EU Commissioner David Byrne has welcomed the political agreement reached at the Agriculture Council today [Tuesday] on new official controls to ensure the hygiene of food of animal origin destined for human consumption.
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The proposal is one of five making up the so-called “hygiene package” of measures indicated in the action plan of the Commission’s White Paper on Food Safety.
The regulation, proposed by the Commission in July 2002, provides for revised rules for official controls on fresh meat, live bivalve molluscs, and milk and milk products. It will go back to the European Parliament this autumn for a second reading.
“Sound effective hygiene rules are the bottom line to ensure safe food. This regulation will update the EU’s rules on official hygiene controls of food of animal origin. Together with the other elements of the “hygiene package” proposed by the Commission, it implements the principle of “farm to fork” control and ensure a coherent and effective approach to food safety,” said Byrne.
Details of the proposed new rules can be found here.
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