For enforcement purposes, the Codex Commission has
developed several guidelines and food standards. There are
today approximately 250 standards and specific requirements
for individual foods, groups of foods, and other provisions,
e.g., hygiene, contaminants, labeling and food additives. Enforcement
of food control has evolved from the traditional
focus on inspection of final products and removal of unsafe
food from the market to the current holistic and preventive
approach, which relies more on system control.