AOAC SPIFAN Stakeholder Program Meeting Book (September 10, 2020)

5 Current Situation – Problem (cont.) Why is revised Codex FUF standard a problem? ƒ Sweetness is complex, subjective concept based on sensory perception ƒ Verifying regulatory compliance would be incredibly difficult or impossible ƒ Food industry and country authorities will struggle with enforcement What happened after CCNFSDU in Nov’19? ƒ CCMAS canceled in May’21, no discussion took place What’s next for Codex? ƒ CCNFSDU’s next meeting in Nov’20 was canceled and so CCMAS will discuss in May’21 and provide guidance to CCNFSDU in Nov’21 What about AOAC? ƒ Following CCNFSDU’19, AOAC participated in academic discussions with ILSI NA Current Situation – Timeline ƒ Nov’19: CCNFSDU agrees to revise FUF std x AOAC intervenes x CCNFSDU refers matter to CCMAS ƒ Dec’19: AOAC attends ILSI NA sweetness workshop ƒ Feb-Jun’20: AOAC engages w/ ILSI NA re: measuring sweetness ƒ May/Jun’20: AOAC reviews ILSI NA draft manuscript on sensory methods, decides to develop opinion paper on analytical methods ƒ Sep’20: AOAC calls SHs to action ƒ May’21 : CCMAS convenes to discuss referral from CCNFSDU’19 ƒ Nov’21: CCNFSDU convenes, considers guidance from CCMAS re: measuring sweetness, did surface-level methods assessment ƒ AOAC will take active role in discussion at CCMAS in May’21 CCMAS: Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling CCNFSDU: Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses ILSI NA: Intl. Life Sciences Institute North America 134 th Annual Meeting & Exposition | September 8 – 24, 2020

CCMAS: Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling CCNFSDU: Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses FUF: Follow up formula ILSI NA: Intl. Life Sciences Institute North America

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134 th Annual Meeting & Exposition | September 8 – 24, 2020