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Food Safety and Quality Update

T he 39th edition of the Food Safety and Quality Update

Information Now Available On-line Food Safety Certification Programmes – an overview and analysis This document, written by FAO volunteer Nicolas Canivet, reviews and analyses third-party food safety certification programmes and their potential impact on global trade in food and agricultural products.The document is available at: www.fao.org/ag/agn/food /control_en.stm

Upcoming Events Codex Committee on General Principles (Paris, France, 10-14 April 2006) The provisional agenda and working documents for this and all other upcoming Codex meetings are available from the upcoming meetings page: www.codexalimentarius.net/web /current.jsp

Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (The Hague, The Netherlands, 24-28 April 2006) The provisional agenda and working documents for this and all other upcoming Codex meetings are available from the upcoming meetings page: www.codexalimentarius.net/web /current.jsp

Codex Committee on Food Labelling (Ottawa, Canada, 1-5 May 2006) The provisional agenda and working documents for this and all other upcoming Codex meetings are available from the upcoming meetings page: www.codexalimentarius.net/web /current.jsp

Preparatory meeting for possible Third FAO/WHO Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators (Rome, 3 May 2006) A preparatory meeting to discuss matters related to the preparation of a possible third Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators, such as its proposed objectives, format and content, will be held at FAO Headquarters on Wednesday 3 May 2006. Further information will shortly be available on the Global Forum website: www.foodsafetyforum.org