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November ,2002

  • National Seminar on CODEX at Vigyan Bhavan on 8th November, 2002.
  • National Workshop on enforcement of PFA Rules, 1954 at Vigyan Bhavan, on 9th November, 2002.

January,2003

  • The Thirty-fifth Session of Codex Committee on Food Hygiene(CCFH) is schedule to be held from 27 January to 1st February, 2003 in Orlando, Florida, United States of America.(Link to Agenda).

February,2003

  • The Eighteenth Session of Codex Committee on Fats and Oils(CCFO) is scheduled to be held from 3-7 February, 2003 in London, United Kingdom. (Link to Agenda)
  • The Fifty-first(Extraordinary) Session of Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission is schedule to be held from 10-11 February, 2003 in Geneva.(Link to Agenda).
  • The Twenty-fift(Extraordinary) Session of Codex Committee on Codex Alimentarius Commission (CCCAC) is schedule to be held from 13-15 February, 2003 in Geneva.(Link to Agenda).
  • The Ninth Session of Codex Committee on Meat and Poultry Hygiene is schedule to be held from 17-21 February, 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand.(Link to Agenda).
  • Proposed Draft Principles for the Risk Analysis of Foods Derived from Modern Biotechnology" were approved by the 24th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission at Step 5 and advanced to Step 6. These were considered at Step 7 at the third session and advanced to Step 8 for consideration by the 25th Session of the Commission (12-15 February 2003).

    "Proposed Draft Guideline for the Conduct of Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Recombinant-DNA Plants" were approved by the 24th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission at Step 5 and advanced to Step 6. These were considered at Step 7 at the third session and advanced to Step 8 for consideration by the 25th Session of the Commission (12-15 February 2003).

  • An annex on "the assessment of allergenicity" is under preparation and was considered at Step 4 at the 3rd Session and recommended for adoption by the 25th Session of the Commission at Steps 5 and 8 omitting Steps 6 and 7 (12-15 February 2003).

  • "Proposed Draft Guideline for the Conduct of Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Recombinant - DNA Plants" was elaborated by the Working Group established at the first session, circulated for comments at Step 3 and advanced to Step 5 for consideration at the 24th Session of CAC (2001) which advanced it to Step 6. At the 3rd Session this draft was agreed to be advanced for adoption by 25th Session of the Commission (12-15 February 2003).

March,2003

  • The Fourteen Session of Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods is schedule to be held from 4-7 March, 2003 in Wastington D.C.(USA).(Link to Agenda).
  • The Fourth Session of the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Animal Feeding is scheduled to be held from 25-28 March 2003 in Moltke Palais, Dronningens Tværgade 2, 1302 Copenhagen K, Denmark. (Link to Agenda).
  • The Thirty Fifth Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues is scheduled to be held from 31st March- 4th April ,2003 in Congres Centre Engels, Stationsplein 45, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.(Link to Agenda).

April,2003

  • The Eighteenth Session of the Codex Committee on Codex Committee on General Principles is scheduled to be held from 7- 11 April ,2003 in Paris, France.(Link to Agenda).
  • The Thirty First Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling is scheduled to be held from 28 April- 2 May ,2003 in Ottawa (Canada).

May,2003

  • The Third Session of the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Fruit and Vegetable Juices is scheduled to be held from 6- 9 May, 2003 in Brasília (Brazil).

June,2003

  • The Fifty Second Session of the Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission is scheduled to be held from 26-27 June, 2003 in Rome (Italy).

  • The Twenty Sixth Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission is scheduled to be held from 30 June -7 July, 2003 in Rome (Italy).
    (Link to Agenda)

September,2003

  • The Eleventh Session of the Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables is scheduled to be held from 8-12 September, 2003 in Mexico City .

October, 2003

  • The Twenty Sixth Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (CCFFP) is scheduled to be held from 13-17 October, 2003 in Aalesund (Norway).Link to Agenda

November, 2003

  • The Twenty Fifth Session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) is scheduled to be held from 03-07 November, 2003 in Bonn (Federal Republic of Germany).Link to Agenda

  • The Nineteenth (Extraordinary) Session of the Codex Committee on General Principles (CCGP) is scheduled to be held from 17-21 November, 2003 in Paris, France.Link to Agenda.

December, 2003

  • The 12th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS) is scheduled to be held from 01-05 December, 2003.Link to Agenda.

February, 2004

  • The Fifty Third Session of the Executive Committee of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)is scheduled to be held from 04-06 February, 2004 in Geneva (Switzerland).

  • The Tenth Session of the Codex Committee on Meat and Poultry Hygiene (CCMPH) is scheduled to be held from 16-20 February, 2004 in Auckland (New Zealand).

March, 2004

  • The Twenty Fifth Session of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling ( CCMAS) is scheduled to be held from 07-14 March, 2004 in Budapest (Hungary).

  • The Thirty Sixth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (CCFAC) is scheduled to be held from 22-16 March, 2004 in Rotterdam (The Netherlands).

  • The Thirty Sixth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) is scheduled to be held from 29 March - 03 April, 2004 in TBA (United States of America).

April, 2004

  • The Thirty Sixth Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) is scheduled to be held from 19-24 April, 2004 in New Delhi (India).Link to Agenda.

  • The Sixth Session of the Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products (CCMMP) is scheduled to be held from 26-30 April, 2004 in Auckland (New Zealand)Link to Agenda.

May, 2004

  • The Twenty Session of the Codex Committee on General Principles (CCGP) is scheduled to be held from 3-7 May, 2004 in Paris (France).Link to Agenda.

  • The Thirty Second Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL) is scheduled to be held from 10-14 May, 2004 in Montréal (Canada) Link to Agenda.

  • The Fifth Session of the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Animal Feeding (TFAF) is scheduled to be held from 17-20 May, 2004 Copenhagen (Denmark) Link to Agenda.