A Codex report published on 27 October says the nineteenth session of the Committee on Contaminants in Foods, which concluded in Cairo, completed three texts for submission to the Codex Alimentarius Commission for final adoption. This is a step in developing international food practices, rather than final approval. [1]

The texts cover preventing and reducing tropane alkaloids in food and feed, controlling weeds to reduce pyrrolizidine alkaloid contamination, and reducing aflatoxin B1 in materials used to feed milk-producing animals. The first code is new; the other two revise existing documents. [1]

New proposals awaiting approval also include work on the safe use of recycled plastics in food packaging. Proposing guidelines does not mean declaring every recycled container safe. The progress concerns preparation of shared tools; the report does not measure an already achieved fall in contamination. [1]