{"id":20104,"date":"2025-10-18T11:21:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T05:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20104"},"modified":"2025-10-18T14:06:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T08:36:26","slug":"codex-committee-on-spices-and-culinary-herbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/codex-committee-on-spices-and-culinary-herbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the 8th Session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH8) concluded successfully in Guwahati.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the <\/span><b>subsidiary bodies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under <\/span><b>Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>exclusive committee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for spices and culinary herbs to elaborate standards in harmonization with worldwide standards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The committee was <\/span><b>established in July 2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the CAC at its <\/span><b>36th meeting held at Rome.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> India is the host country and the Spices<\/span><b> Board<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Kochi acts as the <\/span><b>secretariat for CCSCH.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Mandates of<\/b> <b>Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To elaborate worldwide <\/span><b>standards for spices and culinary herbs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in their <\/span><b>dried and dehydrated state<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in whole, ground, and cracked or crushed form;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To consult, as necessary, with other international organizations in the standards development process to avoid duplication.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Codex Alimentarius Commission<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the international <\/span><b>food standards-setting body.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was established jointly by the <\/span><b>Food and Agriculture Organization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (FAO) and the <\/span><b>World Health Organization (WHO) in May 1963.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Protecting consumer\u2019s health and ensuring fair practices in the food trade.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rome.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Member Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Currently the CAC has <\/span><b>189 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Codex Members made up of 188 Member Countries and 1 Member Organization (The European Union).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>India <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">became a member of CAC in <\/span><b>1964.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Commission meets in regular session <\/span><b>once a year,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> alternating between <\/span><b>Geneva and Rome.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Funding:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is funded through the regular <\/span><b>budgets of WHO and FAO.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2180448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs  is one of the subsidiary bodies under Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). 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