US EditionIncreased Checks on Food and Plant Products Imported Into the EU
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From the beginning of next year, the EU market for food, plant, and animal products will undergo significant changes. Brussels has announced measures that will shake up supply chains and impose new requirements on both importers and regulatory authorities across the EU. Here's what will change.
The plan to strengthen food controls presented by the European Commission is a first step towards ensuring citizen safety, given the current situation where 97 percent of food reaches EU shelves without any other than bureaucratic checks. Coldiretti and Filiera Italia affirm this, emphasizing that the measure is the result of meetings held in recent weeks with Health Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi.
Increased checks on food and plant products imported into the EU
The European Commission will reinforce checks on food, animal and plant products entering the EU. Through increased checks at EU borders and in third countries, Europeans will continue to benefit from the highest levels of food safety. Source link
European Commission | Remarks by Commissioner Várhelyi on the Reinforcement of Controls on Products Imported into the EU | European American Chamber of Commerce New York [EACCNY] | Your Partner for Transatlantic Business Resources
Remarks by Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare of the European Commission at the conclusion of an Implementation Dialogue on import controls with stakeholders. Thank you, thank you very much. And thank you very much for showing interest. As you know, food safety is central to my mandate as European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare. We have a very extensive and robust body of legislation in this area to safegu…
EU member states must increase the number of checks on food imports, according to Brussels. The European Commission presented a plan on Tuesday stating that it wants to double the number of food safety and quality checks in non-EU countries from which food is imported. The Commission also wants member states to conduct more frequent (33 percent more) checks on whether food entering their borders meets the EU's food quality requirements.
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