Official controls along the food chain
At a Glance
10-03-2017
Controls undertaken by Member States to ensure the safety of our food are essential. The operating principals of the 'official controls' are to be updated and modernised. Parliament is expected to adopt during its March II plenary its second-reading position, following a trilogue agreement with the Council, on the proposal which aims to guarantee that food business operators are controlled with equal effectiveness in all Member States throughout the whole food chain.
At a Glance
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- agricultural activity
- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- animal health
- audit
- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- deterioration of the environment
- ENVIRONMENT
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European Parliament
- EUROPEAN UNION
- food contamination
- food control
- food inspection
- food safety
- health
- management
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- transparency in decision-making