Codex Alimentarius Seeks Data on Deoxyynivalenol, Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid
The international standards group Codex Alimentarius has established two new Electronic Working Groups (eWG) — one to address Deoxyynivalenol (DON) Maximum Limits and another to develop a Code of Practice to prevent and reduce contamination in food and feed by Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid (PA) — both of which have issued Calls for Data. Codex Alimentarius works within the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop international standards on food safety and fair trade.
Within the Codex's Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF), Canada recently launched — and is seeking participants for — an eWG to address the Possible Extension of the Proposed DON Maximum Limits (MLs) to DON’s Acetylated Derivatives. Co-chaired by Japan, the working group plans to prepare a discussion paper and proposals for consideration by the CCCF at its next session in 2014. Codex Members and Observers interested in participating in this eWG should provide the following: participant’s name, participant’s official title or position, the name of the country or observer organization and email address to the U.S. Codex Office no later than August 20.