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There's no relation to the WTO at all

I am becoming annoyed at your continued refusal to answer my direct questions, or to offer countering references. You just respond by leveling another ambiguous charge, without presenting any basis for that charge.

There transparently is a relation of the original post to the WTO, in that the original post clearly includes the term "WTO". So I don't know what you claim lacks any relation at all to the WTO.

More over, I am finding repeated explanations in my web searches that the WTO has already, and will continue to, take guidelines of the WHO as subject to their enforcement and a basis for their decisions.

For example, at http://ahha.org/codex1.htm:

Start with the "big picture." Codex is a huge international project with a vast organizational structure and great power. Here are brief descriptions of some key elements.
Codex Alimentarius is a set of international standards for food quality and safety established to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade.
Food is defined as any substance, whether processed, semi-processed or raw, which is intended for human consumption.
Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) is the international body that:
  · creates the sets of standards - Codex Alimentarius (Latin for Food Code)
  · generates reputable scientific texts
  · convenes numerous expert committees, consultations, and international meetings
  · establishes itself as "the" international reference or authority on these matters.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission was established by and works in coordination with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) - since 1962.
Committees
While the CAC meets every two years (alternately at FAO headquarters in Rome and at WHO headquarters in Geneva), Codex committees meet annually to continue drafting the standards that are to be submitted to the CAC. Most committees are hosted by a member country, which is chiefly responsible for the cost of the committee's maintenance and administration and for providing its chairperson. There are five to eight steps for a proposed standard to become an official Codex standard. This process often takes many years. The current Codex committees include:
  · General Principles, hosted by France
  · Committee on Food Labelling, hosted by Canada
  · Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling, hosted by Hungary
  · Committee on Food Hygiene, hosted by the United States
  · Committee on Pesticide Residues, hosted by the Netherlands
  · Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants, hosted by the Netherlands
  · Committee on Import/Export Inspection and Certification Systems, hosted by Australia
  · Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses, hosted by Germany
  · Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food, hosted by the United States.
NOTE: Nutritional supplements come under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses.
Calendar of sessions 2004-2005

CAC and Committee Membership
Membership is open to all Member Nations and Associate Members of FAO and WHO. Each country has one vote, which is cast by the chief delegate (leader) of the country's delegation. However, the Codex Procedural Manual dictates that consensus, not voting, is the preferred method for approving changes.
Delegations are led by government officials appointed by their governments. Delegations may, and often do, include representatives of industry, consumers' organizations and academic institutes. "Only the chief delegates of member countries, or of observer countries or of international organizations have the right to speak unless they authorize other members of their delegations to do so."
Current Codex membership includes 165 countries. The online list is set up so that when you click on the name of a country you access the Codex contact information for that country. Codex activities in the United States are managed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) may attend in an observer capacity. Although they are "observers", such organizations may express their points of view except in the final decision, which is the exclusive prerogative of Member Governments.
"Complete List of Standards Adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission up to 2001" includes most of the Codex Standards which have completed the harmonization process. Unfortunately, this list needs to be updated.
Enforcement of finalized Codex Standards is under the jurisdiction of the World Trade Organization (WTO). When there is a trade dispute related to food between member WTO countries, Codex Standards are used to resolve. Economic trade sanctions can be used to force compliance of WTO decisions.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established on January 1, 1995, as the common international institutional framework for the conduct of trade relations among its members in matters related to the Uruguay Round Trade Agreements. The WTO is the successor organization to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which had been in effect since 1947. U.S. membership in the WTO was approved and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act was signed into law by the President of the United States on December 8, 1994. The Uruguay Round Agreements became effective, with respect to the United States, on January 1, 1995.
The two WTO Urugruay Round Agreements which detail how Codex Standards will be used are:
  · Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
  · Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
Codex documents or texts are either Standards or advisory documents, such as Guidelines. Traditionally Standards were considered mandatory regulations, while Guidelines were optional. However this changed when the WTO came into the picture. The WTO definition of standard includes all types of texts and does not differentiate between standards and guidelines. Therefore, all Codex texts are treated as Standards by the WTO. Unfortunately, some Codex committees continue to draft Guidelines on the assumption that they will be optional, not mandatory.
Acceptance of Codex Standards in the Codex Procedural Manual outlines seveal options for level (or degree) of acceptance by a country once a new Codex Standard is finalized. These have been ignored for over a decade. (In fact the United States has never registered a level of acceptance for any Codex Standard) All of this became of no consequence when the CAC received a 1998 letter of clarification from the WTO stating that the WTO does not differentiate between differing levels of acceptance. At that time the CAC declared that the Levels of Acceptance "should no longer be used." This means that all WTO countries are bound by any finalized Codex Standard.

Or directly from the WTO's own website www.wto.org, at the web page http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/eol/e/wto03/wto3_26.htm:

The SPS Agreement aims to overcome health-related impediments to market access by encouraging the "establishment, recognition and application of common sanitary and phytosanitary measures by different Members". The establishment of national sanitary and phytosanitary regulations that are consistent with international standards, guidelines and recommendations is referred to as "harmonization". The primary incentive for the use of common international norms is that these provide the necessary health protection based on scientific evidence and improve trade flows at the same time.

The role of standard-setting organizations

International standard-setting organizations offer ready-made benchmarks for WTO Members to use in developing their regulations. Most WTO Members are actively involved in those fora. Together with scientists and health experts, they participate in the development of internationally-agreed standards.

The Three Sister Organizations

The SPS Agreement explicitly refers to three standard-setting international organizations whose activities are considered to be particularly relevant to its objectives: the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission, the Office International des Epizooties, and the international and regional organizations operating within the framework of the FAO International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). These organizations are often referred to as the "Three Sisters". They are observers and important contributors to SPS Committee meetings. They can also be called in as experts to give advice to WTO dispute settlement panels.

FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius

The Codex Alimentarius Commission, based in Rome, is a subsidiary organ of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The SPS Agreement designates Codex as the authority for all matters related to international food safety evaluation and harmonization. Several Codex activities relate to the evaluation of food-borne hazards, although Codex also develops non-health related technical food standards, like nutrition, composition, and quality standards. Codex develops scientific methodologies, concepts and standards to be used worldwide for food additives, microbiological contaminants, veterinary drug and pesticide residues to be used worldwide. It has also developed useful references like the "General Principles on Food Hygiene" and the "General Principles on Meat Hygiene".

OIE

The Office International des Epizooties (OIE) is the world animal health organization, based in Paris. The OIE's "International Animal Health Code" and "Aquatic Animal Health Code" offer international animal health standards and procedures that are periodically amended to take into account the latest scientific research. The OIE develops manuals on: animal diseases; standards for diagnosis, vaccination, epidemiological surveillance, disease control and eradication; procedures such as disinfection and certification; and laboratory equipment. It shares scientific information with its member countries and identifies countries that are free of a particular disease.

IPPC

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), based in Rome, is a subsidiary body of the FAO. Its main objectives are to take specific actions to prevent the introduction and spread of plant pests, and to promote measures for pest control, including information exchange. It has developed region-specific lists of plant pests. The IPPC develops international plant import health standards, principally on quarantine pests, a "Glossary of Phytosanitary Terms", basic principles governing phytosanitary laws and regulations, and harmonized plant quarantine procedures. The IPPC guidelines for pest risk assessment provide a scientific means for evaluating risks before governments determine the appropriate level of plant protection.

Use of international standards

Before the entry into force of the WTO, international standards, guidelines, recommendations and other advisory texts could be adopted by governments on a voluntary basis. Although these norms remain voluntary, a new status has in effect been conferred on them by the SPS Agreement. A WTO Member adopting such norms is presumed to be in full compliance with the SPS Agreement. A Member may decide to establish protection levels that exceed international standards if there is a scientific justification or if it determines that the standard does not meet its acceptable level of protection. When a Member decides not to use an international standard, however, its measure must be based on a proper risk assessment and is subject to a range of other conditions set out in detail in Article 5 of the SPS Agreement.