Professional paper
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS – THE WORLD STANDARD FOR FOOD AND FEED SAFETY (FOOD CHAIN)
Krzysztof Kwiatek
; National Veterinary Research Institute Pulawy, Poland
Ewelina Kowalczyk
; National Veterinary Research Institute Pulawy, Poland
Abstract
Codex Alimentarius or the food code has become the global reference point for all participants in the food chain (e.g. primary producers, processors and consumers). Its influence extends to every continent playing an important role in the protection of public health and fair practices for almost 50 years. It also allows taking a role in the development of codes governing hygienic processing practices and recommendations relating to compliance with food standards. Right now all over the world, consumers and governments are becoming aware of food a safety issue, which requires taking legislative action to ensure that only safe food of acceptable quality is available to each consumer. Codex Alimentarius is a collection of standards, codes of practice, guidelines and other recommendations. Some of these documents are very general and some are very specific. Moreover for more food safety Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding elaborated in 2004 takes into account all relevant aspects of animal health and the environment in order to minimize the risk to consumer’s health. Since feed safety issues are becoming more and more important Codex Alimentarius Commission at the 32nd Session decided to establish an electronic working group to prepare: a proposal for the scope and the terms of reference for the future work on animal feeding, taking into consideration the conclusions and recommendations from FAO/WHO expert meeting on Animal Feeding Impact on Food safety; and a proposal for a suitable mechanism for Codex to carry out this work.
Keywords
Codex Alimentarius; feed safety; issues
Hrčak ID:
60618
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Publication date:
15.8.2010.
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