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Thirty-second session of the Specialized Section on Standardization of Meat (GE.11)

Thirty-second session of the Specialized Section on Standardization of Meat (GE.11)

28 August (15:00) - 30 August (18:00) 2024
Room XXVII, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

The 32nd session of the UNECE Specialized Section on Standardization of Meat (GE.11) will be held on 28(pm)–30 August 2024 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.

Introduction

All Member States of the United Nations are welcome to join. Government delegates responsible for agricultural trade, quality standards, or commercial quality control, as well as relevant trade bodies and experts, are invited to attend.

The annotated provisional agenda and background documents for the session are available in three official languages.

All meeting participants are requested to register and the registration is open until 15 August 2024.

The session will discuss a proposal for changes to the UNECE standard for Ovine Meat – Carcases and Cuts, consider options for fully digitizing the UNECE Standard for Bovine Meat – Carcases and Cuts, and initiate work to review the UNECE standard for Chicken Meat - Carcases and Parts. 

For any additional information, please contact us at [email protected].

Session documents

63005 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.11/2024/1 - Annotated provisional agenda _ 391995 _ English _ 773 _ 417753 _ pdf
63005 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.11/2024/1 - Annotated provisional agenda _ 391995 _ French _ 780 _ 417580 _ pdf
63005 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.11/2024/1 - Annotated provisional agenda _ 391995 _ Russian _ 864 _ 417581 _ pdf
63005 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.11/2024/3 - Proposed revisions to the Standard for Ovine Meat – Carcases and Cuts _ 392029 _ English _ 773 _ 416938 _ pdf
63005 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.11/2024/3 - Proposed revisions to the Standard for Ovine Meat – Carcases and Cuts _ 392029 _ French _ 780 _ 416939 _ pdf
63005 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.11/2024/3 - Proposed revisions to the Standard for Ovine Meat – Carcases and Cuts _ 392029 _ Russian _ 864 _ 416940 _ pdf
63005 _ Item 9 - ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2023/2 - Report of the seventy-eighth session of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards _ 390511 _ English _ 773 _ 411646 _ pdf
63005 _ Item 9 - ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2023/2 - Report of the seventy-eighth session of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards _ 390511 _ French _ 780 _ 411647 _ pdf
63005 _ Item 9 - ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2023/2 - Report of the seventy-eighth session of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards _ 390511 _ Russian _ 864 _ 411648 _ pdf
63005 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2023/4 - Revised Working Procedures for the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards _ 385001 _ English _ 773 _ 398088 _ pdf
63005 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2023/4 - Revised Working Procedures for the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards _ 385001 _ French _ 780 _ 407105 _ pdf
63005 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2023/4 - Revised Working Procedures for the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards _ 385001 _ Russian _ 864 _ 407106 _ pdf
63005 _ ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2012/4 - UNECE Standard for Chicken Meat – Carcases and Parts _ 392784 _ English _ 773 _ 416796 _ pdf
63005 _ ECE/TRADE/355/Rev.1 (Revised 2012 version) - Chicken meat - carcases and parts _ 389040 _ English _ 773 _ 408162 _ pdf
63005 _ ECE/TRADE/355/Rev.1 (Revised 2012 version) - Chicken meat - carcases and parts _ 389040 _ French _ 780 _ 408163 _ pdf
63005 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.11/2024/4 - Proposal for digitization of the Standard for Bovine Meat – Carcases and Cuts _ 393659 _ English _ 773 _ 419046 _ pdf

Roundtable - Agenda

The session will also include roundtable discussions focused on three aspects of sustainable food systems: (a) Animal raising claims; (b) Animal welfare; and (c) Digitalization of meat trade processes. The discussion will foster the implementation of decisions from the 70th session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in April 2023, themed "Digital and green transformations for sustainable development"

Presentations

66191 _ Matters arising – presentation by the secretariat _ 394252 _ English _ 773 _ 420392 _ pdf
66191 _ FAO's work on Livestock _ 395055 _ English _ 773 _ 422889 _ pdf
66191 _ Eating quality – update by IMR3G _ 394254 _ English _ 773 _ 420394 _ pdf
66191 _ Capacity Building - Measuring IMF in Sheepmeat _ 394300 _ English _ 773 _ 420494 _ pdf
66191 _ Animal Raising Claims - Australia _ 394301 _ English _ 773 _ 420495 _ pdf
66191 _ Australian Animal Welfare Certification System _ 394302 _ English _ 773 _ 420496 _ pdf
66191 _ Digitalization of Polish Food Passporting _ 394260 _ English _ 773 _ 420404 _ pdf

Report of the Session

66243 _ ECE/CTCS/WP.7/GE.11/2024/2 - Report of the thirty-second session of the Specialized Section on Standardization of Meat _ 394298 _ English _ 773 _ 420492 _ pdf