CODEX GUIDELINES WILL HELP REDUCE CONTAMINATION RISKS
August 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN and the 172 other member countries of world food standards body Codex Alimentarius are now considering how to implement new approved regulations mandated by the organisation's ruling commission that should reduce risks posed by traded foodstuffs. Standards passed notably set maximum allowable amounts for contaminants in a wide range of products and commodities. These included maximum limits for lead in fish; cadmium in rice, marine bivalve molluscs and cephalopods (such as squid); and approved codes of practice for reducing aflatoxin ...
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