Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF)
About CCCF
The Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (CCCF) was established in 2006 following the decision by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) to split the work of CCFAC, the Codex Committee for Food Additives and Contaminants. The decision was made due to the different expertise required for food additives and contaminants, and the unsustainably high workload of CCFAC. Under the auspices of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Committee is responsible for identifying risk management approaches to reduce contaminants in food and feed by establishing relevant safe maximum levels, codes of practice, and other relevant texts.
CCCF carries out its work in accordance with the general provisions of the Risk Analysis Principles applied in the framework of Codex and the specific provisions of the Risk Analysis Principles applied by CCCF, including the Policy of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods for Exposure Assessment of Contaminants in Foods or Food Groups as contained in the Codex Alimentarius Commission Procedural Manual as well as the principles and guidance provided in the Preamble of the General standard for contaminants in food and feed (CXS 193-1995). These are the pillar texts for the conduct of work of CCCF.
In addition, CCCF follows the general guidance provided in the Codex Alimentarius Commission Procedural Manual for all CAC subsidiary bodies, such as the Uniform procedure for the establishment of Codex standards and related texts, as described in the Codex Alimentarius Commission Procedural Manual, which provides the framework for the elaboration of Codex standards and related texts including those addressing contaminants.