A comprehensive regulation on food safety, designed to prevent a repeat of the horsemeat scandal, has been drafted by EU authorities
The proposed legislation would bring clear, common, general principles to the whole food chain (controls are currently split among 16 or so regulations or directives). Measures include unannounced, risk-based checks, stronger sanctions where fraudulent or deceptive practices are found, and controls for food imports.
Published Friday 17 June 2016
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