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21 January 2020  
(20-0560) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
AGENDA ITEM 4 – RECE NT ACIVITIES BY CODEX RELEVANT TO THE TBT COMMITTEE  
INFORMATION PROVIDED  BY CODEX  
This document contains information provided by  CODEX  at the TBT Committee meeting  of 
13-15 November 2019 . 
 
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1  NUTRITION AND FOODS FOR SPECIAL DIETARY USES  
1.  Concerning issues related to nutrition and food for special dietary uses and their impact on public 
health and trade, the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) 
continues work on the revision of the S tandard for Follow -up Formula; how to deal with trans -fatty 
acids (TFAs), looking at possible risk management options, other than a claim for “free” of TFAs, 
possible new work on guidelines on nutrient profiles to support the work in the Codex Committee on  
Food Labelling (CCFL) on front of pack nutrition labelling, amongst others. The next session of 
CCNFSDU will take place in the last week of November 2019 and there are a number of documents 
open for comments for which Codex members and observer internatio nal organizations are invited 
to comment to aid discussion at the upcoming CCNFSDU.  
2  LABELLING  
2.  As regards labelling issues, the work on Guidelines on front of pack nutrition labelling is ongoing 
in CCFL and will be discussed at the next session of this Comm ittee in October 2020. There is also 
ongoing discussion on labelling of alcoholic beverages to decide whether additional guidance to what 
is in the General Standard for the Labelling for Pre-packaged  Foods is needed on alcohol labelling. 
A discussion paper  is being prepared for consideration at the next CCFL.  
3  AGRICULTURAL QUALITY  STANDARDS  
3.  Codex continues work on a number of commercial quality standards focus on product identity 
and essential composition and quality factors related to quinoa (grain size r equirements), fresh and 
processed fruits and vegetables to ensure product authenticity and minimum quality and 
compositional requirements (including labelling) to facilitate trade in these products. Work on quinoa 
and processed fruits and vegetables are be ing carried out by correspondence and countries are 
invited to participate on the relevant Codex online platforms provided for the discussion of these 
standards.  
4.  The Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (CCFFV) was held in Mexico in October 
2019 and produced number of standards for further consideration at the next session of CCFFV or 
for final adoption by the upcoming session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) in July 
2020.  
5.  For more information please visit the Codex  website or contact codex@fao.org . 
 
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