A group of 31 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries and 15 African nations are currently meeting in Costa Rica to define joint positions on international food safety standards.

The Interregional Colloquium of Codex Alimentarius is held from June 8-9 with support from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The objective is to prepare the countries for a global meeting that will be taking place in Switzerland in July, at which delegates will discuss and approve updates to certain standards.