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Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH)
Fifth session of Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs under the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
About Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH):
◆ The Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) is responsible for elaborating standards for spices and culinary herbs in their dried and dehydrated state in whole, ground, and cracked or crushed form.
◆ The Committee was established at the 36th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission in July 2013.
◆ India is the host country and the Spices Board is the Secretariat for organising the sessions of the committee.
◆ Since its inception, the Codex Committee has been successful in developing harmonised global Codex standards for spices and herbs.
◆ In its past four sessions, the committee developed and finalized standards for four spices, viz. dried or dehydrated forms of black/white/green pepper, cumin, thyme, and garlic.
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
◆ Set up in 1963, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) is an intergovernmental body established jointly by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), within the framework of the Joint Food Standards Programme to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade.
Codex Alimentarius:
◆ The Codex Alimentarius is a collection of internationally adopted food standards and related texts presented in a uniform manner.
◆ These food standards and related texts aim at protecting consumers’ health and ensuring fair practices in the food trade.
◆ The publication of the Codex Alimentarius is intended to guide and promote the elaboration and establishment of definitions and requirements for foods to assist in their harmonization and in doing so to facilitate international trade.
◆ The Codex Alimentarius includes standards for all the principal foods, whether processed, semi-processed or raw, for distribution to the consumer.
◆ It includes provisions in respect of food hygiene, food additives, residues of pesticides and veterinary drugs, contaminants, labelling and presentation, methods of analysis and sampling, and import and export inspection and certification.
◆ Codex standards and related texts are not a substitute for, or alternative to national legislation. Every country’s laws and administrative procedures contain provisions with which it is essential to comply.
◆ The Commission has 189 members including the European Union.
◆ India is a member of the Codex Alimentarius Commission since 1964.
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