INDIA: Codex debates Listeria standards for ready-to-eat foods - (Food Navigator)
November 12, 2007 – 7:26 pmEU and US positions at a Codex meeting to set international standards on food safety foreshadow future legislation that would affect control measures in plants, and the manufacture of powdered formulae, ready-to-eat foods, and pasteurised liquid eggs.
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