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July 2013 Issue 33

Review of the 65th Annual IFU meeting (Commissions and General Assembly ofDelegates meetings) 17-18 June 2013 Kazan, Russia

Editorial

Dear IFU Colleagues:

The 2013 IFU annual meeting held in Kazan,Russia in June is now history. I want to thank theRussian Union of Fruit Juice Producers forhosting the 2013 IFU meetings which werecombined with “Juice World: Products –Technology & Regulation” which was wellattended with many excellent and interestingpresentations. Kazan was an interesting venueand everything was well organized.

The meetings of the various Commissionsconsidered a number of issues germane to thefruit juice industry which will be summarized laterin this newsletter. Although much of the hands onwork is done in Commission meetings, there arealways follow up issues to be addressed. Ofparticular note, I want to thank those IFUmembers who continue to devote their time andtalents to participate in the various CODEXCommission meetings over the past yearrepresenting IFU and the global fruit juiceindustry.

The next major meeting on the IFU calendar is“JUICE SUMMIT 2013” to be held in BrusselsOctober 1 & 2, 2013. This is a joint effort of AIJN,SGF and IFU to bring together the major playersin the fruit juice industry to hear and discussissues of importance in today’s fruit juice industry.More detail is available later in this newsletter.

As we enter the summer vacation schedule formost of our members, others will be preparing forparticipation in Codex meetings, the revitalizationof the Microbiology Working Group and activelyplanning future activities of IFU.

The strength of any organization is the activeparticipation of its members in all aspects of theAssociation and I want to thank each of you foryour contributions and encourage you to reachout to your industry colleagues and suppliers andinvite them to join you in becoming members ofIFU.

Donald SPORNPresident

The Temple of All Religions, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia

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I. Outcomes from the IFUCommissions and Assembly ofDelegates meetings 17-18 June2013Kazan, Russia

Commission for Legislation (CL)

The meeting of the Commission forLegislation took place on 17

thJune 2013 and

was chaired by Dr HAMMOND who replacedDr FARAG in his capacity as Chairman of theCommission for Legislation.

The Commission for Legislation provides theinput and monitors the outcomes of the“juice” relevant Codex Committees which arefor the time being the following ones:

Codex Alimentarius Commission(CAC)

Codex Committee on Food Additives(CCFA)

Codex Committee on Contaminants inFoods (CCCF)

Codex Committee on Methods ofAnalysis and Sampling (CCMAS)

Codex Committee on PesticideResidues (CCPR)

Codex Committee on Processed Fruitsand Vegetables (CCPFV)

Codex Committee on Food Labelling(CCFL)

Codex Committee on Food Hygiene(CCFH)

Codex Committee on Nutrition andFoods for Special Dietary Uses(CCNFSDU)

Codex Committee on GeneralPrinciples (CCGP)

Eight of the experts of the Commission forLegislation attended the meeting. TheSecretary-General also participated in themeeting. Representatives were from Belgium,Brazil, Germany, Israel, Russia, UnitedKingdom and USA.

After having done a sterling work as Chairmanof the Commission for Legislation for manyyears, Dr FARAG stands down as Chairmanthis year.

The proposal was accepted that the Vice-Chairperson, Mrs Romana VANOVA, wouldreplace him and he would take on her role asVice-Chairman.

Codex Committee on Food Additives(CCFA)

- Acidulants, thickeners & emulsifiers

IFU position is that fruit juices andnectars should be as close aspossible to nature with a limited list ofpermitted additives.

As regards acidulants, only thosepresent in juices, that is to sayascorbic acid, citric acid and malicacid, should be permitted.For thickeners, only pectins shouldbe permitted.There were no objections from CCFAmembers to this position.

After careful lobbying and presentation at theCodex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), IFUwas able to get the question of the addition ofphosphates to vegetable juices and nectarsreferredbacktotheCodexCommitteeonFoodAdditives (CCFA) with the view to have its useremoved.

IFU considers that it this not required assorbates are now not going to be allowed inthese products. The use of sorbates was toenhanceitseffectiveness.

Codex Committee for Food Labelling(CCFL)

The only topic of direct interest to thejuice industry was potential work onguidance for shelf life labelling whichwas raised by New Zealand. Anelectronic working group will beestablished to develop clearerguidance on this topic.

IFU will monitor this topic to assessand influence where possible if theguidance goes against the bestinterests of the juice industry bylobbying “friendly” governments.

Codex Committee for Contaminants inFoods (CCCF)

Due to concerns of the adverseeffects of lead on people, there wasa general move to reduce the

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maximum level of this contaminantpermitted in foods.

Theinitialproposalwastoreducethemaximumlevel of lead to 25 µg/kg from the present 50.This would have caused significant problemswithsomefruitsfromcertainorigins.

Due to effective lobbying by the fruitjuice industry it was possible to getthe agreement of the committee toretain the higher level for berries andsmall fruits and reduce the generallevel for other fruits down to 0,03mg/kg

Codex Committee on Processed Fruits andVegetables (CCPFV)

This is the committee under which anyrevisions to the General Standard for FruitJuices would be handled.

It was decided that canned pineapples couldbe packed in juice blends instead of onlypineapple juice.

The members present at the Commission forLegislation meeting held on 17

thJune 2013 in

Kazan decided that they were in favor tosend, after revisions, the draft proposal forvegetable juices and nectars, prepared byAIJN to this committee. The other memberswill be contacted to if they agree.

As outcome of the discussions which tookplace at Commission for Legislation level inKazan, it was noted that if there is aconsensus at IFU Commission for Legislationlevel, a letter will be sent to CodexSecretariat and CCPFV to ask for this workto be initiated.

Codex Committee on Methods of Analysisand Sampling (CCMAS)

There were no directly pressing issues forthe fruit juice industry.

CCMAS is looking at how to handle disputesin world trade due to differences in methodsof analysis and it is going to initiate a reviewof all old Codex methods of analysis anddetermine if they can be replaced by methodcriteria.

This could have a significant impact on ourassociation due to reduced sales of themethods. We need to keep an eye on thisissue for the future.

Codex Committee for Pesticide residues(CCPR)

As part of the regular review process a largenumber of new MRLs for fruits andvegetables were approved and can be foundin the report at the following linkhttp://www.codexalimentarius.org/meetings-reports/en/.

The committee will scrap their methods ofanalysis and replace them with suitablemethod criteria. It is also looking atdeveloping better and quicker ways toapprove MRLs minor crops and specialtyfoods.

Scientific and Technical Commissionmeeting(STC)

The Chairman Prof DIETRICH could, onshort notice, not attend the Kazan meetingdue to Visa problems. The meeting was thuschaired by Vice-Chairman Dr ZIMMER.

Heavy metals update in fruit juice

Regarding the elements lead, arsenic andcadmium, which had been discussed duringthe previous STC meeting, no new findingswere reported. Some uncertainty aboutfuture maximum levels prevails in USA,driven by California. The JPA will follow thediscussions.

Prof DIETRICH had prepared a shortsummary regarding a new investigationabout manganese in (processed) pineapple,which had been performed at the Universityof Geisenheim, Germany (Patz et al. (2013)):

5 – 22 ppm detected in fresh fruit withconcentration in peels 2x compared toflesh/core (n = 3)

In concentrates: 3 – 42 ppm; origin /pH ofsoil decisive

Mn in concentrates > ss juice > puree

One 200 mL serve can already exceed TDI !

These findings indicate a potential issue withMn in pineapple products. A discussionarose about the impact of the productiontechnology of PJ and its potential impact onthe Mn levels. As different processorsobviously extract the juice from differentparts of the fruit (e.g. from whole fruit in purejuice operations, from rejects and cores incanning operations) with different extraction

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methods, it became evident that within STCnot enough knowledge about the appliedprocesses is available.

A Working Group at STC level will preparean overview about the relevant processeswhich will be presented in the next STCmeeting.

New processing technologies

Mr GOZZI gave an interesting presentationabout the basics and actual status of Ohmicheating as an alternative or complement toclassical heating.

First he presented an overview about thedifferent available pasteurisation andsterilisation technologies and compared thedifferent temperature/time-curves requiredfor inactivation of microorganisms and forfruit softening ("cooking value").

Ohmic heating is based on the flow of anelectrical current through a conductivemedium and can be explained by the laws ofOhm and Joule: two electrodes are placedon opposite sides of a non-conducting pipe(e.g. glass) and a high voltage is applied (e.g2000 - 4000 V). The product needs to have aconductivity in the range of 0.01 to 10 mS,which is the case for all fruit and vegetableproducts. Product temperature rises very fastand in an uniform way with very low foulingon the tube wall.

While the heat-up ramp will be steeper thanfor conventional HEs, the holding time andcool-down ramp will be the same.

Ohmic heating can be advantageous forheating of suspensions with high amounts oflarge particles, e.g. diced fruit pieces, or forhigh viscous products (e.g. purees). If theconductivity of the particles is similar to theliquid the particles will be heated at a similarrate.

An overview about high pressure treatmentand PEF will be presented by Stefan Töpfel(German institute of food technologies) at thecongress "Juice World - Products,Technologies, Regulation" on 19th June2013 in Kazan.

Fruit juice and chemical preservatives

The issue of chemical preservatives, e.g.dimethyldicarbonate ("Velcorin"), which arepermitted in several countries, was againshortly discussed.

It was concluded that an overview about thepermitted additives and processing aids inthe different parts of the world would be veryhelpful.

SCT decided to prepare an overview listabout the permitted agents based on theCodex Alimentarius framework which shallbe presented on the next STC meeting.

Definition of freshly squeezed fruit juice

During the STC meeting several positionsabout the definition of "freshly squeezed fruitjuice" were discussed. A discussion arosewhether STC should propose a definition tothe Commission for Legislation and theExecutive Committee. It became clear thatany definition would face severe oppositionas there are already diverging regulationsexisting.

Finally STC members agreed on thefollowing recommendation for the IFUbodies:

“A freshly squeezed juice has not receivedany treatment to extend shelf life afterextraction other than cooling.“

In the joint Commission forLegislation/Scientific & TechnicalCommission-meeting following the STCmeeting the issue was again discussed withthe outcome that no agreement on acommon IFU recommendation could beachieved. It was stated that several memberorganisations will not follow the proposeddefinition anyway.

Fruit juice and health

The "IFU Nutrition Policy Paper" is publishedon the IFU website. Both a short (2 pages)and a long version (21 pages) are available.

Dr ZIMMER points out that the sheer quantityof relevant published papers makes it verydifficult to keep the position paper up to date.

Pesticides control in the Brazilian (S. Paulo)citrus juice industry

Mr GONÇALVES presented an interestingapproach to control the use of pesticides inthe Sao Paulo citrus industry.

Fundecitrus, a regional organisation todefend the interests of the citrus producers,has set up a four level control system inorder to avoid that the use of pesticides

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adversely affects the marketing of citrusproducts.

A constantly updated list of permitted agentsis published / the active substances arechosen with reference to respective lists inmajor consumer countries rather than what ispermitted in BrazilGrowers have to make contractualcommitment to adhereInspections in groves are performed to checkformal adherenceAnalytical tests of fruits and productsaccording to a sampling plan are made

About 90% of the crop produced in SaoPaulo is covered under Fundecitrus program.It was discussed whether this program couldbe a template for other fruits / fruit growingareas. It was agreed that limitations might bethe number and size of the single fruitproducers.

Low Furanocoumarin Seedless GrapefruitCultivars

Dr CANCALON presented a newlydeveloped grapefruit. The background of thisissue is that grapefruit juice consumptiondropped dramatically in the USA due tofindings about sharply increased bloodconcentrations of certain drugs when takentogether with grapefruit juice, which havebeen found to be caused by the highfuranocoumarin concentrations in thegrapefruit juice.

UF 914: hybrid of pummelo crossed withgrapefruit, slightly larger than grapefruit,seedless, red- fleshed (classical breeding)

Low furanocoumarin content, minimalinhibition of CYP3A4 in “in vitro” studies

The full clinical study is still to be performed

The new grapefruit variety might help torecover grape juice consumption.

Mission statement of the Scientific andTechnical Commission

An updated version of the "STC missionstatement" had been circulated among themembers. It describes targets, organisation,working procedures, competencies of thiscommission.

The statement with the latest correctionsproposed by the chairman was found helpfulby the members.

STC recommends that each IFU commissionshould have such a "mission statement".Cross checking of all statements shall makesure that targets, fields of work andcompetencies of the different commissionsdo not overlap.

CommissiononMethodsofAnalysis(CMA)

The group discussed ways to reactivate theparticipation of CMA members and tostimulate interest for new members to join.Mr HOFSOMMER points out that a commonstandard is a valuable thing which can makelife much easier. IFU members shouldmotivate people to forward their problems.Also if IFU members come across colleagueswho share this thought and have analyticalbackground, they should be invited to join theCMA.CMA will focus in the future more onmethods which are used in smaller factorylaboratories all around the world rather thanon the high sophisticated ones which areused only in specialized laboratories.

Work on existing methods

- Determination of cell content

It is an essential parameter for orangejuice, for instance.

IFU method number 70 probably needsrevision as it refers to a machine whichis difficult to buy. The opportunity shouldbe taken to check whether this methodhas also a broad acceptance in theindustry so that everybody can specifythe cell content with the sameprocedure.

- Analysis of nitrate, alternatives tocadmium

Since cadmium (No. 48) is not wanted,because of toxicological reasons and anion-chromatography is not available inmost factory laboratories, CMA islooking at finding an alternative which isneeded.

- PH measurement in concentrates andfruit powders

- The analysis of the pH-Value is aroutine procedure. The group has beencontacted with the question whether itwas legitimate to measure the pH-valueof a concentrate in a dilution (f.e. 1:5),

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which is frequently done when using anautotitration for the total acid. This maylead to claims in case ofmicrobiologically critical products withelevated pH. It is clear also from themicrobiological view, that the “true” pH-value must be measured in the productas it is. Anyhow CMA will conduct a trialto get a better feeling for the actualeffect.

- Formula to calculate Brix from the density

Soluble solids formula (No 8) Since manyyears this method has been on theagenda. CMA wants to implement aformula so that it can be easily calculatedwith your own computer.

New methods under discussion

- A recommendation on viscosity

Viscosity is measured in many small factorylaboratories worldwide with differentmethods. Bostwick, flow cup or Brookfieldare used, which regularly lead to discussionsbetween supplier and buyer. CMA would liketo see if it is possible to implement arecommendation regarding the viscositymeasurement. It seems to be difficultbecause the different methodologies requiredifferent equipments almost all the timerelated to certain suppliers of equipments.CMA is in discussion with STC regarding thisissue.

- Blood orange colour method – proposalfinalized

The colour is a very important quality aspectof blood orange by which juices are sold andbought. There are many existing methods inorder to measure the blood orange colour.CMA believes that a harmonized approachcould make life easier to many companieswhich are involved in blood orange juice.

- Ringtrial on Ergosterol from the GermanChemical Society (GDCh)

The German Chemical Society (GDCh)working group “fruit juice” has conducted aring trial on a ergosterol method. Resultshave been classified as satisfactory. Anadoption as an IFU Method seems sensible.A draft will be circulated at CMA level fordiscussion.

A discussion took place on how to reactivatethe “Microbiology” Working Group. One ofthe major issues is the lack of active

members. If we want to achieve a reallyinternational harmonized procedure, it isessential that the stakeholders in the“Microbiology” Working Group join this groupand express their thoughts.

Future tasks for the “Microbiology” WorkingGroup are the following ones:

special focus on the revision of IFU12 (Alicyclobacillus)

pathogen guideline HRM reference germs.

Public Relations and MembershipCommission(PRMC)

- Membership update

PRMC had an in depth discussion onthe "membership outlook" of the IFUwhich needs to be stimulated. Thereasons for the lack of membershipgrowth are that many in the fruit juicesector are not fully aware of theimportant work that IFU does onbehalf of the global fruit juiceindustry, but also the present difficulteconomic situation worldwide. Thisissue is very important for the futureviability of both IFU and the industry.

PRMC also looked into themembership incentive program whichwas implemented the previous yearbut it didn’t have any financial impactso far.

- Liaising IFU 2014 Annual Sessionwith Prognosfruit 2014 in Istanbul,Turkey

The importance of liaising withPrognosfruit (annual meetingorganized by the World Apple andPear Association – WAPA) wasrecognized by PMRC. This eventtypically takes place at the beginningof August and it is very well attended(about 300 participants). WAPA isseeking to establish the contact withthe processing industry. On the otherside, the fruit juice industry needs thefresh fruit industry for the Five-A-Dayprogramme in order to avoid thatthey object the promotion of juices as“processed fruits” as they did in thepast. It is important that they get theunderstanding that we are all on the

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same boat as growers andprocessors share the same interests.

The proposal would be to combine itwith a scientific & technicalWorkshop prior to the starting of thePrognosfruit event. However, it won’tbe a juice conference, as the IFUGeneral Assembly of Delegatesshould be linked to the Juice Summit2014. It will be most probably half aday dedicated to the growing and theprocessing of fruits and the secondpart of the day will be devoted to thetechnical issues of growing andprocessing of fruits.

The general idea of liaising withPrognosfruit 2014 in Istanbul wasaccepted by the ExecutiveCommittee.

- World Juice Day evaluation

Mr HERMANS points out that theWorld Juice Summit in Istanbul wassuccessful and attracted more than200 people.

Unexpectedly the idea of the WorldJuice Day is catching on and thereare new initiatives such as the WorldJuice Day organized on 12

thJune in

Spain. In Spain a prize was given tothe magazine which reported in themost positive way on fruit juices overthe previous year. These initiativeshave to be encouraged. PRMC cameto the conclusion that basically thereis no need to have a fixed andcommon date (May 30) for all. Theimportant thing is that actions areorganized at local level with newideas in order to promote fruit juices.Finally, The World Juice Day will beincorporated in the Juice Summit2014.

Executive Committee

The major highlights from the ExecutiveCommittee meeting can be summarized asfollows:

Membership and participation

A membership incentive program was

introduced in 2012 whereby if an existing

member brings in a new member, the new

member only has to pay 500 Euros the first

year. Upon completion of that year and the

payment of the regular year dues for the

second year, the existing member who

brought that new member in will get a credit

of 500 Euros against its annual membership

fee. The idea was stimulating the existing

members to promote IFU with their business

contacts, networking and colleagues in order

to bring new members in the IFU.

Unfortunately, it hasn’t really taken off yet,

since the three new members were recruited

internally by President and Secretary-

General.

It is very important that all existing members

are active also in bringing in IFU at least one

new member on an annual basis in order to

ensure the viability of the association.

The more members we can get in and the

more participation we can have in

Commissions. It is also a pivotal issue for the

work of IFU.

In order to assist members in recruiting new

members, IFU will develop some talking

points summarizing IFU main strengths.

Future directions of the IFU

IFU needs to enhance its communication to

the outside world which isn’t involved in the

IFU. IFU needs to develop ways to do this

through various means of communication. It

should be done rapidly so that potential new

members can be reached. A data base was

already created and contacts were already

established with potential new collective

members such as the South African Fruit

Juice Association which has just started.

General Assembly of Delegates

Approval of accounting position on31/12/2012

The total revenues of 153 317,89 € and thetotal expenses of 146 919,63 € for theaccounting period 2012 effect an annualprofit of 6 398,26 €.

The result was retained as reserve to thebalance so that reserves of retainedearnings as per end of December 2012 are275 450,80 €.

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New members

The following three companies were electedby the General Assembly of Delegatesmeeting as new members:

- DIRECTUS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD(Australia) individual members’ category

- PET Engineering srl (Italy) associatedmembers’ category

- JBT FoodTech (USA) associatedmembers’ category

Approval of changes to the Articles ofAssociation

Based on French law, the accountingposition following audit must be confirmed bythe General Assembly of Delegates meetingwithin six months following the end of thefiscal year (end of June).

If the IFU has its annual meeting in October2014, other means have to be set in order toapprove the accounting position of theprevious year following audit.

During its meeting on 5th

December 2012 inBrussels, the Executive Committeediscussed the issue of the accounts approvalby electronic vote and proposes to introduceat article 10 a point 6 as follows:

“If the date of the Assembly of Delegatesmeeting is set more than six months after theclosing of the financial year, the annualaccounts and balance sheet are to beapproved by electronic vote of a simplemajority of all members entitled to vote.

Members are to receive the accountingposition and the balance sheet at least onemonth prior to the beginning of the period oftime in which the electronic vote shall takeplace. This period for electronic voting is tobe specified in an accompanying note to theabove mentioned documents and must beset within six months after the closing of thefiscal year.”

The General Assembly of Delegatesunanimously approved the above mentionedamendment in the Articles of Association ofthe IFU in order to allow the approval byelectronic vote of IFU accounts followingaudit.

Elections

The following officers were unanimouslyelected by the General Assembly ofDelegates meeting:

- Messrs Bernd OSPELT and GaëtanMONCHOVET as Accounts Auditors.

- Mrs Romana VANOVA, Chairpersonof the Commission for Legislation

-- Dr Hany FARAG, Vice-Chairman of

the Commission for Legislation-- Dr Andreas POLITZER, Chairman of

the “Microbiology” Working Group-- Ms Ebru AKDAĞ (following the

resignation by Mr Ozan DIREN) andMr Klaus HEITLINGER as ExecutiveCommittee at large members (firstyear term).

The following Executive Committee at largemembers were re-elected for a second term(another three year term):

- - Mr Chaim SCHMULINSON- - Ms Dianne NURY- - Mrs Natalia IVANOVA

II. Outcomes from the InternationalConference "Juice World -Product, Technology, Regulation"19-20June 2013Kazan, Russia

19 – 20 June in Kazan took place theInternational Conference "Juice World -Product, Technology, Regulation." The eventwas organized by the Russian Union of JuiceProducers (RSPS), together with theInternational Federation of Fruit JuiceProducers (IFU), which is of particular

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importance in the integration of Russia andthe countries of the Customs Union in theinternational market relations.

The conference was attended by specialistsand experts of the juice industry from Russia,representatives of the EU countries, as wellas guests from Israel, Turkey, UK, USA,Brazil and the countries of the CIS, therepresentatives of the Eurasian EconomicCommission, the Ministry of Industry andTrade, the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute ofNutrition, the Federal Service for Supervisionof Consumer Rights Protection and HumanWellbeing in the Republic of Tatarstan(Tatarstan), FBUZ "Center for Hygiene andEpidemiology in the Republic of Tatarstan(Tatarstan)," and Kazan National ResearchTechnological University.

The conference was opened by NataliaIvanova, president of RSPS and DonaldSporn, president of IFU. They stressed thatjuice market is gradually coming out ofnational borders and each year gets moreglobal form. The speakers noted that thereare common industry-wide problems that canbe solved jointly, as well as own specificissues that could be solved by sharingvaluable experience and knowledge ofcolleagues.

During the conference, participantsdiscussed the main aspects of European andRussian legislation, proposals for theimprovement of technological processes,interesting innovative solutions, the results ofthe implementation of new developmentsand quality control methods of thecommodity market, the current methods ofanalysis and research of juice content, theperception of juice products by consumersand assessment of juice value in a healthyhuman diet.

Participants repeatedly stressed in their speechesthat products of plant origin, like juices, havedifferent vitamin and mineral profiles and vary indegrees of concentration of biologically activesubstances and for the industry it is important thatthe consumer has responsible attitude to his healthand accurately include juice products in his diet.Fruit carbohydrates, which have recently been thesubject of heated debate in the pages of the media,are also needed to human body, as well as othernutrients. Fruit sugars are energy sources for thebody. The main thing is to comply with themeasure: the lack of sugar may adversely affect thehealth, but excessive content can also do harm.Experts recommend to follow the recommendationsof the World Health Organization (WHO), whichsuggests that plant foods is of particular importanceto health, so every person should eat five fruits aday, one of which can be replaced with a glass ofjuice.

In addition to general relevant to the entire juiceindustry in the conference were discussed the mainchanges associated with the entry into force on 1July 2013 Technical Regulations of the CustomsUnion (CU TR). (English version of the CustomsUnion Technical Regulation of Fruit and VegetableProducts can be found at the following linkhttp://www.rsps.ru/english/news/Technical%20regulation%20on%20fruit%20and%20vegetable%20juice%20products.pdf )

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During the conference, experts noted that the basicrequirements on juice products, operating in Russiasince 2009, will remain unchanged, but a number ofrefinements and additions will appear in thelegislation, in particular, regarding the assessment(attestation) of juice production to the requirementsof Technical Regulations of the Custom Union andin labelling. Also, attention was drawn to anotherinnovation, which should be considered in the work- the use of "single undertaking" in the formation ofthe Customs Union legislation on food products.

For the first time in the implementation of TechnicalRegulations of the Customs Union was entered atransitional period from 1 July 2013 to 15 February2015. During this period the companies of theMember States of the Customs Union and theimporters have to completely move to production(import) of juice products in accordance with thelegislation of the Customs Union.

In the last section of the conference Russian andforeign analysts discussed the developmentprospects of the juice market in different countriesof the world.

III. Report on the 36th session of the CodexAlimentarius Commission (CAC) 1-5 July2013Rome, Italy

The 36th

session of the Codex AlimentariusCommission took place 1-5 July 2013 in Rome andwas chaired by Mr Sanjay DAVE (India), Chaipersonof the Codex Alimentarius Commission, assisted bythe Vice-Chairpersons, Professor Samuel DEFA-DEDEH (Ghana), Dr Samuel GODEFROY (Canada)and Mrs Awilo OCHIENG PERNET (Switzerland).

The session was attended by 620 delegates from 128Member countries and 1 Member Organization, 1Observer country and 41 international governmentaland non-governmental organizations, including UNagencies.

The Director-General of the Food AgricultureOrganization of the United Nations, Mr JoséGRAZIANO DA SILVA and the Director-General ofthe World Health Organization, Dr Margaret CHANwelcomed the Codex Alimentarius Commission(CAC) to Rome on its 36

thsession. They recalled that

the Codex Alimentarius Commission had its firstsession in July 1963 as the principal organ of the JointFAO/WHO Food Standards Programme starting with30 members and today it has 185 Members, oneMember Organization and 220 Observers. Codex waspraised as one of the longest standing co-operationsin the United Nations system having a science baseddecision making process. Its global membershipcontributes to its credibility and high reputation as

standard setting body, recognized by WTO as areference for food safety. Mr José GRAZIANO DASILVA stressed the need to find ways to continuefinancing independent scientific advice to Codex andto explore ways to continue to engage developingcountries in the Codex work as Codex Trust Fund willend in 2015. Food safety being also important toFAO’s global aim of eradicating hunger andmalnutrition, since people cannot be food secure, iftheir food is not safe. Over the past 50 years, theCodex Alimentarius Commission had done atremendous amount of work in order to strengthennational food safety systems and foster internationalfood trade.

Dr CHAN pointed out that Codex started in a situationin which food legislation was diverging, often lackingrespect of scientific or nutritional principles andcausing significant barriers to trade. Codex reducedthese barriers and put science at the service ofconsumers’ protection. Contaminated food could bedeadly, usually taking its heaviest toll on the veryyoung and the very old. Today the food chain is verycomplex and if something goes wrong, outbreaks caninvolve multiple countries worldwide. The outcome isalso a deep shattering of consumers’ confidencewhich may take a very long time to recover.

Dr CHAN stressed the fact that the cheapest andmost accessible food is often energy rich, yet nutrientpoor and obesity and other diet -related non-communicable diseases often exist side-by-side withundernutrition in the same country, even in the samecommunity. It is good to note that Codex is alsoaddressing these concerns.

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Agenda item 5. Draft Standards and RelatedTexts at Step 8 of the Procedure (including thosesubmitted at step 5 with the recommendation toomit Steps 6 and 7 and Step 5 of the AcceleratedProcedure)

Food Additives (CCFA)

Draft and proposed draft food additivesprovisions of the General Standard for FoodAdditives (GSFA) REP13/FA, Appendix VI

The Commission adopted the draft and proposeddraft food additives provisions, as proposed by theCCFA. The following food additives were of interest tothe juice industry:

ASCORBIC ACIDINS 300 Functional Class: Acidity regulator,Antioxidant, Flour treatment agent

FoodCatNo Food Category MaxLevel

Step

14.1.2.2 Vegetablejuice

GMP 5/8

14.1.2.4 Concentratesfor vegetablejuice

GMP 5/8

14.1.3.2 Vegetablenectar

GMP 5/8

14.1.3.4 Concentratesfor vegetablenectar

GMP 5/8

CITRIC ACIDINS 330 Functional Class: Acidity regulator,Antioxidant, Sequestrant

FoodCatNo Food Category MaxLevel

Step

14.1.2.2 Vegetablejuice

GMP 5/8

14.1.2.4 Concentratesfor vegetablejuice

GMP 5/8

14.1.3.2 Vegetablenectar

GMP 5/8

14.1.3.4 Concentratesfor vegetablenectar

GMP 5/8

MALIC ACID, DL

INS 296 Malic acid, DL- Functional Class: Acidityregulator

FoodCatNo Food Category MaxLevel

Step

14.1.2.2 Vegetablejuice

GMP 5/8

14.1.2.4 Concentratesfor vegetablejuice

GMP 5/8

14.1.3.2 Vegetablenectar

GMP 5/8

14.1.3.4 Concentratesfor vegetablenectar

GMP 5/8

Contaminants in Foods (CCCF)Proposed Draft Maximum Levels for Lead in FruitJuices and nectars, ready-to-drink; canned fruits;and canned vegetablesREP13/CF para. 42, Appendix II

At the 7th

session of the CCCF held 8-12 April 2012 inMoscow, Russia, CCCF agreed to advance theproposed draft ML of 0,03 mg/kg for fruit juices andnectars, ready-to-drink (excluding juices from berriesand other small fruits) to the Codex AlimentariusCommission for adoption at step 5/8 of the Codexprocedure.Some delegations, such as Thailand and Cuba, aswell as several delegations from developing countriesdid not support adoption at Step 5/8 of the proposeddraft MLs for lead in fruit juices, canned fruits andcanned vegetables as they had concerns with theapproach taken to derive the revised MLs and raisedthe issue of the lack of geographically representativedata, especially from producer-countries and the needfor an adequate exposure assessment to determinewhich food categories contributed the most to theoverall intake in different regions.These delegations expressed the concern that settingMLs without having a complete exposure assessmentwould create problems in international trade.Furthermore, they pointed out that the proposed MLswould require more sensitive methods of analysis.Therefore, they proposed that the draft MLs beadopted at Step 5 with the request that CodexCommittee on Contaminants in Foods further analyzeadditional data.

The JECFA Secretariat explained that JECFA at its73

rdmeeting undertook an updated risk assessment,

taking all new data into account. An extensiveexposure assessment was undertaken, taki ngnational estimates and international data into account.JECFA estimated that the previously establishedprovisional tolerable weekly intake of 25 μg/kg bw wasassociated with a health impact in children and adultsand therefore concluded that the provis ional tolerableweekly intake could no longer be considered healthprotective and it was withdrawn. Since no thresholdfor these effects could be determined, no newprovisional tolerable weekly intake was established.

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The JECFA Secretariat also reported that the focus ofthe review undertaken by the CCCF ElectronicWorking Group was to assess the occurrence data oflead in the selected commodities to determine whatpercentage of samples could meet the revised MLs.This was in accordance with the normal procedureapplied in cases where no safe exposure level couldbe determined. It was explained that occurrence datawere taken from the GEMS/Food Database, in total,over 110 000 data points from all regions of the world,except Africa. It was pointed out that the products ofconcern were widely traded internationally and thatthe data from importing countries reflected theoccurrence of lead in products also from producercountries.

Noting the support of several delegations for furtherwork on the MLs and the need to consider morerepresentative data, the Codex AlimentariusCommission agreed to adopt the MLs at Step 5 withthe understanding that countries that did not supportadoption at Step 5/8 commit to submit data toGEMS/Food database within one year, to enableCCCF to further consider the revision of the MLs in2015 for submission to the 38

thSession of the Codex

Alimentarius Commission in 2015.It was noted that JECFA had completed its work onrisk assessment of lead and that no further work wasrequired.

Pesticide ResiduesDraft and Proposed Draft Maximum ResiduesLimits for PesticidesREP 13/PR paras 17-90, Appendices II & III

The Codex Alimentarius Commission adopted all thedraft and proposed draft MRLs for the variouspesticide/commodity combinations as proposed bythe CCPR.

Agenda item 15. Election of the Chairperson andVice-Chairpersons of the Codex AlimentariusCommission

The Codex Alimentarius Commission re-elected thefollowing persons to hold office from the end of itspresent session to the end of the 37

thsession of the

Commission:

Chaiperson:Mr Sanjay DAVE (India)

Vice-ChairpersonsProfessor Samuel DEFA-DEDEH (Ghana)Dr Samuel GODEFROY (Canada)Mrs Awilo OCHIENG PERNET (Switzerland).

Elisabetta ROMEO-VAREILLEIFU delegate at CAC

IV. Forthcoming IFU events

2013 Juice Summit 2013 1 & 2October 2013 in Brussels, Belgium

The Juice Summit 2013 will take place 1 & 2 October2013 in Brussels. The venue is “the Hotel”, formerHilton Hotel. There is a brilliant view of Brussels onthe top floors of the building which is one of thehighest ones in Brussels.

There will be a marketing session starting at noon on1

stOctober and dedicated to juice consumption in

Europe with a presentation from Emily NeillCanadean.

Krzysztof Pawinski, Chairman of the Board, MaspexWadowice Group, Poland, will make a presentationregarding potential developments in the fruit juiceand soft drinks market in Central and EasternEurope.

CitrusBR will present a follow up on its orange juicestudy ““Increasing Orange Juice Consumption”.

There will be a panel discussion on the topic “Whatare the best strategies to grow the juice category”moderated by Andrew BILES, President of AIJN andattended by Iain McLaughlin Coca-Cola, VincentProlongeau PepsiCo and Thomas Hinderer Eckes-Granini Group.

Cocktail and dinner will be in the Cercle de Lorraine.

On the 2nd

October the challenges of the juiceindustry will be discussed with the followingpresentations:

- Issues impacting juice manufacturers andmarketers. A US perspective, Sean Frielich,Business Stream Leader, Nestlé ProfessionalGlobal Beverages & Chairman of the JuiceProducts Association, US

- WHO’s Non Communicable Diseases ActionPlan 2013-2020: threat or opportunity for fruitjuices? Guy Valkenborg, Partner EAS,Belgium

- The European Commission’s objectives tointegrate social, environmental, ethical andhuman rights concerns into (juice) businessoperations Sophie Mueller, Policy Officer,Unit D1 Entrepreneurship and SocialEconomy, DG ENTR EU Commission,Belgium

- Impact of the EU CAP reform on the fruitprocessing and fruit juice industry Georg

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Häusler, Head of Cabinet of EU AgriculturalCommissioner Cioloş, Belgium

- Current quality issues in the raw materialsmarket Alexandra Heinermann, GeneralManager SGF International, Germany

- Market Outlook Main CommoditiesIntroduction by the Chair: Kees Cools,Executive Director Business Unit Fruits &Vegetables, Doehler Group, GermanyTropicals

Pineapple, Richard W Blossom, SeniorVice President Del Monte PacificLimited, Singapore

Mango, Pratik Popat, CommercialDirector Exotic Fruits pvt., India TBC

Passionfruit, Bernhard Frei, CEOQuicornac, Ecuador

World Apple OutlookStephan Büttner, Chairman of theManagement Board, Austria JuiceGroup, Austria

- Citrus Outlook

Mediterranean – Carlos Fernandez,Managing Director Fruit & JuicesSolution, JBT, US

Americas – Peter Hahn, Global Head ofJuice, Louis Dreyfus Citrus, Brazil

There will be a networking evening on Wednesday inthe Martini Bar.

The AIJN General Assembly is scheduled onThursday 3

rdOctober in the morning. The IFU

Executive Committee meeting will take place in theafternoon of the same day. At the same time therewill be the Kick-off seminar - Fruit Juice CSRPlatform with speakers having experience in socialresponsibility projects.

About the Fruit Juice CSR Platform

Background

In October 2011 the European Commissionpublished a new policy on Corporate SocialResponsability (CSR) translated in an agenda foraction 2011-2014. CSR is defined as “theresponsibility of enterprises for their impacts onsociety”. To fully meet their social responsability,enterprises “should have in place a process tointegrate social, environmental, ethical human rightsand consumers concerns into their business

operations and core strategy in close collaborationwith their stakeholders”. The Commission’s agendafor action 2011-2014 covers, amongst others,enhancing the visibility of CSR and disseminatinggood practices. This includes the establishment ofsector-based platforms for enterprises andstakeholders to make commitments. TheCommission thus published in 2012 a call forproposals for projects developing industry sectorplatforms on CSR. The Fruit Juice CSR Platform wasone of few project proposals that the EuropeanCommission supported and decided to co-fund for 18months.

The Platform

The Fruit Juice CSR Platform is a business-drivensustainability initiative specifically established for thefruit juice industry. The objective of the platform is toinspire and support the European fruit juice industryto integrate CSR in their business operations andcore strategy. The platform will facilitate discussions,workshops, best practice exchange and solutionstrategies on how to address social, environmental,ethical and human rights concerns throughout fruitjuice supply chains. It will also give greater visibilityto CSR activities of fruit juice entreprises towards allstakholders including consumers.

Collaboration

This platform will enable collaboration between keystakeholders in the industry. The various seminarsand activities will encourage dialogue, learning,standard setting and monitoring on CSR across theEuropean fruit juice sector. Acknowledging thepotential to enhance the juice sectors’competitiveness through CSR, the platform hasdefined the following goals:

identify, describe and assess ‘best practice’

cases in CSR in the fruit juice industry,

thereby enhancing visibility of current and

future CSR efforts by European fruit juice

companies.

enhance effectiveness of multi-stakeholder

collaboration and cross-sectoral learning on

CSR in the fruit juice sector across Europe.

build capacity among European fruit juice

companies on strategic CSR, responsible

sourcing, social compliance and solution

strategies.

set industry-wide CSR commitments and

targets and develop effective strategies for

the implementation of strategic CSR in fruit

juice supply chains.

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The Fruit Juice CSR platform is initiated andmanaged by five European partner organisations:AIJN, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, Tecnalia-AZTI,UTZ Certified and Sociability. The initiative hasreceived funding from the European Union, theSustainable Trade initiative and AIJN members.

- 2014 IFU event

2014 Juice Summit – IFU annual meetings tentativelyscheduled 13-16 October 2014. The 2014 JuiceSummit will most probably take place in Paris.

Prof Chaim MANNHEIM INMEMORIAM

Prof. Chaim Mannheim of Blessed Memory 1927-2013

Prof. Chaim Mannheim, a member of the Scientific &Technical Commission, passed away. He was bornin Germany in 1927. He completed all his universitydegrees in Food Science at the University of Illinois.

He was a key figure in the building of the human andphysical infrastructure of the Faculty ofBiotechnology and Food Engineering. Prof. ChaimMannheim was department head during two periods;he founded the packaging laboratory and served ashead of the center for research and development forthe food industry.

Prof. Chaim Mannheim’s research engaged in thefield of food preservation and packaging, specificallyin the interactions between food and packaging,water activity and extending shelf life and minimalpreservation treatments. He gained an internationalreputation in the field; he was appointed fullprofessor in 1971, and held the Samuel Levinsonchair in food technology from 1982.

Prof. Chaim Mannheim set many personal exampleswith the management of a large number of projectsfor the industry, with the intention to improve theproducts, to introduce good manufacturing practices,GMP, and ISO standards to the industry. Due to hisgreat reputation Prof. Mannheim served as aconsultant to a large number of industries andinternational organizations. He was a researcher inthe American Department of Agriculture’s ResearchAdministration’s research lab in Albany, California, aVisiting Professor at Rutgers and Michigan StateUniversities, a visiting scientist at the CSIROresearch laboratories, near Sydney, Australia, and amember of many organizations, including the IsraelStandards Institute and a technical – scientific

committee of the International Federation of FruitJuice Producers.

Prof. Mannheim trained about 35 graduate students,some of which held senior positions in academia andindustry, and he published over 100 articles inprofessional journals.

In 1996 Prof. Chaim Mannheim retired as ProfessorEmeritus and in 2005 he received an academicLifetime Achievement Award from the ManufacturersAssociation of Israel, for his contribution to researchand development in the food industry and forteaching generations of students at the Technion -Israel Institute of Technology.

We shall hold Prof. Chaim Mannheim’s memory inour hearts.

Elisabetta ROMEO-VAREILLESecretary-General

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