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Fats and Oils
Codex Committee on Fats and Oils (Host Government - United Kingdom)
The Codex Committee on Fats and Oils (CCFO) is responsible for elaborating standards for fats and oils of animal, vegetable and marine origin including margarine and olive oil.
Existing Codex Standards
Standards relating to fats and oils* that have been endorsed and adopted into the international food code include standards on:
- Edible Fats and Oils not Covered by Individual Standards
- Margarine
- Olive Oil, Virgin and Refined, and Refined Olive-pomace Oil
- Named Vegetable Oils
- Named Animal Fats
- Storage and Transport of Edible Oils and Fats in Bulk
* This is an indicative list only. For a full list of standards approved by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, please consult its Official List of Standards.
Last Meeting
The 20th Session of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils was held in London, United Kingdom, from 19-23 February 2007. Issues considered at this meeting included:
The Committee:
- agreed to advance to Step 8 the Draft Standard for Fat Spreads and Blended Spreads, and
- agreed to propose new work on the amendment to the Standard for Named Vegetable Oils
to include palm kernel olein and stearin.
The Committee also:
- agreed to return to Step 6 the Draft Amendment to the Standard for Named Vegetable Oils: Inclusion of Rice Bran Oil
- agreed to return the Draft and Proposed Draft Lists of Acceptable Previous Cargoes respectively to Step 6 and 3 for comments and consideration at the next session, and to circulate at Step 3 the Proposed Draft Criteria to Assess the Acceptability of Substances for Inclusion in a List of Acceptable Previous Cargoes
- agreed to return to Step 3 (Accelerated Procedure) the Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Named Vegetable Oils: total carotenoids in unbleached palm oil
- agreed to circulate at Step 3 the Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Olive Oils and Olive Pomace Oils on the level of linolenic acid and related footnote, and
- agreed to consider further at its next session the proposal for future work on the composition and naming of fatty acid modified vegetable oils.
Download the report from this meeting
Next Meeting
The 21st Session of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils has been scheduled to be held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, from 16–20 February 2009.
Download the agenda for this meeting