The US Codex Office has scheduled a public meeting for September 6, 2006
in College Park, Maryland for a review of the agenda and of positions to
be taken by the US Government on agenda items to be addressed during the
next meeting of the CCFFP, which is set for September 18 - 22, 2006 in
Beijing, China.
The Committee was established to elaborate codes, standards and related
texts for fish and fishery products and is hosted by Norway - Details of
the US Codex Office meeting are posted at
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Public_Meetings/index.as
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The US Codex Office notes that the following topics are to be addressed
during the September 6 meeting:
* Matters referred to the Committee from the other Codex bodies.
* 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
(sections 2 Definitions, 7 Live and [Raw] Bivalve Molluscs, 10 Quick
Frozen Fish and Fishery Products (sections on Molluscan Shellfish and
Coated Shrimp only), 11 Processing of Salted Fish, 12 Processing of
Smoked Fish, 13 Processing of Lobsters & Crabs).
* 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; and
* Discussion Paper on an Amendment to the Labeling Section in
the Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine-Type Products.
Copies of the above drafts and discussion paper are accessible on the
web via the agenda for the Beijing meeting at
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/download/report/666/fp28_01e.pdf
Individuals interested in attending the September 6 US Codex Office
meeting are requested to preregister by September 5 with Melissa
Elwanger - US Codex Office Contact: Melissa Ellwanger, Assistant to the
U.S. Delegate to the CCFFP who is with the FDA, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition at 301 436 1401; fax: 301 436 2549. e-mail:
Melissa.Ellwanger@FDA.HHS.gov - Questions about the September 6 public
meeting may be directed to Amjad Ali who us with the U.S. Codex Office
at 202 205 7760; e-mail: USCodex@FSIS.USDA.gov - USDA FSIS August 15
Federal Register:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo
.gov/2006/E6-13361.htm
Best regards,
Pamela Tom
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Pamela Tom, Seafood Extension Program Mgr.
University of California
Food Science and Technology Department
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8598 USA
Web Site: http://seafood.ucdavis.edu (SeafoodNIC)
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