ACP agricultural exports and proposed changes to the EU Regulation on food and feed controls BackgroundIn May 2013, the EC put forward “proposals to change the current legislation governing all official controls in the food and agriculture... 11/05/2014
FVO report identifies progress in Kenyan inspection service and calls for more targeted checks The EU Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) has published the report of its inspection of the Kenyan system of official controls of exports of plants a... 10/05/2014
Pressure on EC to act pre-emptively on South African citrus exports as new season approaches In March 2014, representatives of Asaja-Andalucía, the Spanish young farmers’ association, delivered a petition to the European Commission calling... 04/05/2014
Continued decline in pesticide residue levels reported in Germany According to research on pesticide controls undertaken by DFHV, the German fruit trade association, and QS, a German fruit and vegetable company, t... 04/05/2014
SA avocado experience highlights growing importance of addressing SPS issues for market diversification According to the South African Avocado Growers’ Association (SAAGA), 2014 could be biggest production and export campaign yet for the South African... 24/04/2014
EC trade barriers report provides insights into agro-food sector priorities in future trade relations The European Commission (EC) has published its ‘Trade and investment barriers report 2014’, which looks at the key barriers faced in trade and inve... 22/04/2014
EFSA report confirms current EC control measures for Citrus Black Spot In a report adopted at the end of January 2014 the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) reaffirmed that existing measures, if correctly applied, “are... 05/04/2014
Scope for future intra-ACP cooperation in the agro-food sector ECDPM has published a paper on the scope for deepening intra-ACP cooperation in support of agro-food sector transformation in ACP countries. Despit... 05/04/2014
EU farmers find new fees for official inspections unacceptable On 21 February, Copa-Cogeca, the organisation for EU farmers and agri-cooperatives, expressed concerns over moves to impose fees on farmers and agr... 22/03/2014
New MRLs could heavily affect pear and apple sector The EC has decided to significantly reduce maximum residue levels (MRLs) for a pesticide that is used to avert “superficial scalding” of deciduous... 22/03/2014