Notice2026-00794
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Additives
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Published
January 16, 2026
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Agriculture DepartmentU.S. Codex Office
Abstract
The U.S. Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on March 3, 2026. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. position to be discussed at the 56th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). CCFA will be held in Chongqing, China, from April 13-17, 2026. The U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius and the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs recognize the importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 56th Session of the CCFA and to address items on the agenda.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2095-2096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00794]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
U.S. Codex Office
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on
Food Additives
AGENCY: U.S. Codex Office, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on March
3, 2026. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information
and receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. position to
be discussed at the 56th Session of the Codex Committee on Food
Additives (CCFA) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). CCFA will
be held in Chongqing, China, from April 13-17, 2026. The U.S. Manager
for Codex Alimentarius and the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs recognize the importance of providing interested
parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 56th
Session of the CCFA and to address items on the agenda.
DATES: The public meeting is scheduled for March 3, 2026, from 1:00-
3:00 p.m. ET.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place via video teleconference
only. Documents related to the 56th Session of the CCFA will be
accessible via the internet at the following address: <a href="https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings/detail/en/?meeting=CCFA&session=56">https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/meetings/detail/en/?meeting=CCFA&session=56</a>.
Dr. Daniel E. Folmer, U.S. Delegate to the 56th Session of the
CCFA, invites interested U.S. parties to submit their comments
electronically to the following email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c585d52555950125a535051594e7c5a585d1254544f125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6307020d0a060f4d050c0f0e0611230507024d0b0b104d040c15">[email protected]</span></a>. Comments should state that they relate to
the activities of the 56th Session of the CCFA.
Registration: Attendees may register to attend the public meeting
at the following link: <a href="https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/20RXUe0_TRaBV08pCzggVw">https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/20RXUe0_TRaBV08pCzggVw</a>. After registering, you will receive a
confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
For further information about the 56th Session of the CCFA, contact
U.S. Delegate, Dr. Daniel Folmer, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e78386898e828bc981888b8a8295a7818386c98f8f94c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f1b1e11161a1351191013121a0d3f191b1e5117170c51181009">[email protected]</span></a>. For
additional information regarding the public meeting, contact the U.S.
Codex Office by email at: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8bfef8e8e4efeef3cbfef8efeaa5ece4fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2b7b1a1ada6a7ba82b7b1a6a3eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Codex Alimentarius Commission was established in 1963. Through
adoption of food standards, codes of practice, and other guidelines
developed by its committees, and by promoting their adoption and
implementation by governments, Codex seeks to protect the health of
consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade.
The Terms of Reference of the Codex Committee on Food Additives
(CCFA) are:
(a) to establish or endorse permitted maximum levels for individual
food additives;
(b) to prepare priority lists of food additives for risk assessment
by the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives;
(c) to assign functional classes to individual food additives;
(d) to recommend specifications of identity and purity for food
additives for adoption by the Commission;
(e) to consider methods of analysis for the determination of
additives in food; and
(f) to consider and elaborate standards or codes for related
subjects such as the labelling of food additives when sold as such.
China hosts the CCFA. The United States attends the CCFA as a
member country of Codex.
Issues To Be Discussed at the Public Meeting
Although the meeting agenda was not available at the time of
publication of this notice, the following items are expected to be on
the agenda for the 56th Session of the CCFA and will be discussed
during the public meeting:
<bullet> Matters Referred by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and
other subsidiary bodies
<bullet> Matters of Interest arising from international organizations
and from the 100th Meeting of the Joint Expert Committee on Food
Additives (JECFA)
<bullet> Proposed draft specifications for identity and purity of food
additives arising from the 100th JECFA meeting
<bullet> Endorsement and/or revision of maximum levels for food
additives and processing aids in Codex standards
<bullet> Alignment of the food additive provisions of commodity
standards: Report of the electronic working group (EWG) on Alignment
<bullet> General Standard for Food Additives (GFSA): Report of the
electronic working group (EWG) on the GSFA
<bullet> General Standard for Food Additives (GFSA): Proposals for new
and/or revision of food additive provisions (replies to circular letter
(CL) 2025/31-FA)
<bullet> Proposed draft revision to the Class Names and the
International Numbering System for Food Additives (CXG 36-1989)
(replies to circular letter (CL) 2025/30-FA)
<bullet> Proposals for additions and changes to the Priority List of
Substances proposed for evaluation by JECFA (replies to CL 2025/32-FA)
<bullet> Discussion paper on divergence between the General Standard
for Food Additives (GSFA), Codex commodity standards and other texts--
Identification of outstanding issues
<bullet> Report of the electronic working group (EWG): Development of a
standard for baker's yeast
<bullet> Report of the electronic working group (EWG): The project
document for the development of a guideline for the conduct of food
safety assessment of cell culture media components used in the
production of cell-based foods
<bullet> Future work for CCFA (replies to circular letter (CL) 2025/28-
FA)
<bullet> Other Business and Future Work
Public Meeting
At the March 3, 2026, public meeting, agenda items and draft U.S.
positions will be described and discussed, and attendees will have the
opportunity to pose questions and offer comments. Written comments may
be offered at the
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meeting or sent to Dr. Daniel Folmer, U.S. Delegate to the 56th Session
of CCFA, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcd8ddd2d5d9d092dad3d0d1d9cefcdad8dd92d4d4cf92dbd3ca"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3155505f58545d1f575e5d5c5443715755501f5959421f565e47">[email protected]</span></a>. Written comments should state
that they relate to activities of the 56th Session of the CCFA.
Additional Public Notification
Public awareness of all segments of rulemaking and policy
development is important. Consequently, the U.S. Codex Office will
announce this Federal Register publication on-line through the USDA
Codex web page located at: <a href="https://www.usda.gov/codex">https://www.usda.gov/codex</a>.
Done at Washington, DC, on January 13, 2026.
Julie A. Chao,
Deputy U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius.
[FR Doc. 2026-00794 Filed 1-15-26; 8:45 am]
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