A discussion of study-based suggestions of member-countries on reducing the use of trans-fat in food will be done by a GCC Technical Committee for Food and Agricultural Products here today.
The panel will likely go through proposed amendments of rules concerning expiry dates of food items covered under GCC Standard, GSO 150-2/2013 after the two-day conclave, which began yesterday.
Also, the committee is finalising GCC labelling guides for foodstuff produced regionally and the rules concerning the use of preservatives in food and production of organic and genetically modified food, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA). Among its sub-committees and task forces is devoted to ‘halal’ food products.
The substitute to mother’s milk for children of different ages and vitamins and minerals permitted to be used in food has been approved by the committee.
Over 17,000 specifications for foodstuff at the regional level has been approved through its cooperation with GCC Specifications and Standards Authority.
An extensive set of health specifications for food handlers has also been approved.
Such are the over-all rules for health and safety requirements, which employees of hotels, restaurants, fast food joints, cafeterias, and traditional kitchen must adhere to and periodically secure certifications from public health authorities.
Nawaf bin Ibrahim Al Hamad Al Mana, Director, Standards and Metrology Management, Qatar, will attend the 22nd meeting of the committee being held.
He told QNA that the solutions to problems facing food monitoring authorities in the region has been included in the discussion through the efforts of the committee.
QNA said all issues being discussed or to be reviewed at the meeting have been intimated to World Trade Organization.
Al Mana said since its foundation, the committee has worked to ensure food specifications and standards it finalizes pass international standards. The committee works in coordination at the GCC level.
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