GS Mains Model Question & Answer: What is Codex alimentarius ? How does it help in bringing food standards and its impact? Comment

 GS Mains Model Question & Answer: What is Codex alimentarius ? How does it help in bringing food standards and its impact? Comment

Q. What is Codex alimentarius ? How does it help in bringing food standards and its impact? Comment

Model Answer:

What is Codex alimentarius ? How does it help in bringing food standards and its impact?

The Codex Alimentarius or “Food Code” is a collection of standards, guidelines and codes of practice adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

The Commission, also known as CAC, is the central part of the joint FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations)/WHO (World Health Organisation) Food Standards Programme. It was established by FAO and WHO to protect consumer health and promote fair practices in food trade.

It helps in food standards by following way:

a) With the adoption of Codex standards, member-nations would now have reference points and benchmarks to align their national standards for spices with Codex.

Impact:

a) will bring harmony to the global spice trade and ensure availability of high quality, clean and safe spices to the world

b) will help evolve a common standardisation process for their global trade and availability.

Recently, the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) adopted three Codex standards for black, white and green pepper, cumin and thyme paving the way for an universal agreement on identifying quality spices in various countries. The CAC move is considered a crucial endorsement of the India’s initiatives to usher in a common standard across the globe for spices trade.

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