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Adopted Codex Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds and Representative Commodity Tables

This page has been updated as of March 2024 with all pertinent adopted Codex documents.  Note that these are not official Codex documents but have been extracted from documents adopted at step 8 by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.


Revised Codex Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds adopted at Step 8

Draft Principles and Guidance on the Selection of  Representative Commodities for the Extrapolation of Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides to Commodity Groups

Consequential Amendment to the Classification of Food and Feed (CXA4 – 1989): Inclusion of Additional Commodities in Class A and Class D

Revision of the Classification of Food and Feed:  Portion of the Commodity to Which the Maximum Residue Limits Apply, and Which is Analyzed for Group 006: Assorted Tropical and Sub-Tropical Fruits – Inedible Peel and Group 023: Oilseeds and Oilfruits

Revision of the Classification of Food and Animal Feed (CXA 4 – 1989): Transfer of Commodities from Class D to Class C

Revision of the Classification of Food and Feed: Any Class: Type on Miscellaneous Commodities Not Meeting the Criteria for Crop Grouping and Proposed Groups

Notes to be Added in the Database to the Existing Subgroup CXLs When a New Crop is Relocated to This Group (as a result of the revision of the Classification of Food and Feed)

Consequential Amendment Representative Table 2 Vegetables at Step 8 Subgroup 12C Eggplant


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This material is based upon work supported by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture under project award no. 2025-79111-45234, with substantial cooperation and support from agInnovation (NRSP-4) and USDA-ARS. Additional support is provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, under Federal award No. FX26AS-10621C001. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in a publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

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