The US Codex Office has scheduled a public meeting for August 7
beginning at one pm at the FDA College Park, Maryland offices (Room
3B-047; 5100 Paint Branch Parkway) for a review of the agenda and of US
positions to be taken during the next meeting of the Codex Committee on
Fish and Fishery Products (CCFFP), which is set for September 18 through
22, 2006 in Beijing, China.
The agenda of the Beijing meeting includes:
- Matters Referred to the Committee by the Codex Alimentarius Commission
and Other Codex Committees
- Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Canned Sardine and
Sardine Type Products: Clupea bentincki
- Draft Standard for Sturgeon Caviar
- Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products
- Proposed Draft Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs
- Proposed Draft Standard for Quick Frozen Scallop Adductor Muscle Meat
- Proposed Draft Standard for Smoked Fish
- Proposed Draft Code of Practice for the Processing of Scallop Meat
- Discussion Paper on the Procedure for the Inclusion of Additional
Species in Standards for Fish and Fishery Products
- Discussion Paper on an Amendment to the Labelling Section in the
Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine-Type Products
- Other Business, Future Work and Date and Place of Next Session
Questions concerning the agenda for both meetings and US participation
in the Beijing meeting, including how an organization may participate as
a member of the US delegation, may be directed to Melissa Ellwanger
(Office of Seafood, US FDA, Phone: 301 436 1401; e-mail:
Melissa.Ellwanger@FDA.HHS.gov) or to the US Codex Office at 202 205
7760; e-mail: USCodex@FSIS.USDA.gov
Regards,
Pamela Tom, Seafood Extension Program Mgr.
University of California
Food Science and Technology Department
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8598 USA
Web Site: seafood.ucdavis.edu
E-mail: pdtom@ucdavis.edu
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