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27. The amendments to the Procedural Manual are presented in Appendix II.
DRAFT STANDARDS AND RELATED TEXTS AT STEP 8 OF THE PROCEDURE (INCLUDING
THOSE SUBMITTED AT STEP 5 WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO OMIT STEPS 6 AND 7 AND
AT STEP 5 OF THE ACCELERATED PROCEDURE) (Agenda Item 4) 4
28. Taking into consideration the recommendation of the 67 th Session of the Executive Committee in
performing the critical review, the Commission adopted the Draft Standards and Related Texts submitted by
its subsidiary bodies at Step 8 (including those submitted at Step 5 with a recommendation to omit Steps 6
and 7), as well as other standards and related texts submitted for adoption, as presented in Appendix III to
this report. The standards and related texts were adopted as endorsed by the relevant committees as regards
provisions for food additives, food hygiene, food labelling and methods of analysis and sampling, including
editorial changes.
29. The following paragraphs provide additional information on the comments made and the decisions
taken on certain items.
Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU)
Proposed Draft Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) 5
30. The Delegation of Malaysia did not support the adoption at Step 5/8 because several major issues that
would be considered in the Proposed Draft General Principles for Establishing Nutrient Reference Values for
Nutrients Associated with the Risk of Diet-Related Non-communicable Diseases for General Population,
currently at Step 3, were not solved. The Delegation was of the view that the adoption of NRVs for saturated
fatty acids and sodium, before the draft principles and criteria had been fully resolved was inconsistent with
the decision of the 30 th CCNFSDU (2008) to develop principles and criteria for the development of NRVs-
NCD, and then select and prioritize nutrients for NRVs. This view was supported by an Observer.
31. The WHO Representative informed the Commission of the work undertaken by the WHO Nutrition
Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) Subgroup on Diet and Health. Systematic reviews had been
undertaken to update the guidelines on sodium, potassium, total fat and sugars intake. Regarding sodium, the
guidelines are for reducing blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke and coronary
heart disease (CHD) in adults and for reducing blood pressure in children. In developing the
recommendations, the NUGAG reviewed the issues related to thresholds as well. Regarding saturated fatty
acids (SFA), WHO is undertaking the systematic reviews to address health outcomes such as CHD, blood
lipids, stroke, diabetes, CVD and all-cause mortality. This work also includes the assessment of thresholds
for the prevention of the non-communicable diseases mentioned.
32. The Commission agreed to adopt the Proposed Draft NRVs at Step 5 for further consideration by the
CCNFSDU in the light of the outcome of the WHO work on sodium and saturated fatty acids.
Food Hygiene (CCFH)
Proposed Draft Guidelines on the Application of General Principles of Food Hygiene to the Control of
Viruses in Food 6
33. The Delegation of Norway, while not opposed to the adoption of the Guidelines, expressed the view
that there was a need for more communication and cooperation among committees, so as to avoid duplication
of work and to ensure that readers of Codex texts would find all relevant information on one subject in one
document. The Delegation informed the Commission that Norway had raised this general issue in the
Committee on General Principles (CCGP) and that CCGP had agreed to consider this question at its next
session.
4 CX/CAC 12/35/3 ; CX/CAC 12/35/3-Add.1; CX/CAC 12/35/3-Add.2; CX/CAC 12/35/4 (Comments of Argentina, Brazil,
Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, European Union, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Paraguay, Republic of Korea,
United States of America, IFU) ; CRD 2 (Comments of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic,
Federation of St Kitts and Nevis, Paraguay, Suriname) ; CRD 5 (Comments of Kenya) ; CRD 6 (comments of European Union) ;
CRD 7 (Comments of Nigeria) ; CRD 8 (Comments of Papua New Guinea) ; CRD 10 (Comments of Philippines) ; CRD 11
(Comments of IFAH) ; CRD 12 (Comments of Indonesia) ; CRD 13 (Comments of India) ; CRD 14 (Comments of Dominican
Republic) ; CRD 16 (Comments of Peru) ; CRD 17 (Comments of Honduras) ; CRD 18 (Comments of Haiti) ; CRD 19
(Comments of Dominica) ; CRD 20 (Comments of Malaysia) ; CRD 21 (Comments of European Union) ; CRD 22 (Comments of
CI).
5 REP12/NFSDU para. 76, Appendix III.
6 REP12/FH, para.50, Appendix III.