Codex Federal Register Notices and Public Meetings

Public Meetings

U.S. Delegates to Codex committees schedule public meetings prior to their committee meetings to inform the public about the meeting agenda and proposed U.S. positions on the issues. During these public meetings, delegates also receive comments from interested parties on Codex issues.

Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (TFAMR)

The U.S. Codex Program is sponsoring a public meeting on November 21, 2019 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. EST to provide information and receive public comment on agenda items and draft U.S. positions to be discussed at the 7^th Session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance, in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, December 9-13, 2019. The public meeting will take place in Meeting Room 107-A of the Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20250. Documents related to the 7^th Session of the TFAMR will be accessible via the internet at the following address: www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings/en.

Dr. Donald A. Prater, U.S. Delegate to the 7^th Session of the TFAMR, invites U.S. interested parties to submit their comments electronically to the following email address: donald.prater@fda.hhs.gov.
Please register to attend by emailing uscodex@usda.gov by November 18, 2019. Early registration is encouraged because it will expedite entry into the building, for which attendees should bring photo identification and plan for adequate time to pass through federal building security screening systems.
Attendees who are not able to attend in person, but who wish to participate, may do so by phone/conference call; please use the call-in number: 1-888-844-9904, participant code 5126092.

Federal Register Notices

Federal Register notices are annually prepared to inform the public of the sanitary and phytosanitary standard-setting activities of Codex. The announcement of this, plus other notices that involve Codex are listed below and can also be found on the U.S. Codex Office section of federalregister.gov.

September 24, 2019: Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses | PDF (312 KB)

September 3, 2019: Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables | PDF (302 KB)

September 3, 2019: Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene | PDF (321 KB)

August 28, 2019: Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance | PDF (322 KB)

July 2, 2019: Codex Committee on International Standard-Setting Activities | PDF (412 KB)

February 25, 2019: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues | PDF (238 KB)

February 20, 2019: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling | PDF (227 KB)

February 20, 2019: Meeting of the Codex Committee on General Principles | PDF (228 KB)

February 20, 2019: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods | PDF (227 KB)

December 28, 2018: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils (CCFO) | PDF (196 KB)

October 22, 2018: Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs | PDF (195 KB)

October 18, 2018: U.S. Codex Program: FY2019-2023 Strategic Plan | PDF (189 KB)