Codex Not To Include ‘Precautionary Principle’
14 August 2007 The decision was made at the Codex Alimentarius Commission meeting in Rome this month when the "Working Principles for Risk Analysis for Food Safety for Application by Governments" was adopted without the precautionary principle.
The controversial plan would have allowed governments to take preventative measures for foods in cases where scientific evidence on the safety of the food is uncertain. However, these cases were ill-defined, and were seen by many governments and industry groups as a tool to create trade barriers.
The principle, which has been established by the European Commission (EC), granted food risk managers the ability to take measures to protect health if they feared an unacceptable level of health risk exists. These measures ranged from a total ban on the substance to food manufacturer’s being ordered to carry out additional safety tests.
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