The Codex Alimentarius Commission recently agreed to adopt new international guidelines on the use of precautionary allergen ...

The Federal Government has commended the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) for securing international approval for a ...

The guidance around 'may contain' allergen labelling has been introduced, aiming for more scientific standards. This has been ...

Science-based recommendations promote more consistent use of precautionary allergen labelling, helping consumers make more ...

A global food standards-setting body has made progress on a range of issues, including E. coli in sprouts and vegetables, Vibrio in seafood, and food hygiene in traditional markets. The Codex ...

What started out as a conventional UN bureaucracy has become the subject of wild speculation and fear - just what is the UN's Codex Alimentarius, and what does it mean for our food and health? Imagine ...

Progress has been made on guidelines for remote audits but not on a food fraud text, according to reports from a recent Codex meeting. The Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and ...

Karen Hulebak chaired the Codex Alimentarius Commission from 2008 to 2011. The European Union is currently picking an arcane but hugely consequential bureaucratic fight at the United Nations. And if ...