World Food Code

The Codex Alimentarius (CA latin for food law or food code ) Commission (GAG) is an intergovernmental subsidiary to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation (WHO) of the United Nations (UN) with the aim to formulate and implement internationally accepted food safety standards for the protection of consumer health and to ensure fair trade practices in the food industry. The principal result has been the publication of food commodity standards, hygiene and technical... 

Chloramine-T, sodium A/-chloro-/)-toluenesulfonamide [127-65-17, was widely used during World War I for the treatment of infected wounds, and subsequentiy for hygienic purposes such as mouthwashes, douches, etc. It can be used for sanitising food-handling equipment, but its activity is considerably slower than that of hypochlorites. The Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (1985) and the Ordinance and Code for Restaurants (1948) of the U.S. Pubhc Health Service permitted the use of chloramine-T. 

The Codex Alimentarius is a code of food standards for all nations. All members of CAC and interested international organizations are invited to comment on proposed standards, including possible implications for their economic interests. Members are encouraged to consult with interested and affected parties in their countries. Codex standards are recognized by the World Trade Organization as the international reference standards for food safety. 

In 1961/62 the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) to elaborate international food standards and codes of practice for questions related to food. Questions concerning contaminants were dealt with, partly by the Commodity Committees and partly in the Codex Committee for Food Additives and Contaminants (CCFAC). The Codex Alimentarius system concerning contaminants is described in section 12.2. 

Marz, U. 2000. World markets for fermentation ingredients. Food and Beverage Publications. Report Code FOD020A, Published February 2000. http / / www. bccresearch.com. (Accessed July 29, 2006). 

Software running in the laboratory has to meet certain regulatory standards to be operated in an acceptable fashion. As an example, the pharmaceutical industry underlies a series of requirements, most of which are covered by regulation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under Title 21, abbreviated as 21 CFR Part x [1-4]. These federal rules are more or less valid all over the world. The most important FDA regulations for the chemistry laboratory environment are as follows ... 

Codex Alimentarius—Volume A, Recommended International Code of Practice—General Principles of Food Hygiene, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Health Organization, Rome, 1983. 

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