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infant formula and products used as breastmilk supplements should be developed by WHO/UNICEF. A first draft of the Code of Practice had been considered at a series of consultation meetings convened by WHO and UNICEF. A second draft had been examined by the World Health Assembly in May 1980 and a resolution had been adopted by the Assembly in which WHO was instructed to prepare a further draft Code in consultation with other interested parties for review by the WHO Executive Board and Assembly in 1981. This third draft had been reviewed at two recent consultation meetings. The first consultation had been attended by experts in infant feeding and by representatives of UN agencies, nongovernmental organizations and industry. The second consultation had been attended by representatives of 28 Member Governments of WHO. The representatives of WHO and UNICEF informed the Committee that a fourth version of the Code was being currently drafted for submission to the Executive Board of WHO in January 1981 and then to Member Nations of WHO for consideration at the World Health Assembly in May 1981. In reply to questions from delegates, the Committee was informed that this time schedule would not permit a further round of consultations with interested parties prior to submission of the Code to the Executive Board and the Assembly. 94. Some delegations were disappointed that the Committee would have no opportunity to discuss the Code before it was finalized and adopted by the World Health Assembly. The Code could have important implications for the future work of the Committee. These delegations favoured the creation of a Working Group to examine this aspect of the Code and thought that the Committee should examine this matter at its next session in the light of the review to be undertaken by the Working Group. The Code could have implications for the Committee's work on standards for foods for infants and children as well as for the possible updating of the PAG Guideline No. 8. 95. The representative of ISDI informed the Committee that whilst the major part of the Infant Food Industry had endorsed the recommendations of the WHO/UNICEF Meeting, October 1979, there were now serious misgivings within the industry concerning the content of the Code and manner in which it was being developed. The representative listed both the positive and the negative features of the Code from the industry's point of view. 96. Several delegations expressed the view that the scope and coverage of the Code concerning Infant Foods should be carefully delineated and that regard should be paid to the differing social, economic and environmental circumstances existing in different countries. Parts of the Code which might be appropriate in a developing country might hot be of relevance in a developed country and vice versa. 97. The Committee concluded that it would be important for the adopted WHO/UNICEF International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and Related Products to be distributed to Members of this Committee for their examination and comments. The comments would be collated and put before the next session of the Committee and this Committee would be requested to examine in particular any implications of the Code for the Committee's work on standards for products covered by the Code. FUTURE PROGRAMME OF WORK 98. The Committee briefly reviewed the principal items of business for its next session and other items on the Schedule of Future Work. The principal matters to be considered at the 13th Session would be:
(a) General Standard for the Labelling of and Claims for Prepackaged Foods for Special Dietary Uses at Step 7 (para. 44). (b) Guidelines on "Medical Foods" which are advertized to the medical profession only. (Prepared by the delegation of the United States, para. 26). (c) Standard for the Labelling of and Claims for Prepackaged Foods claimed to be suitable for Incorporation in a Prescribed Dietary Regimen for Diabetics at Step 4, (para. 65). (d) Standard for the Labelling of and Claims for Low-energy and Energy-reduced Foods (Redraft by the United States in light of government comments) (para.70). (e) Implications of the WHO/UNICEF "International Code of Marketing of a Breastmilk Substitute and Related Products" on the Committee's work on standards for products covered by the Code (para. 97). (f) Report of the Working Group on Follow-up and Supplementary Foods based on the Proposed Draft Standard for Follow-up Foods (Appendix IV to ALINORM 79/26) and the PAG Guideline No. 8, "Protein-Rich Mixtures for Use as Supplementary Foods" (para. 54). (g) Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling and the Committee's revised Terms of Reference (paras 11 and 55). (h) Proposed Amendments to the Standard for Infant Formula at Step 3 concerning carry-over food additives and carrier substances of special vitamin forms (para. 87). (i) Consideration of the coverage of standards for products in non-retail containers (paras 71-75). (j) Methods of Analysis and Sampling (para. 89). (k) Possible amendments to the Advisory Lists of Vitamin Compounds and Mineral Salts (para. 82). DATE <strong>AND</strong> PLACE OF NEXT MEETING 99. The Chairman informed the Committee that the Federal Republic of Germany would be pleased to host the Thirteenth Session of the Committee at Bonn-Bad Godesberg in September 1982.
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