Codex Alimentarius was established by FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO) to set safety standards in the food trade.

For example, there should ideally be one international reference OA production standard (e.g. Codex or IFOAM basic standard), with flexible implementation.

It was he who broke the Mayan codex, enabling scholars to relate the pictographs on Mayan ceramics to the hieroglyphs of the Mayan script.

I, myself, I'm actually involved in the team which is developing a CODEX, high resolution, future generation spectrograph for the 42 meter E ELT telescope.

Adherence to Codex standards helps to ensure the safety of food exports, which can lead to greater access to export markets, especially those in developed countries.

The work plan for 2005 includes a detailed comparative analysis of Codex and IFOAM standards to identify any potentially difficult areas of compatibility and a study testing consumer awareness of and sensitivity to differences in organic standards.

The MRL for chlorpyrifos (a toxic substance found in some pesticides) in mangoes, for instance, has recently been tightened from 0.5 PPM to 0.05 PPM, that is 10 to 20 times stricter than the MRLs applied by other developed countries and the Codex recommended MRL.

The current codex guideline levels for radionuclides in foods following accidental nuclear contamination for use in international trade are currently being revised to cover a wider range of situations and to serve as generic intervention levels for a year or more following a nuclear or radiological event.