• Food statistics, situation reports and crop forecasts

Food statistics, situation reports and crop forecasts

The major international code for food standards, covering description, essential composition and quality factors of foodstuffs. It includes standards for

• minimum food quality
• Food additives - only those cleared by FAO and WHO may be used
• Contaminants
• Hygiene and weights and measures
• Labelling - in accordance with the Codex General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods
• Methods of analysis and sampling

Website includes full text of code and information on the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission