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48th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission

The 48th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission will be held at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy 10-14 November. The plenary sessions will be webcast in all six UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish).

The plenary discussions will take place from 10.00 to 13:00 CET and 15:00 to 18:00 CET from Monday 10 November to Wednesday 12 November 2025. Report adoption will take place on Friday 14 November from 10:00 CET.

On Tuesday 11 November at 13:00-14:00 CET, a side event titled "From Code to Codex - AI's Role in Shaping the Future of Food Safety" will be hosted by Saudi Arabia. The event will be livestreamed here (in English only). Other side events will be held on Thursday 13 November.

Technical Codex committees met throughout 2025 to complete work on a range of texts which have been proposed for adoption by CAC48.

Texts for adoption include:

  • Standard for fresh dates
  • Revision of the Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of aflatoxin contamination in peanuts (CXC 55-2004)
  • Maximum levels for lead in some spices and culinary herbs
  • Guidelines for monitoring the purity and stability of reference materials and related stock solutions of pesticides during prolonged storage
  • Regional standard for Castilla lulo (Naranjilla) (Latin America and the Caribbean)
  • Updates to the General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA, CXS 192-1995)

Real-time summaries of key decisions made by the Codex Alimentarius Commission be published on the websites of both FAO and WHO as they happen.

Summaries of key decisions

  • FAO Newsroom
  • WHO Newsroom

About Codex

Established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the Codex Alimentarius Commission first met in 1963. It is the United Nations' body charged with setting food standards to protect consumer health and facilitate fair practices in international food trade.

Comprising 188 Member Countries and 1 Member Organization (the European Union) and 242 Observer Organizations, the Commission meets annually to adopt food safety and quality standards and related recommendations.

Information for journalists

All sessions of CAC48 will be webcast in the six official Codex languages.

Webstream

Please find links to webstreams in all languages in the CAC48 YouTube playlist.

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