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Food safety rules that look like they protect consumers are written by a body that also sets the limits for pesticides and other residues.
Who they are
The Codex Alimentarius Commission, which sets Maximum Residue Levels for pesticides[1].
What they do
It is presented as a group focused on consumer health and safety issues like pesticide and antibiotic residues, e-coli, salmonella, aflatoxin, bacteria, dilution, spoilage, and foreign matter.
How it works
It sets Maximum Residue Levels for pesticides[1], which are enforced through EU Regulation 396/2005[2]. Up to 2025, the Codex Alimentarius Commission has adopted 6522 MRLs and 63 EMRLs for different combinations of pesticide and commodity[3]. It also provides a database of food additives adopted by the Commission[4]. A cited document says that when Goal 17 describes a 'universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system', it is pointing directly at the mandate, goals and daily work of the Codex Alimentarius.
Why it matters
It shows how a body that talks about consumer health also writes the rules for what counts as safe in trade, and those rules are enforced through law.
The engine's record — word for word
The corpus records: "Maximum Residue Levels for pesticides 34 , set by Codex Alimentarius 35 and enforced through EU Regulation 396/2005 36 ." It is presented publicly as: "The Codex Alimentarius focuses on metrics that reflect key consumer health and safety issues : pesticide, antibiotic , and other residues; e-coli, salmonella, aflatoxin, bacteria, and other direct health issues; dilution; spoilage; foreign matter; etc." Documents named in the corpus: Codex Alimentarius Commission; EU Regulation 396/2005. Cross-sourced to fao.org — documents cited by the corpus and retrieved independently of it.
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Financial Action Task Force (FATF)parallel standard-setting architecture: voluntary standards enforced by market exclusion [https://esg.sustainability-directory.com/area/codex-alimentarius-commi
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Codex PlanetariusCodex Planetarius is proposed as a complement/umbrella to Codex Alimentarius [Codex Planetarius document] — does not establish: Does not establish Codex Planeta
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Agenda 21SDG nutrition goals call for participation in Codex Alimentarius [Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development] — does not establish: tha
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