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The legal basis
for the operation of the Codex Alimentarius Commission is determined by the
Commission's statute.
According to article 1 from the Statute of the Codex Alimentarius
Commission, its obligations are:
- Protecting the health of consumers and
ensuring fair practices in food trade;
- Promoting coordination of all food
standards work undertaken by international governmental and
non-governmental organizations;
- Determining priorities and initiating and
guiding the preparation of draft standards through and with the aid of
appropriate organizations;
- Finalizing standards elaborated after
their acceptance by governments,
- Publishing the standards in a Codex
Alimentarius either as regional or international standards,
- Amending published standards, after
appropriate survey in the light of developments.
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