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CODEX – CCFICS 21st SessionOctober 2014
MANCP Network meetingFVO, Grange
25-26 November 2014
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• Development of guidance for the exchange of information (including questionnaires) between countries to support food import and export
• E-WG: chaired by New Zealand and co-chaired by Brazil and Mexico.
• The FVO has significant experience in relation to the use of questionnaires and other ways of exchanging information (e.g. country profiles, MANCPs) that could be useful in future discussions.
Discussion paper on principles and guidelines for the elaboration and management of questionnaires directed at exporting countries
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• Revised project document on Guidance for Monitoring Performance of National Food Control Systems.
• E-WG: chaired by USA.
• The FVO has contributed significantly for the last two years to this work, also due to the MANCP Network work on "Objectives and Indicators".
Discussion paper on principles and guidelines for monitoring regulatory performance of national food control systems
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• Revised project document on Principles and Guidelines for the Exchange of Information in Food Safety Emergency Situations (CAC/GL 19-1995)
• E-WG working chaired by the EU and co-chaired by Chile
Discussion paper on the revision of the Principles and Guidelines for the Exchange of Information in Food Safety Emergency Situations (CAC/GL 19-1995)
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• Project document drafted during the plenary session (which maintained the need to include "feed" – also an EU concern) on the revision of the Guidelines for the Exchange of Information between Countries on Rejections of Imported Food (CAC/GL 25-1997).
• E-WG: chaired by Australia and co-chaired by Canada.
Draft amendments to Guidelines for the Exchange of Information between Countries on Rejections of Imported Food (CAC/GL 25-1997)
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Thank you!
Unit F7Operational and Administrative services
European CommissionFood and Veterinary Office
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