TEHRAN- During the held FAO/WHO Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC) on May 15-19 in Rome, the Islamic Republic of Iran was re-elected as the coordinator of FAO’s regional meeting for Near East for the second consecutive term, IRIB news reported on Sunday.

Nayereh Sadat Pirouzbakht, the president of the Institute of Standards & Industrial Research of Iran (ISIRI), was the head of Iranian delegation at the Rome meeting. ISIRI is the Codex Contact Point for Iran and as such the official channel of communication with Codex.

The Codex Alimentarius (Latin for "Food Code") is a collection of internationally recognized standards, codes of practice, guidelines, and other recommendations relating to foods, food production, and food safety.

There are six Codex regions each represented by a joint FAO/WHO Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC). They meet every two years. Each committee is responsible for defining the problems and needs of the region concerning food standards and food control. By working collectively at the regional level countries are able to highlight regulatory issues and problems arising from food control in order to strengthen food control infrastructures.

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