Codex TF AF
In 2011 IFIF worked to review the CODEX Task Force on Animal Feeding draft documents and we will present our recommendations at the CODEX TAF meeting in Bern from 20 to 24 February 2012. IFIF will continue to support the work of Codex Alimentarius in the field of feed, trade and feed safety.
Joel G. Newman, president and CEO of the American Feed Industry Association, and chairman of the IFIF Policy Committee, represented IFIF at the annual 33rd and 34th Codex Alimentarius Commission meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, in July 2010 and July 2011.
At the meeting in 2010, the Commission agreed to establish a time- limited Task Force on Feed, chaired by Switzerland, to complete the following two items:
- Development of guidelines for governments on the application of Codex risk-assessment methodologies for various hazards related to contaminants/residues in feed and feed additives used for food-producing animals; and
- Development of a prioritized list of hazards in feed ingredients and feed additives for governmental use
This decision followed on from the work of a Codex Electronic Working Group that made recommendations to the Commission on how some key issues associated with feed and food safety in the Codex process.
The 6th session of the Ad Hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Force on Animal Feeding will take place in Bern, Switzerland from 20 to 24 February 2012. The attendees will include CODEX member countries, UN Organizations, Non-governmental Organization, Swiss government bodies (Federal Office for Agriculture, Federal Office for Public Health, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and the Federal Veterinary Office). For more information visit http://www.codextfaf.ch/.