U.S. Codex Office (USCO) invites interested persons to submit their comments on this notice of the Sanitary (human and animal health) and phytosanitary (plant health) standard- setting activities of the Codex Alimentarius (Codex)
The notice also provides a list of other standard-setting activities of Codex, including commodity standards, guidelines, codes of practice, and revised texts.
This notice, which covers Codex activities during the time periods of June 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024, and June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025, seeks comments on standards under consideration and recommendations for new standards.
Codex was created in 1963 by two United Nations organizations, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Codex is the principal international organization for establishing standards for food.
Through adoption of food standards, codes of practice, and other guidelines developed by its committees, and by promoting their adoption and implementation by governments, Codex seeks to protect the health of consumers, ensure fair practices in the food trade, and promote coordination of food standards work undertaken by international governmental and nongovernmental organizations.
In the United States, U.S. Codex activities are managed and carried out by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce (DOC); and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The information provided in Attachment 1: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Activities of Codex describes the status of Codex standard-setting activities by the Codex committees for the time periods from June 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024, and June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025.
A list of forthcoming Codex sessions may be found at: https://www.fao.org/fao-who- codexalimentarius/meetings/en/.
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