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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 ...

The United Nations’ international food standards-setting body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, has set the maximum permissible limit for lead in spices and culinary herbs, particularly cinnamon, to ...

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, ...

The majority of Codex members have backed guidance on the use of paperless certification in food trade. The Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS) ...