Codex Alimentarius Austriacus

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In the Austrian-Hungarian Empire between 1897 and 1911, a collection of standards and product descriptions for a wide variety of foods was developed as the Codex Alimentarius Austriacus. [1]

The Codex, consisting of three volumes, was finished in 1910-1917 by O. Dafert and lacked actual integration in the Austrian law until 1975.[citation needed]. However, it was commonly used as a reference by many courts to determine the identity and quality of specific foods and became the model for the later Codex Alimentarius Europeaus which itself was the precursor of the Codex Alimentarius, the latter being the current international food codex collaboratively worked out by the FAO and the WHO.

In 1975, the committee for the Codex Alimentarius Austriacus was reorganised within the Austrian food law, which is still known as one of the strictest food laws in the world.[citation needed].

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  1. ^ Understanding The Codex Alimentarius (Third Edition) Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization, 2006. Accessed 4 Jan 2008.
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