Public Meeting to Address Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables

The CCPFV is responsible for elaborating worldwide standards for all types of processed fruits and vegetables including dried products, canned dried peas and beans, jams and jellies, but not dried prunes, or fruit and vegetable juices.

Aug 19 2010 --- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Food Safety has announced a public meeting to provide information and receive comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions that will be discussed at the 25th Session of the Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables (CCPFV), to be held in Denpasar, Indonesia, Oct. 25 - 29, 2010.

The public meeting is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., in Room 2068, USDA, South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC. To participate through teleconference, dial (888) 996-4918, and enter the passcode 63757. A complete agenda and documents relating to the 25th Session of CCPFV will be available on the Codex Alimentarius Web site at www.codexalimentarius.net/current.asp.

The CCPFV is responsible for elaborating worldwide standards for all types of processed fruits and vegetables including dried products, canned dried peas and beans, jams and jellies, but not dried prunes, or fruit and vegetable juices. The Committee is hosted by the United States of America. Among the agenda items for the 25th session of CCPFV is the revision of standards for quick frozen fruits and vegetables.

Codex was created in 1963 by two United Nations organizations: the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization. Codex develops food standards, guidelines and codes of practice in order to protect the health of consumers, ensure fair food trade practices and promote coordination of food standards undertaken by international governmental and non-governmental organizations.