The Codex Alimentarius
Abstract
Davrm* (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, llhitehall place, London, S.W.l) An address delivered at the Annual General Meeting of rhe Association of public Analysts on 15th May, 1970, at the Rembrandt Hotel, London, S.Il,7. As the Codex Alimentarius Commission has now been in existence for the best part of eight years, it seems unlikely that anyone with an interest in the development offood standards has not heard a little about it or is unaware of its general aims and intentions. However, in trying to explain the prcsent position and the possible future of the work on international food standards, I propose to say a word or two about the origins and history ofthe Codex Alimentirius even though thjs means repeating things that are probably very familiar.
