Information documents
Guidance on information documents agreed by CCGP28 (2014) and endorsed by CAC37 (2014)
It is recognized that there is the occasional need for Codex committees to make available information documents, although these should be kept to a minimum and be considered as by-products of the ongoing work of that committee.
Documents are considered to be information documents if they:
- Have been developed and agreed upon by a Codex committee;
- Have been determined by the committee to contain information that is useful to national governments and/or Codex Members and Observers and Codex committees; and
- Are not considered appropriate by the committee to be adopted as a Codex standard, guideline, or code of practice, or as recommendations for inclusion in the Codex Alimentarius Commission Procedural Manual.
Information documents will be made available on the Codex website of the relevant committee, clearly separated from official Codex documents and adopted texts.