Organization ■■II Over 1 70 countries participate in Codex ■ Volunteer Nations serve as host countries ■ The Codex Alimentarius full Commission: meets annually in late June or early July "approves or rejects the recommendations and management decision of individual committees approves new work for individual USDA committees to develop policiesOrganization ƒ Over 170 countries participate in Codex ƒ Volunteer Nations serve as host countries ƒ The Codex Alimentarius full Commission: ƒ meets annually in late June or early July ƒ approves or rejects the recommendations and management decision of individual committees ƒ approves new work for individual committees to develop policies