Official site for the Legal Office of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). The office provides legal advisory services to member nations, particularly in the areas of legislative and treaty drafting. The site lists member states with the date of membership, publishes news highlights from the office, details of print publications ordered via the site, and occasional papers in PDF format. A collection of basic FAO texts including the constitution, rules of procedure of committees and policy documents are also available.
The Codex Alimentarius is a set of internationally-agreed food standards developed by the FAO and WHO. The website provides standards, guidance and codes of practice, as well as databases of information about pesticides, veterinary drugs and food additives. There is information about the Codex committees and taskforces and a collection of publications. The site is available inArabic, Chines, English, French, Russian or Spanish.
Gobal database of treaties, laws and regulations concerning food, agriculture and renewable natural resources, provided by the UN's Food and Agriculture OrganizatioN (FAO). Includes bibliographic information, abstracts and links to full-text documents. The site is in English, Arabic, French or Spanish and the data is in either the same languages or in the original language of the document.
