Codex General Principles for the Use of Food Additives

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1 Cdex General Principles fr the Use f Fd Additives Mitchell Cheeseman, Ph.D. Managing Directr Envirnmental and Life Sciences January 26, 2015

2 Outline Cdex Alimentarius Overview f Cdex Cmmittee n Fd Additives (CCFA) CCFA Pririty Issues Cnclusins *Slides derived frm materials develped by CPG Glbal

3 Cdex Alimentarius Science-based plicies Prtect health f cnsumers Internatinal standard setting Fair Trade Practices Harmnizatin f glbal standards WTO Sanitary and Phytsanitary Standards (SPS) agreement WTO Technical Barrier t Trades (TBT) agreement

4 Outline Cdex Alimentarius Overview f Cdex Cmmittee n Fd Additives (CCFA) CCFA Pririty Issues Cnclusins

5 Cdex Cmmittee n Fd Additives (1964, 2007) a) t establish r endrse acceptable maximum levels fr individual fd additives; b) t prepare pririty lists f fd additives fr risk assessment by the Jint FAO/WHO Expert Cmmittee n Fd Additives; c) t assign functinal classes t individual fd additives; d) t recmmend specificatins f identity and purity fr fd additives fr adptin by the Cmmissin; e) t cnsider methds f analysis fr the determinatin f additives in fd; and f) t cnsider and elabrate standards r cdes fr related subjects such as the labelling f fd additives when sld as such.

6 General Standard fr Fd Additives Initial Charge t the Cmmittee 1991 Elabrate a GSFA that includes all fds Develp the GSFA 1) CCFA shuld agree t accept science-based JECFA safety evaluatins 2) CCFA shuld recgnize variability f technlgical need amng different natins 3) CCFA shuld nt rely n individual gvernment prhibitins n additives in specified fds, yet instead shuld rely mre heavily n infrmative labeling 4) CCFA members shuld rely n the GSFA as the single authritative surce n fd additives

7 General Principles fr the Use f Fd Additives (GFSA) Fd Additive Safety Justificatin fr the Use f Fd Additives an advantage des nt present an appreciable health risk t cnsumers des nt mislead the cnsumer serves a Cdex technlgical functin cannt be achieved by ther means that are ecnmically and technlgically practicable Gd Manufacturing Practices Specificatins fr the Identity and Purity f Fd Additives

8 Outline Cdex Alimentarius Overview f Cdex Cmmittee n Fd Additives (CCFA) CCFA Pririty Issues Cnclusins

9 CCFA Pririty Issues Science and Harmnizatin Cdex General Standard fr Fd Additives Ensure scientific bjectivity and integrity maintained, Reginal differences/philsphies d nt prevail The 46 th Sessin f the CCFA adpted ver 800 prvisins t the GSFA which nw cntains mre adpted than pending prvisins Nte 161 Subject t natinal legislatin f the imprting cuntry aimed, in particular at the cnsistency with Sectin 3.2 f the Preamble

10 Nte 161 Nte 161 undermines: scientific base f Cdex and fundatin f Cdex as an internatinal standard setting rganizatin and is incnsistent with WTO SPS agreement regarding scientific justificatin natinal gvernments can adpt mre restrictive standards than thse f Cdex if there is scientific justificatin and Cdex standards are vluntary and natinal gvernments may intrduce a higher level f prtectin when justified Cdex STATEMENTS OF PRINCIPLE CONCERNING THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE CODEX DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH OTHER FACTORS ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT Recgnized that sme legitimate cncerns f gvernments when establishing their natinal legislatin are nt generally applicable r relevant wrldwide Only thse factrs which can be accepted n a wrldwide basis, r n a reginal basis in the case f reginal standards and related texts, shuld be taken int accunt in the framewrk f Cdex

11 Nte th Cdex Sessin reestablished an EWG n Nte 161 Examine the impact f limiting artificial sweetener use t reduced calrie fds Make recmmendatins n the use f Nte 161 Clear frm EWG input thus far that Nte 161 will have a significant impact n many (pssibly hundreds) f currently permitted uses wrldwide Cncerns remain regarding technlgical need and cnsumer deceptin The technlgical need fr artificial sweeteners is nt and shuld nt be limited t reduced calrie fds and fds with n added sugar If artificial sweeteners are deceptive, s are natural sweeteners?

12 Outline Cdex Alimentarius Overview f Cdex Cmmittee n Fd Additives (CCFA) CCFA Pririty Issues Cnclusins

13 Cnclusins Increased participatin frm all Cdex members will: Ensure science-based internatinal standards that are gd fr gvernment, industry, and cnsumers Ensure cnsumer health prtectins, and fair trade practices Prmte harmnizatin thrugh stakehlder cnsultatins Prmte technical advancements t build market pprtunities

14 wrking tgether twards science-based Cdex standards