The ILSI International Organization Committee (IOC) recommends and implements programs of interest to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). ILSI is a recognized nongovernmental organization by WHO and has specialized consultative status with FAO.
By working with these organizations, the IOC enhances ILSI’s understanding of the policy directions of these United Nations agencies; affords an opportunity for FAO and WHO to receive ILSI’s scientific input related to nutrition and physical activity, food safety, chemical risk assessment and environmental health; and contributes to the success of the policies and programs of FAO and WHO.
Through the IOC, ILSI is involved in Codex Alimentarius. Recent comments to Codex are provided below.
The activities of the committee are supported by 9 ILSI member companies and guided by scientists from these companies working with scientific advisors. The current scientific advisors are:
- Dr. G. Harvey Anderson, University of Toronto, Canada
- Dr. Corazon V.C. Barba, Institute of Human Nutrition and Food, The Phillipines
- Dr. Alan Boobis, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Dr. Ib Knudsen, Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research (retired), Denmark
- Dr. Flavio Zambrone, Planitox, Brazil
For additional information about the committee and a description of ongoing projects, please click here.
Recent Comments Submitted to Codex Alimentarius on behalf of ILSI
ILSI submitted comments to the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Use in March 2007. These comments addressed the definition of dietary fiber in response to CL 2007/3-NFSDU (Guidelines for the Use of Nutrition Claims: Draft Table of Conditions for Nutrient Contents (Part B Containing Provisions on Dietary Fibre).
Click here to view and download these comments.
ILSI submitted a paper, “Safe Amounts of Gluten for Patients with Wheat Allergy or Celiac Disease” published by ILSI Europe to the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses for use in discussion about the Codex Standard for Gluten Free Foods. The paper was published in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Hischenbuber C et al. 2006:23(5):559-575) and is available for downloading on the ILSI Europe website.