November 13, 2006

CODEX: Industrial Interests Come Before Consumers’ Interests

The Codex Alimentarius Commission is a body established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to […]
October 30, 2006

CODEX: What is it and how does it affect you and your health?

October 2006 – Codex is not an easy subject to get to grips with. With over 20 committees meeting on an annual basis, and published reports […]
September 16, 2006

Codex Alimentarius Commission meeting: Geneva, Switzerland, July 2006

July 2006 – The 29th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission took place in Geneva, Switzerland, 3-7 July, 2006. Whilst it may have been somewhat “out […]
September 16, 2006

A Modern Major General Exposed?

The fictional Major-General who appears in Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1879 comic opera “The Pirates of Penzance” famously sings boastfully about his extremely wide general knowledge. Hardly the […]
June 29, 2006

Codex meeting in Ottawa: Business as Usual, or “Stunning Victory” for Health Freedom?

May 1-5, 2006, saw the thirty-fourth meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL) take place in Ottawa, Canada. Along with the Codex Committee on […]
May 2, 2006

EU and US Square off at International Food Code Meeting

WHO/FAO Global Health Strategy at Risk Report to the Vitamin Lawyer Contact eList Ottawa – 05/02/06 – The thirty-fourth session of the Codex Alimentarius committee on […]
February 9, 2006

World Trade Organization ruling on GM foods signals danger for DSHEA

February 2006 – An analysis of the wider implications of a World Trade Organization ruling on genetically-modified (GM) foods, and the relevance of this issue to […]
December 20, 2005

The Worst Is Still To Come

November 2005 – November 2005 saw the 27th meeting of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) take place in Bonn, […]