International Conference on food additive code held in Hangzhou

From March 12 to 16, 2012, the 44th international Codex Alimentarius Commission (CCFA) meeting was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province Vice Minister Chen Xiaohong of the Ministry of health attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech Codex Alimentarius Commission has been committed to protecting the health of consumers in various countries and actively maintaining fair international food trade, which has an important impact on promoting global food safety Vice Minister Chen Xiaohong introduced the progress of China's food safety work, including continuous improvement of food safety laws and regulations, in-depth comprehensive management of food safety, accelerating the construction of national food safety standard system, and strengthening food safety risk assessment and monitoring In November 2011, China established the national food safety risk assessment center to further strengthen the construction of food safety technology support capacity He said that China is willing to work with other countries to continue to promote international food safety and trade, and make efforts to safeguard the interests of people around the world This meeting is the sixth one hosted by China as the host country of Codex Alimentarius Commission More than 200 representatives from 55 Member States, one member organization (EU) and 31 international organizations attended the session This meeting will focus on the study of the general standard of food additive code (gsfa), salt standard, the list of food additives prioritized by the Joint FAO / WHO Expert Committee on food additives (JECFA), the quality specification standard of food additives, etc.