Upcoming FAO/WHO Expert Meeting Will Inform Updates to Codex Guidance on Foodborne Viruses
The Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) will hold a meeting on September 18–22, 2023 in Rome, Italy to discuss food attribution, analytical methods, and indicators of viruses in foods.
The JEMRA meeting was requested by the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) to provide scientific advice to inform the review of Codex Guidelines on the Application of General Principles of Food Hygiene to The Control of Viruses in Food (CXG 79-2012). The purpose of the guidelines is to provide direction on how to prevent or minimize the presence of human enteric viruses in foods, especially hepatitis A and norovirus.