Contamination in Food and Feed (CAC/RCP 74-2014)
• Code of Practice for the Reduction of Hydrocyanic Acid (HCN) in Cassava and Cassava Products (CAC/RCP 72-2013)
Ongoing work
• General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed (CODEX STAN 193-1995)
• Revision of the Code of Practice for the Prevention and Reduction of Mycotoxin Contamination in Cereals (CAC/RCP 51-2003)
• Discussion Paper on an Annex for Ergot and Ergot Alkaloids to CAC/RCP 51-2003
Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF)
Ongoing work
• MRLs for veterinary drugs (ivermectin, zilpaterol hydrochloride, teflubenzuron, lasalocid sodium)
• Risk management recommendations for veterinary drugs for which no ADI and/or MRLs has been recommended by JECFA due to specific human health concern (gentian violet)
• Discussion paper on unintended presence of residues of veterinary drugs in food commodities resulting from the carry-over of drug residues into feed
CodexVeterinaryDrugResidueinFoodOnlineDatabase
MaximumResiduesLimits(MRLs)andRiskManagement
RecommendaBons(RMRs)(CAC/MRL2)
For74veterinarydrugsorcombina5onofveterinarydrugsindifferent5ssuesofdifferentspeciesoffoodproducinganimals
Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR)
Ongoing work
• MRL for pesticides (JMPR recommendations)
• Revision of the Classification of Food and Animal Feed (section on primary animal feed commodities)
Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH)
• Guidelines for the Control of Taenia saginata in meat of domestic cattle (CAC/GL 85-2014)
• Guidelines for the Control of Non-typhoidal Salmonella spp. in beef and pork meat (to be adopted by CAC39)
• Guidelines on the Application of General Principles of Food Hygiene to the Control of foodborne parasites (to be adopted by CAC39)
Ongoing work
• New Work on the Revision of the General Principles of Food Hygiene (CAC/RCP 1-1969) and it’s HACCP Annex
Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS)
• Principles and Guidelines for the Exchange of Information Between Importing and Exporting Countries to Support the Trade in Food (to be adopted by CAC39)
• Revision of the Principles and Guidelines for the Exchange of Information in Food Safety Emergency Situations (CAC/GL 19-1995)
• Revision of the Guidelines for the Exchange of Information Between Countries on Rejections of Imported Food (CAC/GL 25-1997)
Ongoing work
• Discussion paper on the use of electronic certificates by Competent Authorities and migration to paperless certification
Antimicrobial Resistance
• Resolutions of WHO and FAO on antimicrobial resistance and WHO Global Action Plan
• The next session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (June 2016) will consider proposals for new work in relation to antimicrobial resistance
Conclusion
• Work on animal feeding is continuing in Codex
• Feed sectors should actively participate and contribute to the “feed-related” work in Codex
• Important to provide information and data to allow Codex to take into account animal feed
www.codexalimentarius.org
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