BRUSSELS - The EU regulation on official controls on the food chain enters into force tomorrow, updating the rules for inspections and checks on the entire supply chain, from vegetables to food. News that "will play an important role in the new strategy" from the field to the table ", said EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides. "They will help the EU protect itself from new plant pests and to deal more effectively with existing ones such as Xylella fastidiosa" against which, the Cypriot said, "there is no cure" and whose "economic impact is increasing". The new rules will also improve "anti-fraud activity," added Kyriakides. "Today - he recalled - almost half of the notifications to the EU alert system concern products from third countries. The new rules will improve the checks carried out on animals, plants, food and feed and will integrate them in border control posts".
On 14/12, the new EU rules for food controls begin
2019-12-13T15:26:09.420Z
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