Public Meeting to Address Codex Committee on Fats, Oils Slated for Jan. 26

WASHINGTON—USDA’s Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety and FDA announced a public meeting to provide information and receive comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions for the 21st Session of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils (CCFO) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), to be held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Feb. 16-20, 2009

The public meeting is scheduled for Jan. 26 from 1-4 p.m. in South Agriculture Building, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, D.C. 20250.

Agenda items and documents related to the 21st Session of the CCFO will be accessible at http://www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp. Interested parties are invited to submit their comments electronically at [email protected].

Codex was created in 1963 by two United Nations organizations, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization. Codex develops food standards, guidelines and codes of practice in order to protect the health of consumers, ensure fair food trade practices and promote coordination of food standards undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations.