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The following contribution is sent in response to the invitation by the President of ECOCSOC, His Excellency Oh Joon, for the Codex Alimentarius Commission to offer substantive inputs to the 2016 HLPF showcasing the contribution of Codex towards the 2030 Agenda in general, and particularly for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and respective targets that are substantial to the mandate of Codex.

BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION

Founded in 1963, the Codex Alimentarius Commission is a joint intergovernmental body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The Codex Alimentarius itself is a collection of over 200 standards, and over 100 codes of practices and guidelines as well as other recommendations that have been adopted by the Commission with the purpose of protecting consumer health across the globe while simultaneously reducing unnecessary trade barriers in the area of food.

International Codex standards are recommendations for voluntary application by members, but serve, in many cases, as a basis for national legislation. The reference made to Codex food safety standards in the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS Agreement) means that Codex has far reaching implications for resolving trade disputes. WTO members that wish to apply stricter food safety measures than those set by Codex may be required to justify these measures scientifically.

 

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