USDA Issues Notice About Codex Activities

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a notice informing the
public about upcoming sanitary and phytosanitary standard-setting activities
of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) and seeking comments on
standards under consideration and recommendations for new standards. The
notice, which also lists other standard-setting activities, including “commodity
standards, guidelines, codes of practice, and revised texts,” covers the time
periods from June 1, 2012, to May 31, 2013, and June 1, 2013, to May 31, 2014.
See Federal Register, June 21, 2013.