A lack of resources and the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact the ability to do official controls, according to a report published by the European Commission.
The document covers EU countries’ official controls and the EU
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The European Commission has stepped up legal action against Romania for failing to follow rules on the hygiene of foodstuffs.
Romanian authorities have established national laws that are not in line with food hygiene requirements
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The European Commission has added ethylene oxide to a list of pesticides that should be tested for following the substance being behind thousands of recalls in recent years.
New legislation means European countries must take
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The European Commission’s health and safety agency has found most measures taken by Canadian officials to address issues raised during a previous audit have not worked.
The DG Sante audit in September 2022 checked the
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Norway is hoping for an exemption to European rules on shelf-life labeling of eggs, partly because of its good Salmonella record.
In December 2022, an EU regulation entered into force that extended the period eggs
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Moldova has been given permission to export processed poultry meat and table eggs to European countries.
The decision follows a February meeting of the Controls and Import Conditions section of the Plants, Animals, Food, and Feed
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The European Commission has tightened the rules on the presence of arsenic in food products.
The allowed concentration of inorganic arsenic in white rice is lowered, while there are new limits for arsenic in some rice-based
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Ukraine is moderately prepared to meet EU requirements in the area of food safety, according to the European Commission.
Details come from reports published by the EU Commission assessing the capacity of Ukraine, Moldova, and
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The European Commission has relaxed checks on melons from Honduras but added controls for vanilla extract from the United States.
Changes were made as part of updated legislation on the rate of official controls and
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The European Commission has rejected an appeal to ban imports of kangaroo meat from Australia for reasons that included food safety.
A petition was filed by three groups on the grounds of public health, animal
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