21st Session of FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Asia (CCASIA21)

The 21st Session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Asia will be held from 23rd–27th September 2019 at the Double Tree by Hilton Goa – Panaji, Goa, India.

• The Session will start at 09:30 hrs on 23rd September, 2019  at the Grand Ballroom

Videos on 21st Session of FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Asia (CCASIA21)

• Mr Sunil Bakshi Head (Regulations/Codex), FSSAI at CCASIA 21 
• Mr. Rajiv Kumar Jain, FSSAI at CCASIA 21 
• Plenary Session at CCASIA 21 
• Prof. Purwiyatno Hariyadi, Codex Alimentarius at CCASIA 21 | FSSAI 
• Dr. Sara Cahill, Codex Secretariat at CCASIA 21 | FSSAI 
• Mr. Sridhar Dharmapuri, FAO at CCASIA 21 | FSSAI 
• Mr. Steve Wearne, CAC at CCASIA 21 | FSSAI 
• Mr. Gyanendra Gonggal, WHO at CCASIA 21 | FSSAI 

REGISTRATION

Codex Contact Points are invited to pre-register the participants through the Online Registration System (ORS) on the Codex Website. Onsite Registration of participants will take place at the meeting venue on Sunday 22nd September 2019: 14:00 Hrs–18:00 Hrs and Monday 23rd September 2019: 08:00 Hrs onwards at the registration desk outside the Grand Ballroom. Delegates are requested to wear name badges visibly in order to gain admittance to the Hotel and Ballroom

Side events

• Workshop for the first time delegates; 22nd Sep 2019, Sunday (07:00 – 07:30 pm)
• STDF Proposal - 25th Sep 2019, Wednesday (Lunch time)
• Codex Trust Fund 2- 26th Sep, Thursday (09:00 – 10:00 am)
• Codex online tools - Thursday morning (10:15  am– 12:45 pm)
• Goa trip- 26th Sep, Friday (After Report adoption)

INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS 

ACCOMODATION

• Delegates are reminded that they are responsible for making their own hotel accommodation arrangements. It is highly recommended that the delegates make their hotel reservation as soon as possible. Reservation must be made with the hotels directly.
• A limited number of rooms in Hotel Double Tree by Hilton, Panaji are blocked at special discounted rates for the delegates for CCASIA. Reservation will be accepted on a first-come, first served basis. The Special discounted rates will only apply to the reservation made before 31st July 2019. For booking rooms in the hotel please click on following links:

CP (including breakfast only) Rate INR 7499 (Single Occupancy)/ INR8000 (Double Occupancy) Plus tax 
MAP (including breakfast and dinner) Rate INR 8000 (Single Occupancy)/ INR8500 (Double Occupancy) Plus tax 

MEETING DOCUMENT 

Delegates are requested to bring their own documents to the meeting. Conference Room Documents (CRDs) and additional documents, if any, will be available at the registration desk outside the conference room

Agenda Number	Agenda Description	EN	CH
Agenda 1	Provisional Agenda	size:( 0.18 MB)	size:( 0.44 MB)
Agenda 2	Keynote address on food safety at primary production: issues and best practices for an evolving region	size:( 0.28 MB)	size:( 0.35 MB)
Agenda 3.1	Emerging issues in food safety and quality in countries in the region	size:( 0.29 MB)	size:( 0.28 MB)
Agenda 3.2	The future of food safety: Outcome of the first FAO/WHO/AU International Food Safety Conference and the International Forum on Food Safety and Trade - What's next?	size:( 0.31 MB)	size:( 0.57 MB)
Agenda 3.3	Food safety and quality situation in the countries in the region: Use of the online platform for information sharing on food safety control systems; status of information and future plans/prospects	size:( 0.39 MB)	size:( 0.36 MB)
Agenda 4	Use of Codex standards in the region	size:( 0.38 MB)	size:( 0.47 MB)
Agenda 5	Matters arising from the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other Codex committees	size:( 0.2 MB)	size:( 0.28 MB)
Agenda 5.1	Matters arising from the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other Codex Committees		size:( 0.49 MB)
Agenda 6	Codex work relevant to the region	size:( 0.54 MB)
Agenda 7.1	Monitoring of the implementation of the Global Codex Strategic Plan 2014-2019	size:( 0.9 MB)	size:( 0.6 MB)
Agenda 7.2	Codex Strategic Plan 2020-2025 - Roadmap to implementation	size:( 0.54 MB)
Agenda 8	Codex Communications work plan	size:( 0.39 MB)	size:( 0.57 MB)
Agenda 10	Discussion paper on the development of a regional standard for soybean products fermented with microorganism bacillus species	size:( 0.75 MB)	size:( 0.67 MB)
Agenda 11	Discussion paper on development of a regional standard for quick frozen dumpling (jiaozi)	size:( 0.38 MB)	size:( 0.77 MB)
Agenda 12	Discussion paper on development of a regional standard for Zongzi	size:( 0.5 MB)	size:( 0.91 MB)
Agenda 13	Nomination of the Coordinator	size:( 0.19 MB)	size:( 0.58 MB)