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ABSTRACT: The report outlines the activities and reports of committees of the Codex Alimentarius Commission's April, 1978 meeting. Reports were given on: 1) acceptance of codex pesticide standards by 116 member countries; 2) international organizations' activities on food standards; 3) FAO and WHO food standards. Status reports were presented by the coordinating committees on Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Guidelines, standards, food control, and consumer protection issues were given by expert committees on food labeling, food additives, pesticide residues, food hygiene, meat hygiene, methods of analysis and sampling, general principles, quick frozen foods, processed fruit and vegetables, processed meat products, fish and fishery products, fats and oils, edible ices, sugars, cocoa products and chocolate, foods for special dietary uses, soups and broths, milk and milk products, natural mineral waters, and meat. The commission decided to establish committees on cereal and cereal products and on vegetable proteins but not one on coffee and coffee products.