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Regional
Coordinating Committees
Regional
Coordinating Committees exercise general coordination in the
preparation of standards relating to such regions or groups
of countries and such other functions as may be entrusted
to them.
There are six Coordinating Committees, i.e. one each for the
following regions:
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- Latin
America and the Caribbean
- Near
East
- North
America and Southwest Pacific
Coordinating
Committees play an invaluable role in ensuring that the work
of the Commission is responsive to regional interests and
to the concerns of developing countries.
Membership
is open to all Member Nations and associate members of FAO
and/or WHO, who are members of Codex Alimentarius Commission,
within the concerned geographical region
They
have no standing host countries. Meetings are hosted by countries
of a region on an ad hoc basis and in agreement with the Commission.
Coordinating
Committee for Asia (CCASIA)
Terms
of Reference
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to
define the problems and needs of the Asian region concerning
food standards and food control;
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to
promote within the Committee contacts for the mutual exchange
of information on proposed regulatory initiatives and
problems arising from food control and stimulates the
strengthening of food control infrastructures;
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to
recommend to the Commission the development of world wide
standards for products of interest to the region, including
products considered by the Committee to have an international
market potential in the future;
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to
develop regional standards for food products moving exclusively
or almost exclusively in intra regional trade;
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to
draw the attention of the Commission to any aspects of
the Commission’s work of particular significance
to the region;
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to
promote coordination of all regional food standards work
undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental
organizations within the region;
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to
exercise a general coordinating role for the region and
such other functions as may be entrusted to it by the
Commission; and,
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to
promote the acceptance of Codex standards and maximum
limits for residues by member countries.
Host
government rotates among the committee members. Presently
,Malaysia is the host country and Coordinator for CCASIA.
Codex Members in the Asian Region:
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei
Darussalam
- Cambodia
- China
- Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Republic
of Korea
- Singapore
- Sri
Lanka
- Thailand
- Vietnam
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