Codex Committee on Food Additives

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Terms of Reference

The Terms of Reference clearly states the objective(s) to be achieved by a subsidiary body established by the  Codex Alimentarius Commission (often simply referred to as Codex). The Terms of Reference for the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) can be viewed  here.

Consultation Documents

Please refer to the table below for the documents in circulation for comments. In order to assist in the development of a Canadian response to the host country and to the Codex Secretariat, comments are invited to be submitted by the due date indicated.
Your reply should be forwarded to the office of the Codex Contact Point for Canada. In your response, please include:

• the document reference number in the subject line of the email;
• your comment(s) and proposed new text, if applicable; and,
• a rationale in support of your comment(s).

Document Title	Document Reference	Due Date for Comments
FORTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE CCFA: BEIJING, CHINA, 12 - 16 MARCH 2012
1. Provisional Agenda	CX/FA 12/44/1	12 February 2012
2. Matters Referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and Other Codex Committees and Task Forces	CX/FA 12/44/2
2. (a) Draft Risk Analysis Principles Applied by the CCFA	CX/FA 12/44/3
3. Matters of Interest Arising from FAO/WHO and from the 74th Meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)	CX/FA 12/44/4
4. (a) Endorsement and/or Revision of Maximum Levels for Food Additives and Processing Aids in Codex Standards	CX/FA 12/44/5
(b) Discussion Paper on the Alignment of the Food Additive Provisions of the Standards for Meat Products and Relevant Provisions of the GSFA	CX/FA 12/44/6
5. (a) Pending Draft and Proposed Draft Food Additives Provisions and Related Matters	CX/FA 12/44/7
(b) Comments and information on several food additives (replies to CL 2011/4-FA, Part B, points 9, 10 and 11 and CL 2011/17-FA)	CX/FA 12/44/8  REP11/FA App. VI and VII
(c) Draft and Proposed Draft Food Additive Provisions (provisions in Table 1 and 2 of Table 3 Food Additives with "Acidity Regulators" and "Emulsifier, Stabilizer and Thickener" Function)	CX/FA 12/44/9
Proposed Horizontal Approach for Consideration of Provisions in Table 1 and 2 of Food Additives Listed in Table 3 with "Acidity Regulators" and "Emulsifier, Stabilizer and Thickener" Function	CX/FA 12/44/1 Add.1
(d) Provisions for Aluminium Containing Food Additives of the GSFA	CX/FA 12/44/10
(e) Discussion Paper on Description of Food Category 16.0 of the GSFA	CX/FA 12/44/11
(f) Discussion Paper on Use of Note 161 in the GSFA	CX/FA 12/44/12
6. Draft revision of the Standard for Food Grade Salt (CODEX STAN 150-1985)(N08-2010)	REP11/FA App.IX
7. Proposals for Changes and/or Addition to the International Numbering System for Food Additives	CX/FA 12/44/14
8. Specifications for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives Arising from the 74th JECFA Meeting	CX/FA 12/44/15	17 January 2012
9. (a) Proposals for Additions and Changes to the Priority List of Food Additives Proposed for Evaluation by JECFA (replies to CL 2011/8-FA)	CX/FA 12/44/16
(b) Discussioni Paper on Mechanisms for Re-evaluation of Substances by JECFA	CX/FA 12/44/17
10. Prototype of a Database on Processing Aids	CX/FA 12/44/18
CIRCULAR LETTERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
Distribution of the Report of the Forty-third Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (REP11/FA).  Part B -  Request for comments and information.	CL 2011/04-FA	15 October 2011
Request for information and comments on Priority list of compounds proposed for evaluation by JECFA	CL 2011/08-FA	9 December 2011
Request for Comments on: draft revision of the Standard for Food Grade Salt (CODEX STAN 150-1985); and draft provision for carotenoids in food category 02.1.2 "Vegetable oils and fats" of the GSFA	CL 2011/17-FA	20 December 2011
Information document to the discussion of the GSFA (Agenda Item 5)	FA/44 INF/01
Information document on food additive provisions in commodity standards (Agenda Item 5)	FA/44 INF/02

Report of the Codex Committee on Food Additives

•  ALINORM REP11/FA: Report of the forty-third session (14 - 18 March 2011).
•  ALINORM 10/33/12: Report of the forty-second session (15 - 19 March 2010).

Archives

Documentation on previous sessions is available  here.