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Codex Working Group to Consider Organic Food Guidelines, Ethylene Inhibition

The Codex Committee on Food Labeling invited member countries and observer organizations to participate in an electronic working group to review proposals for substances for inclusion in the Guidelines for the Production, Processing, Labeling and Marketing of Organically Produced Foods…

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(CAC/GL 32-1999), said the Food Safety and Inspection Service. The work group, co-chaired by the U.S. and Cameroon, will further consider the use of ethylene for sprout inhibition in potatoes and onions. Member countries and observer organizations interested in participating in this eWG should provide the name(s), official title, and email address of their representative(s) to USCodex@fsis.usda.gov and jeanine_nkodo@yahoo.fr by Sept. 7, 2012.