Codex Committee on Food Hygiene

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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).

•  Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) Terms of Reference

Consultation Documents

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Forty-Third Session of the CCFH: Miami, USA, 5 - 9 December 2011

Document Title	Document Reference	Due Date for Comments
1. Provisional Agenda	CX/FH 11/43/1	4 October 2011
2. Matters Referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and/or Other Codex Committees to the Food Hygiene Committee	CX/FH 11/43/2	15 December 2011
3. Matters arising from the Work of FAO, WHO and other International Intergovernmental Organizations: Progress Report on the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) and Related Matters Information from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)	CX/FH 11/43/3 CX/FH 11/43/3-Add.1	15 December 2011 15 December 2011
4. Proposed Draft Guidelines on the Application of General Principles of Food Hygiene to the Control of Viruses in Food at Step 4	CX/FH 11/43/4	29 September 2011
5. Proposed Draft Revision of the Principles for the Establishment and Application of Microbiological Criteria for Foods at Step 4	CX/FH 11/43/5	29 September 2011
6. Proposed Draft Guidelines for Control of Specific Zoonotic Parasites in Meat: Trichinella spiralis and Cysticercus bovis	CX/FH 11/43/6	28 February 2011
7. Proposed Draft Annex on Melons to the Code of Hygienic Practice for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (CAC/RCP 53-2003)	CX/FH 11/43/7	15 December 2011
8. Discussion Paper on the Review of the Risk Analysis Principles and Procedures Applied by the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene	CX/FH 11/43/8	15 December 2011
9. Other Business and Future Work: CCFH Work Priorities	CX/FH 11/43/9	15 December 2011

Circular Letters and Other Documents

Document Title	Document Reference	Due Date for Comments
Circular Letter: Request for proposals for new work and/or revision of existing standards	CL 2011/11-FH	31 August 2011

Report of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene

•  ALINORM REP11/FH: Report of the forty-second session (29 November - 3 December 2010).
•  ALINORM 10/33/13: Report of the forty-first session (16 - 20 November 2009).

Archives

Documentation on previous sessions is available on the  Reports page of the Codex Alimentarius Commission website.