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REP12/FICS
JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Thirty fifth Session
Rome, Italy, 2-7 July 2012
REPORT OF THE NINETEENTH SESSION OF THE

CODEX COMMITTEE ON FOOD IMPORT AND EXPORT INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION
SYSTEMS
Cairns, Australia
17-21 October 2011
NOTE: This report contains Codex Circular Letter CL 2011/21-FICS
CL 2011/21-FICS
October 2011
To:
Codex Contact Points

Interested International Organizations
From:
Secretariat,
Codex Alimentarius Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
Subject:
Distribution of the Report of the Nineteenth Session of the Codex Committee on Food
Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (REP12/FICS)
The report of the Nineteenth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and
Certification Systems will be considered by the 35th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Rome,
Italy, 2-7 July 2012)
MATTERS FOR ADOPTION BY THE 35TH SESSION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION
Proposed Draft Standards and Related Texts at Step 5 of the Procedure
Proposed draft Principles and Guidelines for National Food Control Systems (Introduction, Sections
1-3) (N06-2009), at Step 5 (para. 46 and Appendix II).
Governments and international organizations wishing to submit comment on the above texts should do so in
writing, preferably by e-mail, to the Secretariat, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food
Standards Programme, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy (e-mail: [email protected],
fax : +39 06 57054593) before 15 March 2012.
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Content
Summary and Conclusions .............................................................................................................
page ii
List of Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................
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Report of the 19 Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import

and Export Inspection and Certification Systems ...........................................................................
page 1
Summary Status of Work ...............................................................................................................
page 10
Paragraph
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................
1-2
Adoption of the Agenda (Agenda Item 1) ......................................................................................
Matters referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other

Codex committees and task forces (Agenda Item 2) ......................................................................
4-11
Report on activities of FAO and WHO relevant to the work of CCFICS (Agenda Item 3a) .........
12
Report on activities of other international organizations relevant to the work of

CCFICS (Agenda Item 3b) .............................................................................................................
13-14
Proposed draft Principles and guidelines for national food control systems
(N06-2009) (Agenda Item 4) .........................................................................................................
15-46
Discussion paper on further guidance regarding attestations in the Generic Model Official
Certificate (Annex to CAC/GL 38-2001) (Agenda Item 5a) ..........................................................
47-51
Proposals for new work (Agenda Item 5b) .....................................................................................
52-71
Date and place of next session (Agenda Item 6) ............................................................................
72
Appendices
Appendix I: List of participants .....................................................................................................
page 11
Appendix II: Proposed draft Principles and guidelines for national food control systems
(N06-2009) Introduction, Sections 1-3 (at Step 5 of the Procedure) ...........................................
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
The Nineteenth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification
Systems reached the following conclusions:
Matters for the 35th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Matters for adoption / approval
Proposed draft Standards and Related Texts at Step 5 of the Procedure
The Committee agreed to forward the Introduction, Sections 1 to 3 of the Principles and guidelines for
national food control systems (N06-2009) to the Commission for adoption at Step 5 (see para. 46 and
Appendix II).
Matters of interest
The Committee agreed:
(i) That more reflection was necessary on how to address feed in CCFICS texts related to emergency
(see para. 7); and
(ii) To return Section 4 of the Principles and guidelines for national food control systems (N06-2009) to
Step 2 for revision by a pWG, circulation for comments at Step 3 and further consideration
at its 20th Session (see para. 46);
Matters referred to other Committees / Task Forces
Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (CCFFP)
The Committee agreed that it was premature to consider the inclusion of the CCFFP proposal to review the
Generic Model Official Certificate (Annex to CAC/GL 38-2001) and that the issue of attestation could be
considered in a more holistic in the future (see para. 11).
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT
APEC
CAC/GL
CAC/RCP
CCFICS
CCFFP
CCMMP
CL
CRD
EMPRES
eWG
FAO
IDF
IICA
INFOSAN
OIE
PVS Tool
pWG
STDF
WHO
WTO
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Codex Alimentarius Commission / Guidelines
Codex Alimentarius Commission / Recommended Code of Practice
Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems
Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products
Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products
Circular Letter
Conference Room Document
Emergency Prevention Systems
electronic Working Group
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
International Dairy Federation
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperacin para la Agricultura
International Food Safety Authorities Network
World Organisation for Animal Health
Evaluation of Performance of Veterinary Services
physical Working Group
Standard and Trade Development Facility
World Health Organization
World Trade Organization
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INTRODUCTION
1.
The Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS)
held its 19th Session in Cairns, Australia, from 17 to 21 October 2011, at the kind invitation of the
Government of Australia. Mr Gregory Read, Executive Manager, Food Division, Australian Quarantine and
Inspection Service, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, chaired the
Session. The Session was attended by 165 delegates from 58 Member countries and one Member
organization, 8 international governmental and non-governmental organizations. The list of participants,
including the Secretariat, is given in Appendix I to this report.
Division of Competence1
2.
The Committee noted the division of competence between the European Union and its Member States,
according to paragraph 5, Rule II of the Rules of Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, as
presented in CRD 1.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA (Agenda Item 1)2
3.
The Committee adopted the Provisional Agenda as its Agenda for the Session.
MATTERS REFERRED BY THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION, OTHER CODEX

COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
(Agenda Item 2)3
4.
The Committee noted relevant decisions of the 33rd and 34th Session of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission and other Committees, as presented in CX/FICS 11/19/2. In particular, the Committee
commented and/or made decisions as follows:
Proposed changes to the CCFICS texts related to emergency
5.
The Secretariat recalled that the 32nd Session of the Commission had requested the electronic Working
Group (eWG) on future work on animal feeding to review, among others, the Principles and Guidelines for
the Exchange of Information in Food Safety Emergency Situations (CAC/GL 19-1995) and the Guidelines
for the Exchange of Information between Countries on Rejections of Imported Food (CAC/GL 25-1997) as
to their applicability to animal feed4. The eWG identified a number of gaps in these documents and prepared
proposals to address these. The 33rd Session of the Commission agreed to refer the proposed revision, as
presented in Appendix 1 of CX/FICS 11/19/2, to the CCFICS for review.5
6.
The Committee agreed that it was important to consider feed as related to food safety in these
documents but there were different opinions on how to proceed. Some delegations supported the proposed
changes, while others were of the opinion that more reflection was needed on each of the proposed changes
to ensure that the focus and scope of the documents remained on food safety. Others considered that the
current texts adequately covered food safety issues arising from feed.
Conclusion
7.
The Committee agreed that more reflection was necessary on how these texts should consider feed in
relation to food safety and agreed that this work would be covered by the discussion paper on the need for
further Codex guidance on food safety emergency situations to be prepared by the United States of America
(see Agenda Item 5b).
8.
The Committee noted that the Codex Secretariat would update the reference to the Code of Ethics for
international Trade in Food including Concessional and Food Aid Transactions (CAC/GL 20-1979) in
footnote 2 of CAC/GL 19-1995.
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CRD 1 (Annotated Agenda Division of competence between the European Union and its Member States)
CX/FICS 11/19/1 Rev.
CX/FICS 11/19/2; CRD 2 (Comments of Chile, European Union, Honduras, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines and
Republic of Korea)
ALINORM 09/32/REP para.175 (i)
ALINORM 10/33/REP paras 95-97 and 100-101
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Proposed amendment of the Generic Model Official Certificate

9.
The Secretariat recalled that the Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (CCFFP), in reply to the
request of the 32nd Session of the Commission to consider the revision of the Model Certificate for Fish and
Fishery Products (CAC/GL 38-2001) had prepared a proposal to review the Generic Model Official
Certificate to include specific text related to fish and fishery products, as presented in Appendix 2 of
CX/FICS 11/19/2.
10. The Committee noted that the certificates developed by the Codex Committee on Milk and Milk
Products (CCMMP) and the CCFFP were unique in Codex and that the inclusion of a specific commodity
attestation in the Generic Model Official Certificate might lead to the proliferation of such attestations for
other products and dilute the objective of a generic certificate.
Conclusion
11. The Committee concluded that it was premature to consider the inclusion of the CCFFP proposal. The
Committee further noted that a holistic approach to attestations was the subject of a discussion paper under
Agenda Item 5a.
REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF FAO AND WHO RELEVANT TO THE WORK OF CCFICS
(Agenda Item 3a)6
12. The Committee noted the information provided by FAO and WHO on activities relevant to the work
of CCFICS, as presented in FICS/19 INF/1: work on a manual for imported food control to help bridging the
gap between principles and implementation; a toolkit on risk analysis to support national authorities in the
application of the risk analysis framework in food safety systems; guidelines for application of risk analysis
during food safety emergencies; and a guidance document to support countries in establishing and
implementing food recall systems during food safety emergencies. The Committee noted that FICS/19 INF/1
also provided information on capacity building activities of FAO and WHO.
REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS RELEVANT TO
THE WORK OF CCFICS (Agenda Item 3b)7
World Trade Organization (WTO)
13. The Committee noted the information provided by WTO on activities in 2010 and 2011, as presented
in FICS/19 INF/2: a summary of activities and decisions of the SPS Committee; specific trade concerns;
equivalence and transparency; monitoring of implementation of international standards; technical assistance;
discussion on private standards; dispute settlement; and the activities of the Standards and Trade
Development Facility (STDF).
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
14. The Observer from OIE, referring to FICS/19 INF/2 Add.1, informed the Committee of relevant OIE
work. In particular, the activities of the OIE Working Group on Animal Production Food Safety (WGAPFS),
which was established by OIE in 2002 to manage the risks arising at the farm level and to improve
coordination of the standard setting activities of OIE and Codex. The Committee noted that OIE would
continue to address food safety related issues as a high priority and to work closely with the Codex
Alimentarius Commission and other international organizations. The Observer mentioned that in the context
of discussions on new work on performance indicators of food control systems (see Agenda Item 5b) it could
be interesting to note that OIE Members had strongly supported the evaluation of veterinary services using
the OIE Tool for the Evaluation of Performance of Veterinary Services (OIE PVS Tool).
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FICS/19 INF/1 (Activities of FAO and WHO relevant to the work of CCFICS)
FICS/19 INF/2 (Information from WTO); FICS/19 INF/2 Add.1 (Report by the OIE)
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PROPOSED DRAFT PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES FOR NATIONAL FOOD CONTROL

SYSTEMS (N06-2009) (Agenda Item 4)8
15. The Delegation of Australia introduced the report of the physical Working Group (pWG), which met
in Natal, Brazil, in March 2011, at the kind invitation of Brazil. The pWG had agreed that the document
should provide guidance to national governments on the development, implementation and ongoing review
of national food control systems and had further developed Section 3 on Principles and the framework of
Section 4. Due to time constraints, the remainder of Section 4 Framework for the Design and Operation of
the National Food Control System had been developed on the basis of the written comments received by the
pWGs members.
General discussion
16. The CCFICS Chairperson recalled that this work had been undertaken to address the need to provide,
in a single document, coherent guidance to governments on how to establish and operate national food
control systems. The Chairperson emphasised that both developing and industrialised countries would
benefit from such guidance because it would enhance their capacity to respond to the challenges related to
national food control. The Chairperson noted the challenges of developing the document, which needed to
combine high-level principles and detailed guidance in a useful way to meet the expectations of all Members.
17. Based on the comments submitted, the Chairperson was of the opinion that the current draft contained
most of the elements needed. However, he noted that the following areas needed further work: policy
considerations (e.g., consumers interests, environment, economic interests, etc.) in the decision making
process; the introduction which should be clearer on the purpose and scope of the document; the section on
design which still contained elements belonging to other sections e.g., implementation. There was also a
need to look at any gaps in the Principles section and to review the structure of Section 4 so that the various
components/elements of a food control system were organised in a logical way.
18. The Committee generally concurred with the Chairpersons comments on the importance of the
document for all countries and congratulated the pWG for the progress made.
19. The Committee agreed that the document needed a clearer introduction and that the core components
of a national food control system needed to be better described. It was mentioned that the document still
contained some gaps concerning policy and regulations and also a number of repetitions. The structure and
logical flow of the document, in particular of Section 4, should be improved to make it more user-friendly. It
was also mentioned that the document should emphasise the need for a good coordination between food
safety and animal health authorities.
Specific comments
Section 1 - Introduction
20. The Committee discussed how to give more indication to the user in the introduction as to the
objectives of the document. The possibility to add a new introductory paragraph explaining the importance
of integrating different aspects of food control in one coherent system was discussed, but in the end the
Committee agreed that it was sufficient to amend the existing first paragraph to read as follows:
1.
This document is intended to provide practical guidance to assist the national
government, and their competent authority(ies) in the development, operation, evaluation and
improvement of the national food control system. It highlights the key principles and core
elements of an efficient and effective food control system. It is not intended that the guidance
result in one system being appropriate to all circumstances. Rather, various approaches may
be used, as appropriate to the national circumstances, to achieve an effective national food
control system.
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CX/FICS 11/19/3; CX/FICS 11/19/3 Add. 1 (Comments of Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Japan,
Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, South Africa, Uruguay, United States of America, IACFO, IIR,
OIE); CX/FICS 11/19/3 Add. 2 (Comments of Honduras, Jamaica, Mali, Tanzania); CRD 4 (Comments of Bolivia,
Brazil, European Union, Malaysia, Republic of Korea and Thailand); CRD 8 (Comments of India); CRD 10
(Introduction of Section 4 of the proposed draft Guidelines and principles for national food control systems,
prepared by an in-session working group); CRD 12 (Section 4 of the proposed draft Guidelines and principles for
national food control systems: proposal for revision and comments)
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21. Some delegations felt that in addition to the CCFICS texts referred to in paragraph 29, additional
Codex texts, e.g., Working Principles of Risk Analysis for Food Safety for Application by Governments
(CAC/GL 62-2007; Code of Ethics for International Trade in Foods including Concessional and Food Aid
Transactions (CAC/RCP 20-1979) etc., had strong relations to national food control systems and should be
mentioned. However, the Committee agreed that a general reference was sufficient and amended the second
paragraph as follows:
2.
While the focus of the Principles and Guidelines for National Food Control Systems is on
the production, storage, transport and sale of foods within national borders, the document is
consistent with and should be read in conjunction with relevant Codex texts. Codex texts of
particular relevance include the Principles for Food Import and Export Inspection and
Certification (CAC/GL 20-1995), the Guidelines for the Design, Operation, Assessment and
Accreditation of Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification (CAC/GL 26-1997) and
the Guidelines for Food Import Control Systems (CAC/GL 47-2003).
22. Some delegations were of the opinion that it was not appropriate to make reference to texts developed
by FAO and WHO, as these were not negotiated texts. Other delegations noted that references to FAO/WHO
texts were contained in Codex texts to serve as useful resources. The Committee agreed to include only a
general reference to FAO/WHO texts. The reference to OIE texts was amended to specifically refer to the
Terrestrial Animal Health and Aquatic Animal Health Codes. The revised paragraph 3 reads as follows:
3.
In addition, the relevant chapters of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
Terrestrial Animal Health and Aquatic Animal Health Codes are valuable resources for member
governments and organizations. Other documents and guidance materials developed by FAO
and WHO may also be useful resources.
23. The Committee deleted the first sentence of paragraph 4 as it was already covered by the other
paragraphs.
Section 2 Objective of a National Food Control System
24. The Committee agreed that the objective of a national food control system should be the protection of
the health of consumers and to ensure fair practices in the food trade and to keep the section as originally
drafted.
Section 3 - Principles of a National Food Control System
25.
The Committee amended paragraph 6 to better define the scope of the section as follows:
7.
A national food control system should be based on the following principles:
26. The Committee deleted the words the health of in the first sentence of Principle 1 as protection of
consumers covered both consumers health and fair practices in the food trade. The Delegation of India
expressed its reservation on this decision.
27. In Principle 2 The whole food chain approach, the Committee agreed to delete the list of specific
intermediary elements of the food chain because the list might not be comprehensive and to refer to primary
production as the initial element of the food chain. The amended Principle reads as follows:
9.
The national food control system should cover the entire food chain from primary
production to consumption.
28. The Committee agreed to maintain Principle 3 Transparency, as originally drafted, as it addressed
both aspects of transparency and confidentiality.
29. The Committee agreed to maintain five paragraphs (11-15) under Principle 4 Roles and
responsibilities: the general principle that all participants in a national food control system should have well
defined roles and responsibilities (paragraph 11); and specific roles and responsibilities of key participants
(paragraphs 12-15). The Committee rephrased paragraph 11 as a principle and paragraph 14 to clarify the
role and responsibilities of national governments and the competent authority. The Committee deleted the
first sentence of paragraph 14, which included aspects of monitoring and enforcement, which were covered
in Section 4 (paragraph 22). The Committee agreed to reorder paragraphs 12-15 to reflect the degree of
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Please note that paragraphs number used in this report corresponds to the paragraphs numbers in Appendix II
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responsibility (i.e. from higher to lower) of the key participants. The two amended paragraphs read as
follows:
11. All participants in a national food control system should have specific roles and
responsibilities clearly defined.
13. The national governments (and in some cases the competent authorities) have the role and
responsibility to establish and maintain up-to-date and science-based legal requirements and the
competent authority has the responsibility to ensure the effective operation of the national food
control system.
30. The Committee maintained Principle 5 Consistency and impartiality and Principle 6 Incorporation
of risk based, science-based and evidence-based decision making, unchanged. The Committee noted that
Principle 6 provided sufficient flexibility to countries that cannot conduct a full risk analysis.
31. The Committee noted that the focus of Principle 7 Cooperation and coordination between multiple
competent authorities was on the effective use of available resources by multiple competent authorities. The
principle was amended as follows to acknowledge that duplication and gaps could not always be avoided.
18. The competent authorities within a national food control system should operate in a
cooperative and coordinated manner, within clearly assigned roles and responsibilities, for the
most effective use of resources in order to minimize duplication/gaps and to facilitate
information exchange.
32. The Committee noted that Principle 8 Preventive measures addressed both preventive and corrective
measures but agreed to keep its title unchanged to stress the importance of preventing food safety incidents.
33. The Committee deleted to ensure it maintains its fitness for purpose in the title of Principle 9 Self
assessment and review procedures to align it with the style of the titles of the other principles and amended
the text to clarify the purpose of assessment and review, as follows:
20. The national food control system should possess the capacity to undergo continuous
improvement and include mechanisms to evaluate whether the system is able to achieve its
objective.
34. The Committee extensively discussed the need to refer to equivalence in the title and text of
Principle 10. It was noted that equivalence was one type of recognition; that the concept of recognition in
Principle 10 was not limited to recognition of other countries systems but also included the recognition of
private sector operators and of regional authorities by federal governments, etc.; that equivalence, although
difficult to implement, was an important tool to facilitate trade; and that other CCFICS texts (i.e., CAC/GL
34-1999 and CAC/GL 53-2003) provided guidance on equivalence. The Committee amended the title and
text of Principle 10 as follows:
PRINCIPLE 10 RECOGNITION OF OTHER SYSTEMS (INCLUDING EQUIVALENCE)
21. Competent authorities should recognise that food control systems or their components
although designed and structured differently may be capable of meeting the same objective.
This recognition can apply at national and international level. The concept of recognition of
systems, including equivalence3, should be provided for in the national food control system.
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Guidelines for the development of equivalence agreements regarding food import and export
inspection and certification systems (CAC/GL 34-1999) and Guidelines on the judgement of
equivalence of sanitary measures associated with food inspection and certification systems
(CAC/GL 53-2003).
35. The Committee agreed to add the following three new principles as they were part of the basis of
national food control systems:
PRINCIPLE 11 LEGAL FOUNDATION
22. The government within each country needs to have in place fundamental legal structures
to enable the establishment of food laws and competent authorities, so that they can develop,
establish, implement, maintain and enforce a national food control system.
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PRINCIPLE 12 HARMONISATION
22. When designing and applying a food control system, the competent authority should
consider Codex standards, recommendations and guidelines (or those of other international
inter-governmental organizations whose membership is open to all countries) whenever
appropriate as elements of their national food control system to facilitate trade and consumer
confidence.
PRINCIPLE 13 RESOURCES
23. A national food control system should have sufficient resources to enable it to meet the
system objectives.
Section 4 - Framework for the design and operation of the national food control system
36. The Committee considered the introduction of Section 4 (paragraphs 21-27) to identify missing or
wrongly placed elements; to correct mistakes and inaccuracies; and delete duplications and redundancies.
37.
The Committee agreed to:

Retain paragraph 21, as it provided a good introduction to the Section;
Delete paragraph 22, as it included elements on roles and responsibilities, which were already covered
in the Principles section or were described later in the document; and
Retain paragraph 23, which described the role of the competent authority, and to add two new bullets
on transparency and international cooperation and trade.
38. The Committee noted that paragraphs 24-27 contained aspects of implementation and design that were
dealt with later in the document. The Committee agreed to redraft these paragraphs to help users to better
understand the flow of the rest of the Section and the framework of a national food control system.
39. The Committee agreed that the framework should consist of the following main elements: (i) policy
setting; (ii) system design; (iii) implementation; and (iv) monitoring and system review, with continuous
improvement as an integral part. A diagram showing the circular flow of this framework was included.
The Committee noted that this framework would apply equally to setting up and reviewing national food
control systems.
40. The Committee agreed to the revised introduction of Section 4, prepared by an in-session working
groups, as presented in CRD 10.
41. The Committee considered the remaining paragraphs (28-110) of Section 4: to determine whether text
was located in the right sub-sections (i.e. 4.1 Policy Setting, 4.2 System Design; 4.3 Implementation;
and 4.4 Monitoring and System Review), whether it was correct and whether text needed to be added or
deleted. The outcome of the discussion is presented in CRD 12.
Conclusions
42. The Committee acknowledged progress made on the development of the proposed draft Guidelines
and principles. The Committee agreed that the Introduction and Sections 1 to 3 only needed some editorial
improvements and possibly some re-ordering of the Principles and could be advanced in the Step procedure.
43. The Committee noted that good progress had been made on developing the structure of Section 4 and
its introductory paragraphs, which logically linked to the sub-sections. The Committee had also identified the
proper location of paragraphs and areas for improvements.
44. In view of this progress, the Committee agreed that the proposed draft Principles and guidelines could
be finalised at its next session.
45. The Committee agreed to establish a pWG, chaired by Australia and hosted by the European Union,
open to all Codex Members and Observers and working in English, French and Spanish, to prepare a revised
Section 4. The pWG should further elaborate the section based on CRD 12 and the written comments
submitted (CX/FICS 11/19/3 Add.1; CX/FICS 11/19/3 Add.2; CRD 4; and CRD 8). A draft paper would be
made available to the WG participants prior to the meeting. The meeting of the pWG was tentatively
scheduled to be held in Grange (Ireland) in the second quarter of 2012.
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Status of the proposed draft Principles and guidelines for national food control systems (N06-2009)
46. The Committee agreed to forward the Introduction, Sections 1 to 3 to the 35th Session of the
Commission for adoption at Step 5 (see Appendix II) and to return Section 4 to Step 2 for revision by a
pWG, circulation for comments at Step 3 and further consideration at the its 20th Session.
DISCUSSION PAPER ON FURTHER GUIDANCE REGARDING ATTESTATION IN THE
GENERIC MODEL OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE (ANNEX TO CAC/GL 38-2001) (Agenda Item 5a)10
47. The Delegation of the United States of America introduced the discussion paper, which had been
prepared following one of the conclusions of the 2010 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Export
Certification Roundtable that CCFICS consider additional work on incorporating appropriate attestations in
the Generic Official Model Certificates, Annex to the Guidelines for Design, Production, Issuance and Use
of Generic Official Certificate (CAC/GL 38-2001).
48. The discussion paper indicated that the CAC/GL 38-2001 and its Annex provided guidance on both
the use of official certificate and on attestations and that Codex had developed commodity specific
attestations for milk and milk products (CAC/GL 67-2008) and for fish and fishery products (CAC/GL 482004).
49. One Delegation noted that the principles and guidance on attestations in CAC/GL 38-2001 were very
useful and that they could not see the need to start new work based on the information in the discussion
paper.
50. Another Delegation was of the view that recommending highly specific attestations might not be
appropriate since requirements, were likely to vary significantly from country to country.
Conclusion
51.
The Committee agreed that no new work on attestations was needed at present.
PROPOSALS FOR NEW WORK (Agenda Item 5b)11

52. The Committee considered the replies to CL 2011/5-FICS Request for proposals for future work for
the CCFICS submitted by Costa Rica, the United States of America and the International Dairy Federation
(IDF) as follows:
Documentary information directed at exporting countries and food establishments
53. The Delegation of Costa Rica introduced the proposal to develop a document with the most relevant
information that exporting countries were asked to demonstrate and guarantee their health situation and the
safety of their products. This work aimed at reducing the burden of exporting countries to reply to the diverse
and numerous questionnaires from importing countries.
54. Many delegations supported the proposal. Harmonised questionnaires would ease the burden for
exporting countries, in particular developing countries, and would also assist importing countries in
clarifying and simplifying their requests for information.
Conclusion
55. The Committee noted that the proposal needed to be further developed and agreed to establish an
eWG, chaired by Costa Rica, working in English and Spanish and open to all Codex members and observers,
to prepare: (i) a discussion paper that would clearly describe the problems, including examples, faced by
exporting countries due to multiple questionnaires, and identify possible solutions; and (ii) a project
document for consideration at its next session.
Monitoring Regulatory Performance of National Food Control Systems
56. The Delegation of the United States of America introduced the proposal to develop performance
metrics to enable countries to assess the capacity of either their own or their trading partners national food
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CX/FICS 11/19/4; CRD 5 (Comments of European Union and Malaysia)

CX/FICS 11/19/5; CRD 3 (USA new work: additional information); CRD 6 (Comments of Honduras, Malaysia,
Mali, Philippines and Republic of Korea); CRD 7 (IDF new work: additional information); CRD 8 (Comments of
India); CRD 9 (Comments of FAO); CRD 11 (IDF revised new work proposal)
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control systems (NFCS). Two types of indicators were proposed: regulatory performance indicators to
demonstrate the NFCS effectiveness in achieving food safety, food suitability and technical outcomes; and
operational performance measures to demonstrate that inspection activities were carried out according to
established policy.
57. The Delegation said that the guidance would complement the document on NFCS currently under
development (see Agenda Item 4) and could become an Annex to this document. As this document had not
yet been finalised, the Delegation suggested that a survey on how countries were currently assessing and
managing their food control systems could be a first step to develop this work.
58. Many delegations supported the proposal, which could be a valuable tool for countries; however, they
were of the opinion that it would be premature to request new work before the current work on NFCS had
been finalised.
59. One Delegation noted that guidance on the use of the indicators to assess other countries systems
could be more appropriately part of the Principles and Guidelines for the Conduct of Assessments of Foreign
Official Inspection and Certification Systems (Annex to CAC/GL 26-1997).
60. The Observer from OIE noted that OIE Members had strongly supported the OIE PVS Pathway, a
global initiative to strengthen veterinary services, based on the use of the OIE PVS Tool and encouraged the
Committee to consider the OIE work if the new work proposal was approved.
61. The Observer from the Instituto Interamericano de Cooperacin para la Agricultura (IICA) reported on
a Performance, Vision and Strategy (DVE) tool, which it had developed jointly with the Pan American
Health Organization (PAHO) to assist national food safety authorities in: determining their level of
performance, creating a shared vision with the private sector on setting priorities and planning a strategy for
meeting their responsibilities to the consumer. The tool had been applied in many countries of the Americas
to strengthen national food safety systems. The Observer was of the opinion that this tool could contribute to
future CCFICS work.
Conclusion
62. The Committee agreed that it was premature to start new work at this moment and that an eWG,
chaired by the United States of America would develop a questionnaire in English, French and Spanish on
how countries currently assess and manage the performance of their NFCS and give examples of indicators
used, to be circulated by the Codex Secretariat. Based on the replies to the Circular Letter, the United States
of America would prepare a more detailed discussion paper and project document for the next session.
Proposal for New Work on Codex Guidelines for Managing Food Safety Emergency Situations in
Relation to International Trade
63. The Observer from IDF introduced the discussion paper, which included: (i) a gap analysis on current
Codex texts; and (ii) the precise scope and clear objectives of the new work to address these gaps.
64. Regarding (i) the Observer said that Codex had not yet provided full guidance on how to manage
international emergencies as CAC/GL 19-1995 only defines food safety emergency and provides guidance
for the exchange of information; the various Codex principles and guidelines for risk analysis are meant for
normal circumstances, not for emergencies; and the document on NFCS, currently under development (see
Agenda Item 4), did not specifically address these gaps.
65. The Observer mentioned that work on effective response to international food safety emergencies had
been addressed by FAO and WHO with useful guidance and tools (e.g., INFOSAN, EMPRES and other
FAO/WHO guidance) and that these did not have the same status as Codex texts had under WTO.
66. Regarding (ii) the Observer said that the purpose of the new work would be what to do in an
international food safety emergency, while the how to do was addressed by FAO/WHO guidance and tools
(see CRD 9). In particular, the proposed new work should: address the process for managing food safety
emergency situations, including respective roles and responsibilities of governments and other stakeholders,
especially the food industry and envisage effective coordination mechanisms among all stakeholders.
67. The Committee noted that the discussion paper identified gaps in Codex texts on food safety
emergencies in relation to the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders; coordination mechanisms;
and risk management.
REP12/FICS
68. One delegation was of the view that, although roles and responsibilities could be better defined, there
was no need to establish formal coordination mechanisms among stakeholders. Another delegation stated
that any work on guidance on managing food emergency situations should exclude situations arising from
deliberate adulteration of food. Several delegations stated that aspects of risk management should not part of
new work by CCFICS as they were within the mandate of other committees (e.g. Committees on Food
Hygiene, on Contaminants in Foods, etc.).
69. The Committee considered a revised project document prepared by IDF (CRD 11) taking into account
the above discussion, as well as FAO and WHO work and comments (CRD 9).
70. Some delegations stated that they did not see the need for this new work, as the text on NFCS under
development also referred to roles and responsibilities in case of food safety emergency situations. Other
delegations continued to be interested in further Codex work on this issue but stated that the proposal needed
further work.
Conclusion
71. The Committee agreed that the United States of America would prepare a discussion paper for
consideration at its next session that would take into account Codex texts on emergencies and rejections (i.e.,
CAC/GL 19-1995 and CAC/GL 25-1997), FAO/WHO guidance and mechanisms (e.g., INFOSAN,
EMPRES) on food safety emergency situations and would address the need for further Codex guidance on:
(a) the roles and responsibilities of the various parties stakeholders in food safety emergency situations; (b)
the processes involved in responding to a food safety emergency situations; and (c) communications
associated with food safety emergency situations. The Committee noted that this discussion paper would also
include the work assigned to the United States of America under Agenda Item 2 (see para. 7).
DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT SESSION (Agenda Item 6)
72. The Committee noted that its 20th Session was tentatively scheduled from 18-22 February 2013 subject
to further discussion between the Codex and Australian Secretariats.
REP12/FICS
10
SUMMARY STATUS OF WORK
Step
Action by:
Document Reference
(REP12/FICS)
Proposed draft Principles and Guidelines for

National Food Control Systems (N06-2009)
(Introduction, Sections 1-3)
35th CAC
Para. 46 and Appendix II
Proposed draft Principles and Guidelines for

National Food Control Systems (N06-2009)
(Section 4)
2/3
pWG
20th CCFICS
Para. 46
Discussion paper on burden of multiple

questionnaires directed at exporting
countries
eWG
(Costa Rica)
20th CCFICS
Para. 55
Discussion paper on monitoring regulatory

performance of national food control
systems
United States
of America
20th CCFICS
Para. 62
Discussion paper on the need for further

guidance on food safety emergencies and on
the analysis of proposed change to CCFICS
texts on emergencies and rejections to
address feed.
United States
of America
20th CCFICS
Paras 7 and 69
Subject Matter
REP12/FICS Appendix I
11
Appendix I
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS
LISTA DE PARTIPANTES
CHAIRPERSON
Mr Gregory Read
Executive Manager
Food Division
Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
GPO Box 858
CANBERRA ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 2 6272 3594
Fax: +61 2 6272 3567
Email: [email protected]
ARGENTINA ARGENTINE
Ms Gabriela Catalani
Coordinator Codex Contact Point Argentina
Ministry of Agriculture
Paseo Colon 922
Planta Baja, OF 37
Buenos Aires 1063
Argentina
Phone: +54 11 4349 2549
Fax: +54 11 4349 2244
ARMENIA ARMNIE
Ms Gayane Margaryan
Chief Specialist, Quality of Infrastructure
Ministry of Economy
Mkrtchyan 5
Yerevan 0010
Republic of Armenia
Phone: +0374 10 597 166
Fax: +0374 10526577
AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIE
Ms Edwina Mulhearn
Manager
Certification Integrity Unit
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6272 4152
Dr Barbara Butow
Deputy Manager
Food Safety Section
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
55 Blackall Street
Barton ACT 2601
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6271 2283
Fax: +61 2 6271 2278
Mrs Annelise Fuller

Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
PO Box 96 AAC Bldg
Cairns Int'l Airport
Cairns QLD 4870
Phone: +61 7 4030 7844
Fax: +61 7 4030 7845
Mrs Jayanti Gupta
Senior Policy Officer
International Food Standards
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6272 4686
Fax: +61 2 6272 3025
Ms Clare Jones
Senior Veterinary Officer
Export Standards Branch
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6272 5778
Ms Lisa Tengdahl
Project Officer
Scientific Strategy, International & Surveillance Section
Po Box 7185
Barton ACT
Canberra
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6271 2624
Fax: +61 2 6271 2278
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Ms Tania Martin
Senior Project Officer
Po Box 7185
Barton ACT
Canberra
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6271 2243
Fax: +61 2 6271 2278
Mrs Angela Karinne Fagundes De Castro

Manager of Inspection and Control Food Risks
Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency
SIA Trecho 5
Area Especial 57
Brasilia 71205-050
Brazil
Phone: +55 61 3462 5684
Fax: +55 61 3462 5315
Mr Hari Srinivas
Chief Technical Officer
Scalzo Food Industries
156 Kensington Road
West Melbourne VIC 3003
Australia
Phone: +61 3 9245 7003
Fax: +61 3 9245 7050
Ms Claudia Valeria Goncalves Cordeiro de Sa

Official Veterinarian
Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil
Bloco D, Ed. Anexo A
Sala 402
Brasilia DF 70043-900
Brazil
Phone: +55 61 3218 2339
Fax: +55 61 3218 2672
AUSTRIA AUTRICHE
Ms Amire Mahmood
Deputy Head of the Department for Food Law, Food Safety
and Food Quality
Federal Ministry of Health
Radetzkystrae 2
Wien 1030
Austria
Phone: +43 1 71100 4741
Fax: +43 1 71100 4201
BANGLADESH
Mr Barun Dev Mitra
Secretary
Food Division
Ministry of Food and Disaster Management
63 New Eskaton
Dhaka 1217
Bangladesh
Phone: +8802 7168067
Fax: +8802 9514678
BRAZIL - BRSIL - BRASIL
Dr Andre Santos
Deputy Coordinator
Brazilian Codex Alimentarius Committee
Brazilian National Institute of Metrology, Quality and
TechnologyRua Estrela, 67 4 Andar
Rio Comprido
Rio de Janeriro 20251900
Brazil
Phone: +55 21 3216 1020
Fax: +55 21 3216 1085
Mr Warley Efrem Campos
Official Inspector
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply
Esplanada dos Ministerios
Bloco D, Anexo A sala 445
Brasilia 70043-900
Brazil
Phone: +55 61 3218 2309
Fax: +55 61 3218 2727
Mrs Denise Oliveira Resende

General Manager of Foods
Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency
SIA Trecho 5
Area Especial 57 Bloco D 2 Andar
Brasilia 71205-05
Brazil
Phone: +55 61 3462 6514
Fax: +55 61 3462 5315
BURKINA FASO
Mr Joel Bado
Ingenieur Metrologue
Ministre de Commerce
01 BP 19
Ouagadougou 01
Burkina Faso
Phone: +0022678301992
CANADA - CANAD
Ms Lyzette Johnston
Director
Agrifood Programs
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
1400 Merivale Road
Room T1-4-334
Ottawa K1A0Y9
Canada
Phone: +613 773 6189
Fax: +613 773 5692
Mr Bertrand Gagnon
Manager
International Standard Setting
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
1400 Merivale Road
Room T1-5-339
Ottawa K1A0Y9
Canada
Phone: +613 773 6092
Fax: +613 773 5693
CHINA - CHINE
Mr Meng Chuanjin
Associate Chief Physician/Deputy Director General
Inner Mongolia Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine
Bureau
No 12 Erdos Street
Hohhot City 010020
P.R. China
Phone: +0471-4345933
Fax: +0471-4345911
Mr Nie Honggang
Principal Staff Member
Import and Export Food Safety Bureau
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection
and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ)
No.9 Madian East Road
Haidian District
Beijing 100088
China
Phone: +010-82262427
Fax: +010-82260175
Miss Zheng Linying
Official
Certification and Accreditation Administration of the
People's Republic of China
No.9 Madian East Road
Tower B, Haidian District
Beijing 100088
P.R.China
Phone: +010-82262690
Fax: +010-82260753
Mr Chi-Chung Tsang
Chief Health Inspector
Food and Environmental Hygiene department Centre for
Food Safety
43/F Queensway Government offices
66 Queensway
Hong Kong
China
Phone: +852 28675570
Fax: +852 26214784
Mrs Zhang Xiaodong
Senior Engineer/Department Chief
Zhejiang Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
No 126 Fuchun Road
Shangcheng District
Hangzhou
P.R.China
Phone: +0571-81100337
Fax: +0571-81100337
Mr Lin Zhengyao
Vice Director
Ningbo Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
No 9 Mayuan Road
Ningbo Zhejiang
P.R. China
Phone: +0574 87021328
Fax: +0574 87021328
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Mr Song Zhigang
Associate Professor
Research Centre of International Inspection and Quarantine
Standards and Technical Regulations
AQSIQR909 Sanyuan MansionNo.18
Xibahedongli,Chaoyang District Beijing 100028
China
Phone: +010-84603871
Fax: +010-84603098
COMOROS - COMORES - COMORAS
Mr Assoumani Hassani
Point Focal SPS
Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade
B.P
Moroni 474
Union Des Comores
Phone: +269 334 6065
Fax: +369 773 4155
COSTA RICA
Dr Viviana Mari Herrera Camacho
Mdico Veterinario
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadera. Servicio Nacional de
Salud Animal
1.5 km oeste del cementerio Jardines del Recuerdo y 300
norte del Campus Universitario Benjamn Nuez, Lagunilla
de Heredia
Barreal de Heredia 3-3006
Costa Rica
Phone: +506 2260-9046
Fax: +506 2260-9046
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
EGYPT - GYPTE - EGIPTO
Dr Sanaa El-Sawi
Assistant Professor
Central Laboratory of Residue Analysis of Pesticide & Heavy
Metals in Foods
7 Nadi El-Said St
Dokki Giza A.R.E
Cario 12311
Egypt
Phone: +237613095; +0106785083
Fax: +237611216
Dr Lamia Abdou Mohamed Ryad
Assistant Researcher
Central Laboratory of Residue Analysis of Pesticide & Heavy
Metals in Foods
7 Nadi El-Said St
Dokki Giza A.R.E
Cario 12311
Egypt
Phone: +0101526750
Fax: +237611216
EUROPEAN UNION (MEMBER ORGANIZATION)
UNION EUROPENNE (ORGANISATION MEMBRE)
LA UNIN EUROPEA (ORGANIZACIN MIEMBRO)
Dr Risto Holma
Administrator responsible for Codex issues
European Commission
Directorate General for Health and Consumers
Rue Froissart 101
Brussels 1049
Belgium
Phone: +32 2 299 86 83
Fax: +32 2 299 85 66
Mr Juha Junttila
Administrator
European Union
DG SANCO
Food and Veterinary Office
Grange
Dunsany Co. Meath
Ireland
Phone: +353 46 90 67 788
FINLAND - FINLANDE FINLANDIA
Mrs Leena Salin
Department of Food and Health
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 30
FI-00023 Government
Helsinki
Finland
Phone: +358 9 160 52943
Fax: +358 9 160 52779
GEORGIA GORGIE
Mr Tornike Mgaloblishvili
Deputy Head of the National Food Agency
16 Marshal Gelovani Ave
Tbilisi 0159
Georgia
Phone: +995 591221030
Fax: +995 32 2919165
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
14
Dr Klaus Lorenz
Head of Unit
Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
PO Box 110260
Berlin D-10832
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 30 18444 10600
Fax: + 49 (0) 30 18444 10699
GHANA
Mr Roderick Daddey-Adjei
Senior Regulatory Officer
Food and Drugs Board
PO Box CT 2783 Cantoments
Accra 233
Ghana
Phone: +233 20 8125860
Fax: +233 302 229794 / +233 3620 2841
Mr Frank Kofi Nagetey
Director
Inspectorate Division
Ghana Standards Authority
PO Box MB
Accra 245
Ghana
Phone: +233 207104113
Fax: +233 302500231
Mr Michael Akurang Opoku
Assistant Industrial Promotion Officer
Ministry of Trade and Industry
PO Box MB 47
Accra 233
Ghana
Phone: +233 246 891 545
Fax: +233 30 66 2428
GERMANY - ALLEMAGNE ALEMANIA
Mrs Sussana Sampuah Atta-Taylor

Regulatory Officer
Food and Drugs Board
Po Box CT 2783 Cantonments
Accra 233
Ghana
Phone: +233 0 302233200
Fax: +233 302 229794
Dr Gerhard Stiens
Policy Officer
Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer
Protection
PO Box 14 02 70
Bonn D-53107
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 228 99529 3329
Fax: +49 (0) 228 99529 4942
Mrs Ruth Woode

Deputy Director
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Plant Protection and Regulatory Services
Directorate
PO Box M 37
Accra
Ghana
Phone: +233 244 507 687
HONDURAS
Miss Mirian Bueno
Technical Assistant Food Safety Division
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria
Colonia Loma Linda Sur, Blvd
Miraflores
2do Piso
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Phone: 504 94791479
Fax: 504 22310786
INDIA INDE
Dr Sushil Kumar Sexena
Director
Export Inspection Council of India
Department of Commerce
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
3rd Floor, NDYMCA Cultural Centre Building
1 Jai Singh Road
New Delhi 110001India
Phone: +91 11 23748025
Fax: +91 11 23748186
Mr Ajit B Chavan
Deputy Secretary
Department of Commerce
Room No.224-D
Udyog Bhavan
New Delhi 110011
India
Phone: +91 11 2306 3691
Fax: +91 11 23063691
Mr Anil Mehta
Deputy Director
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
FDA Bhavan, Kotla Road
New Delhi 110002
India
Phone: +011 23220997
Fax: +011 23220992
INDONESIA - INDONSIE
Mrs Frida Adiati
Director
Directorate of Standardisation
Directorate General of Standardisation and Consumer
Protection
Ministry of Trade
JL. M.I Ridwan Rais No 5
Jakarta 10110
Indonesia
Phone: +62 21 3863928
Fax: +62 21 3863928Email: [email protected]
15
Mrs Siti Baroroh
Sub Directorate of Head Tobacco Industry/
Directorate of Tobacco and Beverages Industry
Ministry of Industry
JL Jend Gatot Subroto Kav 52 53
Jakarta
Indonesia
Phone: +62 21 5252236
Fax: +62 21 5252236
Dr Gardjita Budi
Director of Quality and Standardisation
Directorate General of Processing and Marketing of
Agriculture Products
D Building, 3rd Floor
JL Harsono RM No. 3Ragunan
Jakarta 12550
Indonesia
Phone: + 6221 7815881
Fax: +6221 7877468
Mrs Satyati Endang Nusantari
Section Head of Investment Climate and the Cooperation
Sub Directorate of Industry Result of Horticulture and Soft
Drinks
Ministry of Industry
JL Jend Gatot Subroto Kav 52 53
Jakarta
Indonesia
Phone: +62 21 5252236
Fax: +62 21 5252236
Mrs Islana Ervandiari
Head
Biosecurity for Plant Division
Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency
5th Floor, J. Harsono RM No. 3 E Building
Jakarta 12550
Indonesia
Phone: +62217816482
Fax: +62217816482
Ms Anna Melianawati
Acting Head of Division
Standard Implementation and Handling Complain
National Standardization Agency of Indonesia
Gedung Manggala Wanabakti Blok IV Lantai 4
JL Gatot Subroto Senayan
Jakarta 10270
Indonesia
Phone: +62 21 5747043
Fax: +62 21 5747045
Mr Johni Napitupulu
Head of Bureau for Planning, Finance and Administration
National Standardisation Agency of Indonesia
Jakarta 10270
Indonesia
Phone: +62 21 5747043
Fax: +62 21 5747045
Mr Saifullah
Head of Monitoring Sub-Division
Directorate of Quality and Safety Certification
Directorate General of Fish Quarantine and Inspection
Agency
Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries
JL. Medan Merdeka Timur No 16
Gedung Mina Bahari II LT 10
Jakarta 10110
Indonesia
Phone: +62 21 3500149
Fax: +62 21 3500149
Mrs Istu Sutarti
Head of Division of testing Laboratory Accreditation
National Standardization Agency of Indonesia
Jakarta 10270
Indonesia
Phone: +62 21 5747043
Fax: +62 21 57902948
Ms Eny Tulak
Head of Sub-Directorate of Standardisation Cooperation
Directorate of StandardisationDirectorate General of
Standardisation and Consumer Protection
Ministry of Trade
JL. M.I Ridwan Rais No 5
Jakarta 10110
Indonesia
Phone: +62 21 3863928
Fax: +62 21 3863928
Mrs Noviana Kus Yuniati
Centre for Quality Control of Goods
Ministry of Trade
Raya Bogor Street KM 26 Ciracas
Jakarta 13740
Indonesia
Phone: +62 21 8710321 / 3
Fax: +62 21 8710478
IRELAND IRLANDE IRLANDA
Ms Paula Barry Walsh
Senior Superintending Veterinary Inspector
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Agriculture House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
Ireland
Phone: +353 86 854 2354
Fax: +353 1 6789 733
ITALY ITALIE - ITALIA
Dr.ssa Brunella Lo Turco
Segretario Generale Comitato Nazionale per il "Codex
Alimentarius"
Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali
Via XX Settembre, 20
00187 Roma
Phone: +39 06 46656041
Fax: +3906 4880273
16
Dr Ciro Impagnatiello
Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali
Via XX Settembre, 20
00187 Roma
Phone: +39 06 46656046
Fax: +39 06 4880273
JAMAICA - JAMAQUE
Mrs Claudette Phipps
Veterinary Services Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
193 Old Hope Road
Kingston 6
Jamaica
Phone: +876 924 8563
JAPAN - JAPON - JPON
Mr Yasuki Matsui
Assistant Director
Inspection and Safety Division
Department of Food Safety
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
1-2-2 Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 1008916
Japan
Phone: +81 3 3595 2337
Fax: +81 3 3503 7964
Ms Takako Arakawa
Section Chief
Inspection and Safety Division
Department of Food Safety
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
1-2-2 Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 1008916
Japan
Phone: +81 3 3595 2337
Fax: +81 3 3503 7964
Mr Yamato Atagi
Associate Director
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
1-2-1 Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8950
Japan
Phone: +81 3 3502 8111
Fax: +81 3 3502 0594
Ms Makiko Matsuo
Project Researcher
The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo
Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113-0033
Japan
Phone: +81 3 5841 0217
Ms Takako Yano
Section Chief
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
1-2-1 Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8950
Japan
Phone: +81 3 3502 8111
Fax: +81 3 3502 0594
KENYA
Mrs Alice Onyango
Manager
Kenya National Codex Contact Point Secretariat
Kenya Bureau of Standards
PO Box 54974 Off Popo Road
Behind Bellevie Off Mombasa Road
Nairobi 00200
Kenya
Phone: +254 02 6948303
Mrs Nancy Njine
Head
National Food Quality Control Laboratory
PO Box 20750
Nairobi 00202
Kenya
Phone: +254 722615299
Mr Kennedy Onchuru
Officer in Charge JKIA
Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service
Box 49592
00100 Nairobi
Kenya
Phone: +254 728 607097
Fax: +0203536175
LEBANON LIBAN - LBANO
Miss Mariam Eid
Food Technology Export
Head of Agro-Industry Department
Bir Hassan
Beirut
Lebanon
Phone: +009613567542
Fax: +009611824100
LESOTHO
Dr Tabitha Seeiso
Director Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Secruity
Private Bag A 82
Maseru 100
Lesotho
Phone: +266 22317284
Fax: +266 22311500
17
MALDIVES - MALDIVAS
Ms Shareefa Adam Manik
Director General
Maldives Food and Drug Authority
Sosun Magu
Male
Republic of Maldives
Phone: +00 960 777 2025
Fax: +9603014307
[email protected]
MEXICO - MEXIQUE MXICO
Mr Guillermo Arroyo
Gerente de Seguimiento de Programas Especiales
Comisin de Operacin Sanitaria
Comisin Federal para la Proteccin Contra Riesgos
Sanitarios (COFEPRIS)
Secretara de Salud
Av. Monterrey No. 33
Piso 3, Col. Roma
Mexico DF 06700
Mexico
Phone: +52 55 5080 5262
Fax: +52 55 5514 1407
Ms Maria Teresa Cervantes
Sub-directora de ExportacionesDireccin General de Salud
Animal, Secretara de Agricultura Ganadera y Desarrollo
Rural, Pesca y Alimentacin
Av. Cuauhtmoc 1230 Piso 12 Col.
Santa Cruz Atoyac
Del Benito Jurez
DF 03310
Mexico
Phone: +52 55 59 05 10 70
Mr Pedro Macias
Director de Inspeccion Puertos, Aeropuertos y Fronteras
De Inspeccion Fitozoosanitaria de la Secretaria de
Agricultura Ganaderia y Desarrollo Rural
Pesca y Alimentacion (SAGAPPA/SENASICA)
Av. Municipio Libre 377
Piso 8 B Col.
Santa Cruz Atoyac. Del. Benito Juarez
Federal District 03310
Mexico
Phone: +52 55 59051014
Fax: +52 55 59051030
Mr Lamberto Osorio
Gerente de Importaciones y Exportaciones de Alimentos,
Plafest y Otros
Comisin de Autorizacin Sanitaria
Comisin Federal para la Proteccin Contra Riesgos
Sanitarios (COFEPRIS) Secretara de Salud
Av. Monterrey No. 33
Piso 6, Col. Roma
Mexico DF 06700
Mexico
Phone: +52 55 50 80 52 00 EXT. 1343
Fax: + 52 55 52 08 28 10
Email: [email protected];
[email protected]
MOZAMBIQUE
Dr Helena Matusse
Head of Food and Nutrition Department
Ministry of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Institute of
Mozambique, Directorate of Animal Science
Av: de Mocambique, Km1, 5
CP 1922 Maputo
Mozambique
Phone: +00 258 82 44 13 060
Fax: +00 258 21 47 51 72
Email: [email protected] or
[email protected]
MYANMAR
Dr Zin Zin New
Assistant Director
Food and Drug Administration
Department of Health
35 Minkyaung Street
Dagon Township
Yangon 11191
Myanmar
Phone: +95 1 377029
Fax: +95 67 431134
NEPAL
Mr Rajendra Prasad Acharya
Senior Food Research Officer
Department of Food Technology and Quality Control
Babar Mahal
Kathmandu P.O.B. 21265
Nepal
Phone: +977 1 4262369
Fax: +977 1 4262337
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
NETHERLANDS - PAYS-BAS PASES BAJOS
Mr Ludo Vischer
Policy Coordinator
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation
PO Box 20401
The Hague 2500 EK
The Netherlands
Phone: +31703785336
NEW ZEALAND NOUVELLE-ZLANDE NUEVA
ZELANDIA
Mrs Cherie Flynn
Policy Manager (Acting)
Biosecurity and Food Policy
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6011
New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 894 2572
Mr Chris Kebbell
Manager
Imports and Export Strategy
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6011
New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 894 2407
18
Mr Raj Rajasekar
Senior Programme Manager
Codex
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6011
New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 894 2576
NIGERIA
Mr Dennis Onyeagocha
Director
Federal Ministry of Health
Federal Secretariat Phase 3
Abuja
Nigeria
Phone: +234 8033147808
Mrs Grace Modupe Bankole
Assistant Director
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC)
3/5 Oshodi Apapa Express Way
Oshodi Lagos
Nigeria
Phone: +234 8023189386
Mr Momodu-Segiru Momodu
Director
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC)
3-4 Oshodi Apapa Express Way
Oshodi Lagos
Nigeria
Phone: +234 8033063280
Email: [email protected] and
[email protected]
Mrs Stella Oraka
Chief Agric Officer
Nigeria Agric Quarantine Service
81 Ralph Shodeinde Street
Enugu House
Abuja
Nigeria
Phone: +234 8033323526
Mrs Olutosin Osifodunrin
Deputy Director
Nigeria Agric Quarantine Service
81 Ralph Shodeinde Street
Enugu House
Abuja
Nigeria
Phone: +234 8023141248
Mr Ayodeji Mosuro
Deputy Comptroller
Nigerian Customs Service
Abidjan Street Wuse Zone 3
Abuja
Nigeria
Phone: +234 8082081785Email: [email protected]
NORWAY - NORVGE NORUEGA
Mrs Vigdis S Veum Moellersen
Senior Advisor
Norwegian Food Safety Authority
Po Box 383
Brumunddal N-2381
Norway
Phone: +47 23 21 66 69
Fax: +47 23 21 68 01
OMAN
Mr Mohammed Al Nofli
Head of Inspection and Quality Control
Po Box 550
P.C 100 Muscat
Oman
Phone: +968 99269692
Fax: +968 24812269
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Mr Elias M Taia
Codex Manager and Contact Point
Science and Technology Branch
Provincial Agricultural Technical Services Division
Department of Agriculture and Livestock
PO Box 2141
Boruko, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea
Phone: 675 341 8839
Fax: 675 321 1387
[email protected]
PARAGUAY
Mr Pablo Ayala Franco
Director General de Sanidad y Calidad Vegetal
Servicio Nacional de Calidad y Sanidad Vegetal y de
Semillas
Humaita 145e/ Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion e
Independencia Nacional Edif.
Planeta I 3er Piso
Asuncion 1229
Paraguay
Phone: 595 21 441549
Fax: 595 21 441491
[email protected]
PHILIPPINES - FILIPINAS
Dr Maria Elizabeth Callanta
Supervising Meat Control Officer
National Meat Inspection Service
Visayas Avenue, Diliman
Quezon 1101
Philippines
Phone: +63 2 9247890
Fax: +63 2 9247973
19
Mrs Mary Grace Mandigma
OIC Chief Science Research Specialist
Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards
BPI Compound
Visayas Avenue, Diliman
Quezon City 1101
Philippines
Phone: + 632 920 6131 / 456 6552
Fax: +632 920 6131 / 456 6552
POLAND - POLOGNE POLONIA
Ms Magdalena Kowalska
Main Specialist in International Co-operation Department
Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection
30 Wspolna Street
Warsaw 00930
Poland
Phone: +48 22 623 29 04
Fax: +48 22 623 29 97
Ms Marzena Chacinska
Head of International Co-operation Department
30 Wspolna Street
Warsaw 00930
Poland
Phone: +48 22 623 29 02
Fax: +48 22 623 29 97Email: [email protected]
Ms Malgorzata Klak
Senior Specialist in International Co-operation Department
30 Wspolna Street
Warsaw 00930
Poland
Phone: +48 22 623 27 92
Fax: +48 22 623 29 973
QATAR
Mr Khalid Al-Sulaiti
Supervisor, Port Health and Food Control
Supreme Council of Health
Doha
Qatar
Ph: +974 550 90999
Fax: +974 440 70824
REPUBLIC OF KOREA RPUBLIQUE DE CORE
REPBLICA DE COREA
Mr Dongwan Ko
Deputy Director
Korean Food and Drug Administration
Osong Health Technology Administration Complex
643 Yeonje-ri, Gangoemyon
Cheongwong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do 363-951
Republic of Korea
Phone: +82 43 719 2230
Fax: +82 43 719 2200
20
Mr Yeong-Ho Choe
Analyst
National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service
429-5, Udu-dong
Chuncheon City, Province of Gangwon
Chuncheon 200-939
Republic of Korea
Phone: +82 33 252 6028
Fax: +82 33 241 1388
Mr Seokjin Lim
Scientific Officer
Korea Food and Drug Administration
Republic of Korea
Phone: +82 43 719 2166
Fax: +82 43 719 2150
Dr Seong-Eun Jang
Veterinary Officer
Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection
Agency
480 Anyang 6 dong, Manan-Gu
Anyang City, Gyeonggi-do
Anyang 430-824
Republic of Korea
Phone: +031 467 4370
Fax: +031 467 1883
Mr Byeung-Kon Shin
Analyst
National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service
892-1 Dongchun-dong, Buk-gu
Daegu 702-250
Republic of Korea
Phone: +82 53 320 5381
Fax: +82 53 327 0588
Ms Jung-Eun Han
Scientific Officer
Busan Regional Korea Food and Drug Administration
11 Jayupyeonghwa-ro
Busanjin-gu
Busan 614-720
Republic of Korea
Phone: +82 51 602 6214
Fax: +82 451 602 6248
Mr Namkyu Sun
Scientific Officer
Republic of Korea
Phone: +82 43 719 1812
Fax: +82 43 719 1800
SAMOA
Ms Seunghyun Jo
Senior Researcher
Republic of Korea
Phone: + 82 43 719 2045
Fax: +82 43 719 2000
Mr Pelenato Fonoti
Assistant Chief Executive Officer
Quarantine Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
Po Box 1874
Apia
Samoa
Phone: +685 20924
Fax: + 685 20103
Mrs Myung-Hee Kim

Inspector
Fishery Products Inspection Division
Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection
Agency
#192-7 Jungsan-dong, Ilsandong-gu
Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 410-315
Republic of Korea
Phone: +031 929 4655
Fax: +031 929 4666
SAUDI ARABIA ARABIE SAOUDITE ARABIA

SAUDITA
Dr Jebong Lee
Senior Researcher
National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA
150 Suin-ro, Gwonseon-gu
Suwon 441-707
Republic of Korea
Phone: +82 31 290 0533
Fax: +82 31 290 0506
Mr Yassin Addas
Head of Imported Food Registration Department
Saudi Food and Drug Authority
3292 North Ring Road
Al Nafel Area
Riyadh 13312-6288
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Phone: +966 1 2759222 Ext 3430
Fax: +966 1 2108456
Mr Mustafa Owaidah
Doctor Veterinary Medicine
Saudi Food and Drug Authority
3292 North Ring Road
Al Nafel Area
Riyadh 13312-6288
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Phone: +966 1 2759222 Ext 3321
Fax: +966 1 2108456
SINGAPORE - SINGAPOUR SINGAPUR
Dr Him Hoo Yap
Director
Regulatory Administration Department
Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
5 Maxwell Road #18-00
Tower Block
MND Complex
Singapore 069110
Phone: +65 6325 7836
Fax: +65 6220 6068
Mr Tuang Hong Tan
Assistant Director (Import Inspection)
Quarantine and Inspection Department
Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore
5 Maxwell Road #18-00
Tower Block
MND Complex
Singapore 069110
Phone: +65 6325 3090
Fax: +65 6221 2194Email: [email protected]
SOLOMON ISLANDS - LES SALOMON - ISLAS
SALOMN
Mrs Ethel Mapolu
Chief Health Inspector
National Food Safety Inspection and Certification Unit
Po Box 349
Honiara
Solomon Islands
Phone: +677 28166
Fax: +677 28166
Mrs Judith Reynolds
Team Leader
Inspection and Certification Unit
Environment Health Division MHMS
Po Box 349
Honiara
Solomon Islands
Phone: +677 25349/28166
Fax: +677 28166
Mrs Patricia Soqoilo
Health Inspector
Ministry of Health and Medical Services
PO Box 349
Honiara
Solomon Islands
Phone: +677 28294/ 8472190
SOUTH AFRICA - AFRIQUE DU SUD -SUDFRICA
Mr Billy Malose Makhafola
Manager
Agronomy and Vegetables
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Private Bag X343
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Phone: +2712 3196023
Fax: +2712 3196023
21
Mrs Penelope Campbell
Deputy Director
Department of Health: Food Control
Private Bag X828
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Phone: +27 (0)123958788
Fax: +27 (0) 123958854
Dr Tembile Songabe
Deputy Director
Export Control
Department of Agriculture, Western Cape Provincial
Government Priate X1
Elsenburg 7607
South Africa
Phone: +27 21 808 7607
Fax: +27 21 808 7662
Mr Pieter Truter
Specialist
National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications
Box 36558 Chempet
Cape Town 7442
South Africa
Phone: +27 21 5263400
Fax: +27 21 5263451
SPAIN - ESPAGNE ESPAA
Mrs Almudena De Arriba Hervas
Jefe De Area De Control International De Mercancias,
Subdireccion General De Sanidad Exterior
Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality
Paseo Del Prado 18 20
Madrid 28071
Spain
Phone: +3491562050
Miss Elena Barco Alcala
Senior Veterinary Technician
Official Control Area
Subdirectoriate-General for Food Alerts Coordination
Official Control Programming
Spanish Food Safety and Nutrition Agency
Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality
Alcala No. 56
Madrid 28071
Spain
Phone: +34 913380720
Fax: +34 913380238
SRI LANKA
Dr Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala
Additional Secretary (Medical Services)
Ministry of Health
Suwasiripaya No. 385 Ven
Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero
Mawatha
Colombo 01000
Sri Lanka
Phone: +9411 2693175
Fax: +9411 2691605
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SUDAN - SOUDAN SUDN
TAJIKISTAN - TADJIKISTAN - TAYIKISTN
Mr Zakaria Mohamed Suliman

Director
Sudanese Standards and Metrology Organization /Portsudan
Branch Manager
Red Sea State
Port Sudan
Sudan
Phone: +249912310633
Mr Parviz Emomov
Chief Specialist of the WTO Division
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the
Republic of Tajikistan
37 Bokhtar Street
Dushanbe 734002
Tajikistan
Phone: 992-37 227 88 57
Fax: 992-37 227 88 57
Mrs Mahasin Mohamed Kheir

Manager of Inspection and Control Section
Sudanese Standards and Metrology Organisation
Po Box 13573
Baladia Street
Khartoum
Sudan
Phone: +249 1 83 775247
SWEDEN - SUDE SUECIA
Dr Eva Fredberg Bawelin
National Food Agency
Po Box 622
Uppsala 75126
Sweden
Phone: +46 18 17 55 00
Fax: +46 18 17 53 10
SWITZERLAND - SUISSE SUIZA
Dr Juerg Ruefenacht
Head International Trade
Swiss Veterinary Office
Post Box
CH-3003 Bern
Switzerland
Phone: +41 31 323 30 33
Fax: +41 31 343 86 56
Mrs Awilo Ochieng Pernet
Vice-Chairperson
Codex Alimentarius Commission
Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
Post Box
CH-3003 Bern
Switzerland
Phone: +41 31 322 00 41
Fax: +41 31 322 11 31
Dr Maxim Bobkov
Regulatory and Scientific Affairs
Nestec S.A.
Avenue Nestle55
CH-1800 Vevey
Switzerland
Phone: +41 21 924 36 95
Fax: +41 21 924 45 47
THAILAND THALANDE - TAILANDIA

Mr Sakchai Sriboonsue
Secretary General
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food
Standards
50 Paholyothin Road
Ladyao, Chatuchak
Bangkok 10900
Thailand
Phone: +6625613604
Fax: +6625613697
Mr Sopat Chavalkul
Director
Division of Livestock Products Inspection
Bureau of Livestock Standard and Certification
Department of Livestock Development
69/1 Phaya Thai Road
Bangkok 10400
Phone: +6626534444 ext 3134
Fax: +66 2 653 4917
Ms Kalayanee Deprasirtvong
Senior Professional Level Food and Drug Technical Officer
Food and Drug Administration
Ministry of Public Health
88/24 Tivanon Road
Taladkwam District, Amphur Muang
Nonthaburi 11000
Thailand
Phone: +66 2 590 7214
Fax: +66 2 590 7411
Vanida Khumnirdpetch, PhD
Minister Counsellor (Agriculture)
Office of Agricultural Affairs
Royal Thai Embassy
10 Bulwarra Close
OMalley ACT 2606
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6286 8837
Fax: +61 2 6286 8847
Ms Attapan Masrungson
Deputy Secretary General
The Federation of Thai Industries
Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre
Zone C, 4th Floor
60 New Rachadapisek Road
Klongtoey
Bangkok 10110
Thailand
Phone: +662 261 2684 to 86
Fax: +662 261 2996
Dr Kingduean Somjit
Food Technologist
Fish Inspection and Quality Control Division Department of
Fisheries
Paholyothin Road
Kaset-Klang, Chatuchak|
Bangkok 10900
Thailand
Phone: +66 25 580 143
Fax: +66 25 580 142
[email protected]
Mr Nattapong Snitmatjaro
Senior Professional Level, Pharmacist
Thai Food and Drug Administration
88/24 Tivanon Road
Taladkwam
Amphur Muang
Nonthaburi 11000
Thailand
Phone: +662 5907348
Fax: +662 5918477
Ms Saiwimon Tabyam
Standards Officer
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food
Standards
50 Phaholyothin Road
Ladyao Chatuchak
Bangkok 10900
Thailand
Phone: +66 2 561 2277 ext1449
Fax: +66 2 561 3373
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA - RPUBLIQUEUNIE DE TANZANIE - REPBLICA UNIDA DE
TANZANA
Mrs Rehema Shemhina
Food Premises Registration and Licensing Officer
Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority
77150
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Phone: +255 22 2450512
Fax: +255 22 2450793
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TATS-UNIS
D'AMRIQUE ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMRICA
Mary Stanley
Food Safety and Inspection Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20250
USA
Phone: +1-202-720-0287
Michael Wehr
Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy HFS-550
College Park, MD 20740
USA
Phone: +1-2404021724
Melinda Plaisier
Regional Food and Drug Director, Central Region
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
20 N. Michigan Ave - HFR-CE1
Suite 510
Chicago, IL 60602
USA
Phone: +1-312-596-6501
Karen Stuck
U.S. Codex Manager
United States Department of Agriculture
4861 South USDA Bldg
14th and Independence Ave SW
Washington, D.S. 20250
USA
Phone: +1-202-720-2057
Richard White
Consultant to American Soybean Association
406 169th Ct. NE
Bradenton, FL 34212
USA
Phone: +1-703-304-0424
URUGUAY
Dr Gustavo Rossi
Head of International Trade Department
Ministry Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries
Constituyente 1476, piso 2
Montevideo 11200
Uruguay
Phone: +598 241 068 56
Fax: +598 241 263 17
VIET NAM
Mr Tuan Do Huu
Expert
Food Administration
Ministry of Health
135 Nui Truc Str.
Ba Dinh District
Hanoi 084-4
Vietnam
Phone: +084 4 38464489
Fax: +084 4 38463739
Mrs Thu Ma Thi Xuan
Expert
Food Administration
Ministry of Health
135 Nui Truc Str.
Ba Dinh District
Hanoi 084-4
Vietnam
Phone: +084 4 38464489
Fax: +084 4 38463739
Mrs Thi Van Anh Nguyen
Engineer
Quality Assurance and Testing Centre
49 Pasteur, District 1
Ho Chi Minh City 84
Vietnam
Phone: +08 3829 4274
Fax: +08 3829 3012
Mr Thang Nguyen Quang
General Director
Labour, Culture and Social Department
Ministry of Planning and Investment
102 Nam Trang Str
Bading District
Hanoi 084-4
Vietnam
Phone: +084 4 373430257
Fax: +084 4 08044577
Mrs Tram Nguyen Thi Khanh
Deputy General Director
Food Administration
Ministry of Health
135 Nui Truc Str.
Ba Dinh District
Hanoi 084-4
Vietnam
Phone: +084 4 38464489
Fax: +084 4 38463739
Mrs Lan Nguyen Thi Phuong
Expert
Food Administration
Ministry of Health
135 Nui Truc Str.
Ba Dinh District
Hanoi 084-4
Vietnam
Phone: +084 4 38464489
Fax: +084 4 38463739
24
Dr Ly Nguyen Van
Head of Division
Department of Science, Technology and Environment
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
No2 Ngoc Ha Badinh
Hanoi 844
Vietnam
Phone: +84 4 373 47186
Fax: +84 4 38433638
Mrs Tran Thi My Hien
Vice Director
Quality Assurance and Testing Centre
49 Pasteur, District 1
Ho Chi Minh City 84
Vietnam
Phone: +08 3829 4274
Fax: +08 3829 3012
Mrs Tran Thi Aanh
Expert
Ministry of Health
B8 Giangno
Badinh HN
Vietnam
Phone: +84 4 38464489
Fax: +84 4 38463739
INTERNATIONAL
GOVERNMENTALORGANISATIONS
ORGANISATIONS GOUVERNEMENTALES
INTERNATIONALES
ORGANIZACIONES GUBERNAMENTALES
INTERNACIONALES
INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATION
IN AGRICULTURE - INSTITUT INTERAMRICAIN DE
COOPRATION POUR L'AGRICULTURE -INSTITUTO
INTERAMERICANO DE COOPERACIN PARA LA
AGRICULTURA
Mrs Maria de Lourde Fonalleras
Specialist in Agricultural Health and Food Safety
American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
Calle Luis Piera 1992 3 piso
Montevideo 11200
Uruguay
Phone: +598 2410 1676
WORLD ORGANISATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH
(OIE) - ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANT
ANIMALE - ORGANIZACIN MUNDIAL DE SANIDAD
ANIMAL
Dr Gardner Murray
Director GM Pty Ltd
Special Adviser OIE
PO Box 4215
Weston Creek
Canberra ACT 2611
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6288 9471
INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENT
ORGANISATIONS
ORGANISATIONS NON-GOUVERNEMENTALES
INTERNATIONALES
ORGANIZACIONES INTERNACIONALES NO
GUBERNAMENTALES
INDUSTRY COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSEIL DE COOPRATION INDUSTRIELLE POUR
LE DVELOPPEMENT -CONSEJO DE COOPERACIN
INDUSTRIAL PARA EL DESARROLLO
Ms Ai Joo Alicia Ng
Industry Council for Development
74 West Hill
Wembley Park, Middlesex HA9 9RS
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 8908 6375
Fax: +44 20 8385 2656
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSUMER
FOOD ORGANIZATIONS (IACFO)
Ms Caroline Smith DeWaal
President
International Association of Consumer Food Organizations
(IACFO) Suite 300
1220 L Street, NW
Washington DC 20005
USA
Ph: 202 777 8366
Fax: 202 265 4954
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF GROCERY
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION - CONSEJO
INTERNACIONAL DE ASOCIACIONES DE
FABRICANTES DE COMESTIBLES
Mr Kim Leighton
Director, Food Policy and Regulation Australian Food and
Grocery Council
Locked Bag 1
Kingston ACT 2604
Phone: +61 2 6272 1466
Fax: +61 2 6273 1477
Ms Peggy Rochett
Director International Affairs
Grocery Manufacturers Association
1350 I Street NW
Washington DC 20005
Phone: +202 639 5921
Fax: +202 639 5991
Ms Sarah Geisert
Global Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs
General Mills Inc
Mailstop W01-B
Number one General Mills Blvd
Minneapolis 55426
USA
Ph: +763 764 2595
Fax: +763 764 4242
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INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FEDERATION FDRATION INTERNATIONALE DE LAITERIEFEDERATIN INTERNACIONAL DE LECHERA
Ms Afsaneh Mohammadshafii
Quality Management Expert
Nestec Ltd.
Avenue Nestle 55
CH 1800 Vevey 1800
Switzerland
Phone: +41 21 924 3982
Fax: +41 21 924 2810
INTERNATIONAL NUT AND DRIED FRUITCOUNCIL
FOUNDATION
Ms Caroline Stringer
International Nut and Dried Fruit Council Foundation
Calle Boule 2, 4
Reus 43201
Spain
Phone: +34 977 331 416
Fax: +34 977 315 028
INTERNATIONAL ORGINZATION OF
STANDARDIZATION
Mr Graeme Drake
International Organization of Standardization
1 Chemin De La Voie-Creuse
Case Postale 56
Geneva CH-1211
Switzerland
Phone: +61 466 262 372
CODEX SECRETARIAT SECRTARIAT DU CODEX
SECRETARA DEL CODEX
Ms Annamaria Bruno
Senior Food Standards Officer
Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme
00153 Rome
Italy
Phone: +39 06 5705 6254
Fax: +39 06 570 54593
Mr Tom Heilandt
Senior Food Standards Officer
00153 Rome
Italy
Phone: +39 06 570 54384
Fax: +39 06 570 54593
Dr Heesun Kim
Food Standards Officer
00153 Rome
Italy
Phone: +39 06 570 54796
Fax: +39 06 570 54593
AUSTRALIAN SECRETARIAT SECRTARIAT
AUSTRALIENNE SECRETARA AUSTRALIANA
Ms Ann Backhouse
Manager
Codex Australia
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6272 5692
Ms Kate Slater
Executive Officer
Codex Australia
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6272 4542
Ms Emmy Arthurson
Executive Assistant
Food Division
GPO Box 858
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6272 4461
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REP12/FICS Appendix II
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Appendix II
PROPOSED DRAFT PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES FOR NATIONAL FOOD CONTROL
SYSTEMS
(N06-2009)
(at Step 5)
SECTION 1
INTRODUCTION
1.
This document is intended to provide practical guidance to assist the national government, and their
competent authority(ies) in the development, operation, evaluation and improvement of the national food
control system. It highlights the key principles and core elements of an efficient and effective food control
system. It is not intended that the guidance results in one system being appropriate to all circumstances.
Rather, various approaches may be used, as appropriate to the national circumstances, to achieve an effective
national food control system.
2.
While the focus of the Principles and Guidelines for National Food Control Systems is on the
production, storage, transport and sale of foods within national borders, the document is consistent with and
should be read in conjunction with relevant Codex texts. Codex texts of particular relevance include the
Principles for Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification (CAC/GL 20-1995), the Guidelines for
the Design, Operation, Assessment and Accreditation of Food Import and Export Inspection and
Certification (CAC/GL 26-1997) and the Guidelines for Food Import Control Systems (CAC/GL 47-2003).
3.
In addition, the relevant chapters of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) terrestrial animal
health and aquatic animal health codes are valuable resources for member governments and organizations.
Other documents and guidance material developed by FAO and WHO may also be useful resources.
4.
Competent authorities may apply these principles and guidelines, where appropriate, according to their
particular situations.
5.
When developing a national food control system national governments and their competent
authority(s) should ensure that the objectives of the system are addressed as outlined in the principles below
and should allow for flexibility and modification as required to ensure the objectives can be achieved.
SECTION 2
OBJECTIVE OF A NATIONAL FOOD CONTROL SYSTEM
6.
The objective of a national food control system is to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair
practices in the food trade.
SECTION 3
7.
PRINCIPLES OF A NATIONAL FOOD CONTROL SYSTEM
A national food control system should be based on the following principles:
PRINCIPLE 1
PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS
8.
National food control systems should be designed and maintained with the primary goal to protect
consumers. In the event of a conflict, precedence should be given to protecting the health of consumers.
PRINCIPLE 2
THE WHOLE FOOD CHAIN APPROACH
9.
The national food control system should cover the entire food chain from primary production to
consumption.
PRINCIPLE 3
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TRANSPARENCY
10. All aspects of a national food control system should be transparent and open to scrutiny by all
interested parties, while respecting legal requirements to protect confidential information as appropriate.
Transparency considerations apply to all participants in the food chain and this can be achieved through clear
documentation and communication.
PRINCIPLE 4
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
11. All participants in a national food control system should have specific roles and responsibilities clearly
defined.
12. Food business operators1 have the primary role and responsibility for managing the food safety of their
products and for complying with requirements relating to those aspects of food under their control.
13. The national governments (and in some cases competent authorities) have the role and responsibility
to establish and maintain up to date science based legal requirements and the competent authority has the
responsibility to ensure the effective operation of the national food control system.
14. Consumers also have a role in managing food safety risks under their control and where relevant
should be provided with information on how to achieve this.
15. Academics and scientific institutions have a role in contributing to a national food control system, as
they are a source of expertise to support the risk based and scientific foundation of such a system.
PRINCIPLE 5
CONSISTENCY AND IMPARTIALITY
16. All aspects of a national food control system should be applied consistently and impartially. The
competent authority and all participants acting in official functions should be free of improper or undue
influence or conflict of interest.
PRINCIPLE 6
INCORPORATION OF RISK BASED, SCIENCE BASED AND EVIDENCE BASED DECISION
MAKING
17. Competent authorities should be making decisions within a national food control system based on
scientific information, evidence and/or risk analysis principles2 as appropriate.
PRINCIPLE 7
COOPERATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
18. The competent authorities within a national food control system should operate in a cooperative and
coordinated manner, within clearly assigned roles and responsibilities, for the most effective use of resources
in order to minimise duplication/gaps and to facilitate information exchange.
PRINCIPLE 8
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
19. To prevent or to react to food safety incidents a national food control systems should encompass the
core elements of prevention, intervention and response.
PRINCIPLE 9
SELF ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW PROCEDURES
20. The national food control system should possess the capacity to undergo continuous improvement and
include mechanisms to evaluate whether the system is able to achieve its objective.
PRINCIPLE 10 RECOGNITION OF OTHER SYSTEMS (INCLUDING EQUIVALENCE)
21.
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Competent authorities should recognise that food control systems or their components although
For the purpose of this document food business operator includes producers, processors, wholesalers, distributors,
importers, exporters and retailers
In accordance with members obligations under the World Trade Organisation Agreements, risk analysis frameworks
adopted by national governments in the context of a national food control system should be consistent with the Codex
Working Principles for Risk Analysis for Food Safety for Application by Governments (CAC/GL 62-2007) and
relevant risk analysis policies developed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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designed and structured differently may be capable of meeting the same objective. This recognition can
apply at the national and international level. The concept of recognition of systems, including equivalence3,
should be provided for in the national food control system.
PRINCIPLE 11 LEGAL FOUNDATION
22. The government within each country needs to have in place fundamental legal structures to enable the
establishment of food laws and competent authorities, so that they can develop, establish, implement,
maintain and enforce a national food control system.
PRINCIPLE 12 HARMONISATION
23. When designing and applying a food control system, the competent authority should consider Codex
standards, recommendations and guidelines (or those of other international inter-governmental organizations
whose membership is open to all countries) whenever appropriate as elements of their national food control
system to facilitate trade and consumer confidence.
PRINCIPLE 13 RESOURCES
24. A national food control system should have sufficient resources to enable it to meet the system
objectives.
SECTION 4 FRAMEWORK FOR THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL FOOD
CONTROL SYSTEM
(at Step 2)
(See REP/FICS para. 46)
Guidelines for the development of equivalence agreements regarding food import and export inspection and
certification systems (CAC/GL 34-1999) and Guidelines on the judgement of equivalence of sanitary measures
associated with food inspection and certification systems (CAC/GL 53-2003).

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JOINT FAO/WHO FOOD STANDARDS PROGRAMME

REPORT OF THE NINETEENTH SESSION OF THE

NOTE: This report contains Codex Circular Letter CL 2011/21-FICS

Codex Contact Points

List of Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................

Report of the 19 Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import

Summary Status of Work ...............................................................................................................

Adoption of the Agenda (Agenda Item 1) ......................................................................................

Matters referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other

Report on activities of other international organizations relevant to the work of

Proposals for new work (Agenda Item 5b) .....................................................................................

Date and place of next session (Agenda Item 6) ............................................................................

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

MATTERS REFERRED BY THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION, OTHER CODEX

Proposed amendment of the Generic Model Official Certificate

PROPOSED DRAFT PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES FOR NATIONAL FOOD CONTROL

A national food control system should be based on the following principles:

The Committee agreed to:

PROPOSALS FOR NEW WORK (Agenda Item 5b)11

CX/FICS 11/19/4; CRD 5 (Comments of European Union and Malaysia)

Proposed draft Principles and Guidelines for

Para. 46 and Appendix II

Proposed draft Principles and Guidelines for

Discussion paper on burden of multiple

Discussion paper on monitoring regulatory

Discussion paper on the need for further

Mrs Annelise Fuller

Mrs Angela Karinne Fagundes De Castro

Ms Claudia Valeria Goncalves Cordeiro de Sa

Mrs Denise Oliveira Resende

GERMANY - ALLEMAGNE ALEMANIA

Mrs Sussana Sampuah Atta-Taylor

Mrs Ruth Woode

Mrs Myung-Hee Kim

SAUDI ARABIA ARABIE SAOUDITE ARABIA

SUDAN - SOUDAN SUDN

TAJIKISTAN - TADJIKISTAN - TAYIKISTN

Mr Zakaria Mohamed Suliman

Mrs Mahasin Mohamed Kheir

THAILAND THALANDE - TAILANDIA

OBJECTIVE OF A NATIONAL FOOD CONTROL SYSTEM

PRINCIPLES OF A NATIONAL FOOD CONTROL SYSTEM

A national food control system should be based on the following principles:

THE WHOLE FOOD CHAIN APPROACH

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

CONSISTENCY AND IMPARTIALITY

INCORPORATION OF RISK BASED, SCIENCE BASED AND EVIDENCE BASED DECISION

COOPERATION AND COORDINATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES

SELF ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW PROCEDURES

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