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Codex Standards

All Codex texts are publicly available from this website:

All standards, guidelines, codes of practice and advisory texts that compose the Alimentarius are available from the List of standards.
The numerical Codex standards for food additives, veterinary drugs maximum residue levels and pesticide maximum residue levels, can also be accessed via databases that facilitate their use.
Thematic compilations of Codex texts can be downloaded or ordered here.

The availability of Codex texts on this website, for type of text and for language, is automatically updated in the table below:

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Updated on: 10-05-2013
50th anniversary homepage
30 Apr 2013 - 
The 50th anniversary celebrations for Codex have already started in many countries – please visit [...]
Procedural Manual - 21st edition
29 Apr 2013 - 
The 21st edition of the Procedural Manual is available in the Procedures & Strategies section [...]
Directors General of FAO and WHO plan to address CAC36
29 Apr 2013 - 
The Directors General of FAO (Jose Graziano da Silva) and WHO (Margaret Chan) plan to [...]
CAC35 related material
24 Jul 2012 - 
Audio recordings of the 35th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission are here available in [...]
News releases on the 35th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
12 Jul 2012 - 
UN food safety body sets limits on veterinary growth promoting drugRelease issued 06 July 2012 [...]