Codex Alimentarius Commission Strategic Plan 2008-2013

PROGRAMME AREAS AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES 2008-2013*

1. Promoting sound regulatory frameworks

• Review and develop Codex standards and related texts for food safety
• Review and develop Codex standards and related texts for food quality
• Review and develop Codex standards and related texts for food labelling and nutrition
• Review and develop Codex standards and related texts for food inspection and certification, and methods of sampling and analysis
• Develop guidance for safe and prudent non-human antimicrobial sage for containment of resistance
• Explore innovative risk management frameworks
• Encourage FAO/WHO to expand capacity building programmers
• Publish and disseminate the Codex Alimentarius

2. Promoting widest and consistent application of scientific principles and risk analysis

• Review the consistency of risk analysis principles elaborated the relevant Codex Committees
• Review risk analysis principles developed by relevant Codex Committees
• Enhance communication among relevant Codex subsidiary bodies and the FAO/WHO scientist expert bodies
• Review the set of criteria recommended to FAO and WHO for prioritization of request from Codex from scientific advice
• Encourage countries to channel their request for advice to FAO/WHO through the CAC
• Encourage FAO/WHO to provide training and capacity building on risk analysis for food safety

3. Strengthening Codex Work-Management Capabilities

• Review the Criteria for Establishment of Work Priorities and procedures of the critical review carried out by the CCEXEC
• Ensure effective standards management
• Develop committee-specific decision-making and priority-setting criteria
• Analyse work-management approaches the facilitate advancement of texts in the Codex step process
• Adopt approaches proven to facilitate advancement of texts in the Codex step procedure by subsidiary bodies not currently using such approaches
• Implement priority-ranked comprehensive accounting of all requests for scientific advice
• Evaluate the capacity of the Codex Secretariat to perform its function effectively
• Streamline Codex commodity work

4. Promoting cooperation between Codex and other relevant international organizations

• Track the activities of other international standard-setting bodies
• Encourage Codex contributions to the work of other international bodies
• Encourage contributions from other international bodies in Codex work
• Consider cooperation with other relevant international intergovernmental organizations
• Promote interdisciplinary coordination at the national and regional level

5. Promoting maximum and effective participation of member

• Promote enhanced participation of developing countries in Codex
• Promote effective use of written comments in the Codex process
• Evaluate effectiveness of Codex Committee sessions held in developing countries
• Strengthen Codex Contact Points and National Codex Committees
• Enhance participation of non-governmental organizations at international, regional and national levels
• Enhance communication about Codex work at international and national levels