Fresh berries are healthy but also prone to microbiological contamination and associated with Hepatitis A, Norovirus, bacteria E.coli and protozoa The UN food standards body Codex Alimentarius has ...

A member survey has revealed good support for Codex standards, but concerns have been raised again about timeliness. The Codex Alimentarius, or “Food Code” is a collection of international standards, ...

What standard is used when countries are defining their food safety policies? When multinational companies such as Nestlé are developing products, what standards do they comply to? The Food and ...

A long-awaited report on decisions taken at the latest Codex Alimentarius Commission meeting has finally been published. The United Nations food standards body met in Rome in November 2022. Codex is ...

The Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) has finalized and recommended quality standards for nutmeg, saffron, chilli-peppers, and paprika during its sixth session. The committee ...

The Codex Alimentarius Commission, which is holding its meeting in Rome from November 10 to 14 to adopt food safety and quality standards, has fixed the maximum limit at 2.5 mg/kg for lead in spices ...

New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) The Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) has recommended quality standards for three spices - nutmeg, saffron, chilli (peppers and paprika), an official ...

What started out as a conventional UN bureaucracy has become the subject of wild speculation and fear - just what is the UN's Codex Alimentarius, and what does it mean for our food and health? Imagine ...