International Food Safety Standards Setting
In the June 4, 2010 Federal Register at
edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-13403.htm, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service published information about the next meeting of Codex, the WTO’s sanitary and phytosanitary standards setting arm. The next meeting will take place in Switzerland on July 5 through 9, 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland. The topics under discussion are expected to include veterinary drug residue in food, contaminants in food, food additives and pesticide residue in food, as well as methods of analysis and sampling. The U.S. delegation is led by USDA’s Office of Food.
