The Tenth Session of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Asia was held in Tokyo, Japan from 5-8 March 1996. The Committee reached the following conclusions :

• Recommending to the Executive Committee for adoption at Step 5 :
  * Proposed Draft Standard for Canned Bamboo Shoots
  * Proposed Draft Standard for Dried Salted Anchovies
  * Proposed Draft Standard for Fish Crackers
  * Proposed Draft Standard for Pickles and Chutney
• Recommending to the Executive Committee to initiate the elaboration of the following :
  * Standards and codes of practice for aqueous coconut products
  * Standard for kimchi
  * Micronutrient malnutrition in Asia and the potential role for the Codex Alimentarius Commission
• Nominating Ms. Kanya Sinsakul, Secretary-General of the Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI) for appointment by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its 22nd Session as Codex Coordinator for Asia.
• Agreeing to advise the Commission that using such criterion as (1) value of trade; (2) staple food; (3) potential for health concerns; (4) frequency of rejection; (5) standards rather than codes of practice; (6) relatively new or newly revised texts,
  16 Codex Standards were identified as having major trade impact in the Region :
  * Quick Frozen Shrimps or Prawns
  * Quick Frozen Lobsters
  * Quick Frozen Raw Squid
  * Quick Frozen Finfish, Eviscerated and Uneviscerated
  * Quick Frozen Blocks of Fish Fillets, Minced Fish Flesh and Mixtures of Fillets and Minced Fish Flesh
  * Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (Fish Fingers), Fish Portions and Fish Fillet - Breaded or in Batter
  * Quick Frozen Fish Fillets
  * Maize (Corn)
  * Whole Maize (Corn) Meal
  * Degermed Maize (Corn) Meal and Maize (Corn) Grits
  * Rice
  * Wheat Flour
  * Durum Wheat Semolina and Durum Wheat Flour
  * Wheat and Durum Wheat
  * Whey Powders
  * Edible Casein Products
  
  The Meeting also noted important aspects of World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Agreements on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) and on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) with particular emphasis to their implications to the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
  
  The next session of the Codex Coordinating Committee for Asia is expected to be held in December 1997 or January 1998 in Thailand.