Codex Secretary on a productive 2025 for Codex
Codex
Jan 08, 2025
According to statements by Codex Secretary Sarah Cahill, in 2025 there will be 16 Codex meetings, our new CAC Chairperson and Vice-chairpersons will be at the helm, the framework for monitoring and evaluation of the new Codex Strategic plan will be developed, several committees will be co-hosted and in some committees, we will again apply a hybrid modality. So it will be all hands on deck again for 2025. I think it will be interesting to hear from the Coordinating Committees that meet in 2025 their views and plans on how to best work towards achieving the goals and outcome of the new Strategic Plan for 2026 to 2031. We will have interesting new work proposals under discussion such as recycled packaging and will also be considering in CCGP how we can optimally use our existing processes to consider new work proposals and if we need to enhance our procedures for working by correspondence in light of advancing technology. Many of our committees are reviewing some of our older standards and starting work to update some of these, which is very important to ensure the Codex Alimentarius remains relevant. With three commodity committees meeting next year, one of them working by correspondence only, how we can efficiently update and take a more horizontal or group approach to commodity standards will be an important consideration. I think we need to continue to strongly encourage the generation of data from different parts of the world to support risk assessment and ensure the standards we are developing are based on globally representative data. Within the Codex Secretariat we will start work on guidance on how to prepare new work proposals, continue to monitor the use and impact of Codex texts taking into consideration the valuable feedback of Members at CCEXEC and CAC and review the way we need to work to optimally support the goals and outcomes of the new Strategic Plan.
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