Understanding the Codex Alimentarius

Codex Standards and other related texts adopted by the Commission ! up to the 23rd Session included only !

Current Official Standards [by Food Type]

Thematic reference booklets in PDFⁱⁱ:

Food Hygiene - Basic Texts
Food Labelling - Complete Texts
Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems - Combined Texts
Organically Produced Foods - Guidelines for Production, Processing, Labelling and Marketing:

Databases:

Databases for Codex Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides and Veterinary Drugs in Foods

(To access the FAO database you must be online, and the link will take you to the relevant page on the FAO website.)

The Codex Alimentarius on the FAO website
http://www.codexalimentarius.net

ii) Underlined working documents in the Provisonal Agendas for Codex Committees are available in PDF format and should be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 ®.