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FSIS Announces June 5 Meeting on Upcoming Codex Commission Session

The Food Safety and Inspection Service announced a public meeting June 5 to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions that will be discussed at the 35th Session of the of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), which will be in Rome, Italy, July 2-7, 2012. FSIS is also requesting written comments for the meeting, which may be offered at the meeting or submitted to FSIS in advance.

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Items on the agenda for the 35th Session of the CAC that will be discussed during this public meeting include: proposed amendments to the procedural manual; amendments to, and revocation of, existing Codex Standards and related texts; proposals for the elaboration of new standards and related texts and for the discontinuation of work.