Specialized Units

Egyptian Committee of Codex

Egyptian Codex

The Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS) is the administrative and technical authority responsible for organizing Codex work in Egypt since Egypt being a member of Codex Alimentarius Commission in 1972. Egyptian Codex is chaired by the Chairman of the Board of EOS, under the supervision of the General Manager of Standards Department and the head of the Food Standards Department through coordination and following up of the Egyptian Codex Contact Point (CCP).

EOS is responsible for setting the general policies, plans and strategies for Codex activities within available resources. Egyptian Codex based on the Egyptian Codex Committee and driven sub-committees to work on all relevant Codex activities, while EOS is the official Codex Contact Point with the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC).

Organizational Structure

Egyptian Codex Committee	Egyptian Codex	Egyptian Codex Contact Point
Chairperson	Dr.Eng. Khalid Hassan Soufi Chairman of the Board of EOS	Top Management
Rapporteur of the Committee	Eng. Heba Hammad Radi GM of Standards Dep.	Top Management
Head of the CCP	Eng. Hanan Fouad Hamid Head of the Food Standards Dep.	General Supervision (Admin and supervise technical secretariat)
Technical Secretariat	Eng. Noha Mohamed Ateyia Food Standards Specialist	Technical Secretariat
Technical Secretariat	Chem. Mariam Barsoum Onsy Food Standards Specialist	Technical Secretariat

Egyptian Codex Contact Point (CCP)

The Egyptian Codex Contact Point is the link between the Codex Alimentarius Commission Secretariat and the Egyptian Codex with all its structure, it placed under the Food Standards Department, It handles all documents issued and received from Codex through the official email EG.Codex@eos.org.eg, Egy.CodexPoint@gmail.com, it concerned as well with organizing the work of Codex in Egypt, following up implementation of the general policies of Codex activities as well as plans, strategies, administrative and financial aspects, coordinating contact and communication nationally and internationally with all concerned bodies related to Codex activities. CCP is headed by one of the Food Standards Specialists who is member of Technical Secretariat of the Egyptian Codex Committee with assistance of the other colleagues from technical secretariat of the CCP.

Tasks and Objectives of the Egyptian CCP

- Organizing participation in all Codex Alimentarius Commission activities in particular its sub-committees concerned with developing international standards that are important for Egypt, serve the world trade and help in solving barriers on the movement of trade between countries all over the world.
- Study the draft international standards received from the Codex Alimentarius Commission to submit comments through the Egyptian Codex sub-committees according to the local resources and conditions, taking into account the impact of these standards on manufacturing and production processes, export and import, studying how to use these standards in problem-solving related to food industries in Egypt.
- Issuing the quarterly Codex magazine of the Egyptian Codex Committee.
- Organizing seminars and training programs that support Codex activities in Egypt.
- Keeping the Egypt's reputation and status high at the international level by expressing interests and submitting comments on the subjects opened for discussion during the Codex meetings, which reflects the decisions and recommendations taken during these meetings.

Egyptian Codex Committee

A committee formed in the EOS to be a mirror to the joint Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) between The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), concerned with Codex activities and works in Egypt, several sub-committees mirror to the International Codex Sub-Committees are emanated from it.

Date of Establishment

The Egyptian Codex Committee was established by the Ministerial Decree No. 586 of 1973 under the chairmanship of the Dr. Chairman of the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS). In view of the rapid and progressive developments of the international Codex, believing in the importance of keeping pace with the new and modern development in the food industries sector emphasizing the upgrade of the safety and quality of food products to be at the required levels, the Ministerial Decree No. 59 of 1988 was issued on 13/1/1988 to reform the Egyptian Codex Committee to include in its membership experts from the active departments relevant to Codex work to increase the efficiency, performance and effectiveness of the Committee.

Formation

The Committee includes bodies relevant to Codex activities from Research Centers, Universities, Regulatory Authorities, Consumer Protection Agencies, Chamber of Food Industries, Trade Agreements Sector, Food Processing Companies affiliated to the (Public, private and investment sector), Businessmen and experts in food safety , food processing and production quality.

The committee is headed by the Dr. Chairman of the Board of EOS, while the General Manager of Standards Dep. is the Committee's Rapporteur as well as the Head of the Food Standards Department is the Technical Secretary for this committee. The Head of the Egyptian Codex Contact Point is the Technical Secretariat of the Committee who lead the technical work of the committee with the colleagues from Technical Secretariat.

Roles and Objectives of the Egyptian Codex Committee

- participation in all Codex Alimentarius Commission activities in particular its sub-committees concerned with developing international standards that are important for Egypt, serve the world trade and help in solving barriers on the movement of trade between countries all over the world.
- Study the problems facing the national industry to identify ways to solve them, and provide the necessary technical advice in this regard.
- Contribute in the articles of the quarterly Codex Magazine issued by the committee.
Nominate representatives to participate in the Egyptian delegations attending the International Codex Committee meetings, following up the activities of these international committees through the reports issued by each session to keep pace with every new and modern output in food industries and its impact on the movement of food trade in Egypt and international trade.
Concerns about issues related to food products safety and quality that serve food industry sector in Egypt to strengthen its competitiveness among international products in order to encourage and develop the movement of Egyptian exports and open new markets for Egyptian products to access foreign markets.
Recommend enacting legislation, regulations and laws aimed at protecting consumers from unhealthy practices, developing guidelines that ensure the safety of provided food to the consumers.

List of Egyptian Codex Sub-Committees

There are (18) Sub-Committees driven from the Egyptian Codex Committee on:

Milk and Milk Products.	Meat and its products.
Fish and Fishery Products.	General Principles.
Fats and Oils.	Animal Feeding
Cereals, Pulses and Legumes.	Food Labelling.
Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods.	Fruits and Vegetables.
Sugars, confessionary and Cacao.	Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses.
Methods of Analysis and Sampling	Pesticide Residues.
Food Additives and Contaminants	Food Hygiene.
Coordinating Committee for Near East.	Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems.

Assistive Departments

Specialized technicians from the Information Technology Center.
One from the Secretariat Typing Office in the Standards Departments.
One from Secretariat Office of the Chairman of EOS.

The Egyptian Codex Committee Fund

It was established by the Ministerial Decree No. 59 for 1988 on the reformation of the Egyptian Codex Committee. It deals with all expenditures on the activities of the Egyptian Codex Committee and its sub-committees and relevant studies and researches in accordance with the “Executive Regulation” issued by the Committee. It located in the Food Industries Holding Company. The Egyptian Codex Committee Fund is headed by Chairman of the Board of EOS and the Chairman of the of the Food Industries Holding Company, with the membership of the Treasurer and the Rapporteur of the Egyptian Codex Committee by the Ministerial Decree No. 927 for 2012. The finance depends on the contributions of the Holding Company and its subsidiaries Companies of food industries, as well as other food industries companies. All the financial works are under the responsibility of the Treasurer, the accountant of the Fund and the Fund's assistants in the Food Industries Holding Company.

Membership in the Egyptian Codex Committee

The Committee, as described below, includes members relevant to Codex activities from Research Centers, Universities, Regulatory Authorities, Consumer Protection Agencies, Chamber of Food Industries, Trade Agreements Sector, Food Processing Companies affiliated to the (Public, private and investment sector), Businessmen and experts in food safety , food processing and production quality.

The membership is updated periodically or upon request of the Committee. The applicant body wishing to join the Committee has to submit request to the EOS on behalf of the Chairperson of the Committee -the Chairman of the Board of EOS- to review and forward the request to the Committee for approval. If the membership is paid, it should follow the required payment item.

Annual Membership Payment

Is referred to the Financial Consultant -Treasurer of the Egyptian Codex Committee Fund- in the Food Industries Holding Company located in: 1 El Sawah Square - El Amireya - Cairo.

Egyptian Codex Magazine

Quarterly Magazine, issued by the Egyptian Codex Committee, includes the achievements of the Committee to raise awareness among consumers with a focus on the subjects dealing with the safety and quality of food products and the right of citizens to deliver safe and healthy food, as well as the dissemination of everything new and modern related to Food legislation, in addition all recent activities at the international level of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and its subsidiary bodies, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Publications of the Egyptian Codex Magazine

https://www.eos.org.eg/ar/publication/5

List of members of the Egyptian Codex Committee

To be uploaded- Excel sheet