The major international code for food standards, covering description, essential composition and quality factors of foodstuffs. It includes standards for
- minimum food quality
- Food additives – only those cleared by FAO and WHO may be used
- Contaminants
- Hygiene and weights and measures
- Labelling – in accordance with the Codex General Standard for the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods
- Methods of analysis and sampling
Website includes full text of code and information on the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission